In an exclusive chat with Afreen Khan on Sportskeeda’s Instagram handle, S Sreesanth spoke about how the team’s faith in MS Dhoni and Joginder Sharma is one of his best memories from that match.
India’s journey at the inaugural T20 World Cup was nothing short of a fairytale run under a young captain in MS Dhoni. S Sreesanth opened the bowling for the Indian cricket team in the competition, and one of the pacer’s best performances came in the semifinal against Australia.
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With a fiery mix of swing and pace, S Sreesanth was India’s best bowler in the game and picked crucial wickets of Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden, finishing with figures of 2/12 from four overs, including a maiden over.
In the summit clash against Pakistan, India put up 157-5 from 20 overs, and despite some early wickets during the chase, Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq managed to drag the match all the way till the final over.
“Not sure what Misbah was thinking” - S Sreesanth
With 13 runs to get from six balls, Misbah smashed a six off the second legal ball of the over and brought the equation to six runs from four balls. On the third ball, Misbah attempted a scoop shot over the short fine-leg fielder, but the ball went straight up in the air and S Sreesanth managed to hold onto the catch that brought about a famous win for India.
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The Kerala-based pacer elucidated on how he battled some nervy moments to pouch the catch and win the World Cup for India.
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