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Asking Uthappa to bowl in a bowl-out in ICC T20 in 2007
It has been perhaps forgotten by many that before the famous final, India and Pakistan were engaged in a thrilling contest in the group stages of the inaugural edition of the ICC World T20 in 2007.
The match had been a low-scoring affair with India scoring 141 and Misbah, even on that occasion, had played a heroic innings but failed to win the match for Pakistan in the limited overs as he got run out off the last ball. As the match ended in a tie, both teams had took part in a bowl-out as was the convention in that tournament.
Pakistan went for their faster bowlers apart from Afridi and all of them including Yasir Arafat and Umar Gul missed the stumps. Dhoni quickly realized in a bowl-out, slower bowlers have a better chance. He gave the ball to Sehwag, Harbhajan and to everyone’s surprise, Robin Uthappa! All of them hit the bull’s eye and India won a dramatic clash.