On this day in 2009: Pakistan won the T20 World Cup
Updated On: 21 June, 2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | ANI
Sri Lanka was not able to recover and in the end, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik guided Pakistan to their first T20 World Cup title win.
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Misbah-ul-Haq (C) of Pakistan celebrates with the trophy as the Pakistan cricket team celebrate winning the final ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka. Pic/ AFP
It was on this day, 12 years ago, that Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka to win its first T20 World Cup title.
In the finals played at the Lord`s Cricket Ground, Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first. Sri Lanka got off to a bad start as it lost its first four wickets with just 32 runs on the board.
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