Indian players celebrate the World Twenty20 victory after claiming the wicket of Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq (right) at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on September 24, 2007. With six required off four balls, Misbah mistimed his scoop shot at short fine-leg only to see the ball land in the hands of S Sreesanth. Pics/Getty Images/AFP

The similarities with 1975 were too great to ignore; a new form of the game being celebrated at world level with the two best teams reaching the final and then the last game producing a nail biting, cracker of a match.