Team India's T20 World Cup 2024-winning captain <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/rohit-sharma-opens-up-on-how-the-2023-world-cup-loss-affected-him-in-his-career-23608825" rel="nofollow">Rohit Sharma</a> recalled the time when he was a part of the team that won the 2007 edition of the marquee event.
He said that the triumph gave the team the confidence to continue their winning streak.
"I was in my first year with the team during the 2007 T20 World Cup, and I was just 20. After winning that trophy, we felt we would continue our winning ways," he told JioHotstar.
The right-hander had played a significant role in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ind-w-vs-sl-w-2nd-t20i-harmanpreet-kaur-led-team-india-seek-fielding-fix-against-sri-lanka-23608927" rel="nofollow">India</a>'s campaign in the World Cup edition. He had scored 88 runs in three matches, which included an unbeaten knock of 50 runs. Rohit also smashed 30 runs off just 16 deliveries against the arch-rivals Pakistan in the title clash of the tournament. The "Men in Blue" had defeated Pakistan by five runs in the final at Johannesburg.
In the title clash, Gautam Gambhir had garnered 75 runs in 54 balls, including eight boundaries and two maximums. Pakistan's Umal Gul managed to claim three wickets by conceding 28 runs in four overs.
For Pakistan, Misbah-ul-Haq emerged as the highest run-scorer. Facing 38 balls, he scored 43 runs, which were laced with four maximums. Opening batsman Imran Nazir scored 33 runs in 14 balls, including four boundaries and two maximums.
India's star all-rounder <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ipl-2026-irfan-pathan-feels-these-three-pacers-will-emerge-as-hot-picks-ahead-of-auction-23607986" rel="nofollow">Irfan Pathan</a> bagged three wickets for 16 runs in his spell of four overs. RP Singh also returned with the figures of three wickets for 26 runs in four overs. Joginder Sharma bagged two wickets by leaking 20 runs in 3.3 overs.
Former India player Sanjay Manjrekar praised and explained MS Dhoni's impact on India's golden era, saying that the then captain held his nerve better than the opposing camp's skipper.
Dhoni's captaincy is legendary, making him the only captain to win all the three major ICC white-ball trophies: the 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 ODI World Cup, and 2013 Champions Trophy, achieving the feat with calm leadership and game-changing decisions, earning him titles like 'Captain Cool', and induction into the ICC Hall of Fame.
Dhoni was also India's second-highest run scorer in the 2007 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/t20-world-cup-2026-here-are-india-matches-dates-venues-and-squad-for-the-marquee-event-23608628" rel="nofollow">T20 World Cup</a> and Player of the Match in the 2011 ODI CWC final.
"Dhoni's greatness was that on the big stage, he just held his nerve better than the opposing captain," Manjrekar said.
(With ANI Inputs)

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