Not Australia or England… but this team became the first champion of T20 World Cup

 

T20 World Cup:  Cricket has become the most popular game in the whole world at this time. The shortest format of cricket T20 is more liked because in T20 both the teams have to play a match of 20-20 overs. Now the T20 World Cup 2024 is about to start. But let us tell you that the first T20 World Cup in the history of cricket was played in the year 2007. T20 World Cup 2007 was organized in South Africa. In which the Indian cricket team won the T20 World Cup for the first time.

When was the T20 World Cup held for the first time

The T20 World Cup started in the year 2007 in which the ICC hosted the 2007 T20 World Cup to South Africa. The first T20 World Cup in the history of cricket was played for 13 days in which matches were played between 10 teams for the T20 World Cup trophy. The first match of the first T20 World Cup was played on 11 September 2007. In which South Africa won against West Indies.

The first T20 World Cup final was played between India and Pakistan

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was captaining India in the T20 World Cup 2007. Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian cricket team reached the final of the first T20 World Cup, after which India faced Pakistan in the final of the 2007 World Cup. In the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup, the Indian cricket team defeated the Pakistan cricket team by five runs and became the first team to win the T20 World Cup title.