Johannesburg, Sept. 24: The choc-a-bloc crowd at the New Wanderers erupted in joy under a sea of tri-colours while players and support staff charged onto the field after Mahendra Singh Dhoni did a Kapil Dev and led India to a World Cup glory, though in a different format.

After the prize distribution ceremony, Indian players shared their ‘Chak de’ moment with Shah Rukh Khan, who had flown in just to watch the match.

Dhoni wanted to play down the hype surrounding an India-Pakistan tie but in the end, it turned out to be a humdinger.

Misbah-ul-Haq almost single-handedly snatched the match away from India when Dhoni tossed the ball to Joginder Sharma.

Joginder started with a wide, followed it with a dot ball before Misbah hit him for a six to up the tempo.

Misbah went for a scoop in the next ball only to find S. Sreesanth at short fine leg and it was all over for Pakistan.

An ecstatic Sreesanth threw the ball high up in the sky and screamed in joy while Misbah fell to his knees as his heroics could not see his side through.

It was not a match for those weak at heart and once they had pulled off the tie, the Indian players were hugging each other, while Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh grabbed a stump each as souveneirs. This was followed by a victory lap. Suddenly Yuvraj rushed to the gallery where a supporter handed him a national flag and soon each of his teammates got hold of one.

The prankster in Yuvraj soon pinned down Virender Sehwag, who missed the all-important match with a groin injury, and then his teammates followed suit. (PTI)