In a nail-biting contest, the young Indian team scored 157 for five and then held their nerves to wrap up the Pakistan innings for 152 with just three balls to spare to win their first major title in over two decades.
It was an incredible display by the Indians who relied on superb team work to not only maintain their all-win record against bitter foes in world cup matches, but end a series of giant-killing acts in a blaze glory.
The large flag-waving gathering of Indians at the Wanderers burst into celebrations when S Sreesanth caught a dangerous Misbah-ul-Haq off Joginder Sharma to bring an end to the Pakistan challenge.
The contest seemed to go out of India's hands in the 17th over when Misbah clobbered Harbhajan Singh for three sixes, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni's band of young warriors roared back in great style to eventually lift the coveted trophy and the winners' purse of $49,000.
