Nobody in their wildest dreams would have expected that the Final of the first Twenty20 World Cup would be contested by India and Pakistan. It proves that this version of the game is more unpredictable than any other.

Both teams have played well at the crucial moments and performed consistently. The Indians start relatively slowly, conserving wickets in the initial overs and laying a platform for their latter batsmen to capitalise on the later overs. Importantly, it has been a team effort.

Viru Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir have given the team decent starts - other teams have been targeting 10 runs an over in the power play. The Indians though have sized up the pitch giving a licence to kill to the bigger hitters. Sehwag was expected to do more bowling than he has actually done, but it looks like MS Dhoni's strategy is to assign the four overs to his main bowlers.

'Bowlers have no clue on where to pitch the ball to Yuvraj - he picks the length early and bludgeons to all parts of the ground'

Dinesh Karthik has had his moments - especially his match-turning catch the dismiss Graeme Smith in the final league match. He has had problems with his batting - but has helped morale with a very positive attitude and advice to Dhoni.

Robin Uthappa had a memorable match against Pakistan but tapered off during the later matches. He has the capacity to become a good ODI batsman with his big-hitting and he played a responsible innings with Yuvraj Singh against Australia. His fielding has been outstanding, especially the throwing from the deep.

Yuvraj Singh clearly has to be the Player of the Tournament, no matter what happens in the Final. Bowlers have no clue on where to pitch the ball to him -  he picks the length early and bludgeons to all parts of the ground. His strokes have been clean hits and clearly his style of batting is perfect in this form of the game.