5 instances when MS Dhoni failed to finish off chases in T20Is

4) India v Zimbabwe at Harare on June 18th, 2016 (India lost by two runs)

Dhoni had again taken the match into the last over as he scored only 16 from 14 balls by the end of the 19th over. India needed eight from the final over.

In the final over, Dhoni took a single on the first ball and handed Axar Patel the strike (18 from 8 before this ball), who got run out on the very next delivery. Dhoni again took a single off the third delivery. Rishi Dhawan was the new batsman he tried to scoop the fourth ball and just managed a single from the fifth.

Now it was all down to Dhoni as India needed four runs from 1 ball. Dhoni failed to connect properly to a good delivery outside off stump bowled by Madziva and could only manage a single. Hence, India lost the match by two runs.

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5) India v West Indies at Lauderhill on August 27th, 2016(India lost by one run)

In the first T20I of the two, India were chasing a massive target of 245. On the back of Rohit's 62, KL Rahul's century and a superb penultimate over of 16 runs had brought down the equation to 8 from 6 balls.

Dhoni was given a life when he was dropped by Samuels on the very first delivery of the over. It was still India's game but, three consecutive singles of the next three balls and a double of the fifth ball took the match to the final delivery with India needing two runs.

Off the final delivery, Dhoni decided to take the safe route and take a single but, failed to time the shot correctly and got caught by Samuels at the short third man.