5 thrilling matches at the World T20 that don't fade away from our memories

4. South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 2014

Sachithra Senanayake was brilliant for Lanka

The final over of this memorable contest saw one of the game’s best finishers, David Miller square off against one of the game’s best death bowlers, Lasith Malinga. 15 runs needed from the final over.

The usual tight finish template followed even though the batting team was expected to hold the advantage in a chase like this. Twin run outs off the first two deliveries made sure that the South African tailenders could do very little for their team in order to pull out a victory.

The game was mostly in Sri Lanka’s grasp after they put on 165 runs on the board batting first. In response, South Africa came out aggressively, but none of the top-4 could hang in there to take the team till the end. So it came down to some serious six hitting by Albie Morkel that made the difference between runs needed and balls left narrower.

Although the Man of the Match award went to opener Kusal Perera, the real hero for Sri Lanka was Sachitra Senanayake, who bowled his quota of four overs and stifled the chase – giving away just 22 runs and picking up two important wickets.

Sri Lanka went on to win the game by five runs and later saw themselves lift the trophy, defeating India in the finals of the competition.