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

5. India vs Sri Lanka, 2010

Chamara Kapugedara was the hero for Sri Lanka

Hitting a six off the final delivery to seal a game is as close and as dramatic as it can get. Doing so to knock a strong opposition out is even better.

That’s exactly what Sri Lanka did when their final ball win against India ensured that the Men in Blue were knocked out before the semi-finals for the second time in a row.

When India put up 163 runs on the board, it seemed a shade short of par considering that they had scored 90 runs in the first ten overs, thanks to some lofty hitting by Suresh Raina; but the runs still needed to be scored and who better than veteran Kumar Sangakkara to lead the chase.

Sangakkara and Angelo Matthews helped Sri Lanka shrug off their poor start and stitched together a 56-run partnership.

With the chase equation coming down to 25 needed from the final 8 deliveries, some heavy power was the only thing that could save Sri Lanka. Chameera Kapugedara ruined Vinay Kumar’s T20 debut by hitting the final two deliveries of the penultimate over for maximums. With 13 needed from the final over, the total seemed far more gettable and the pressure was on India.

Ashish Nehra, given the duties to defend the 13, started the final over on a bad note as Matthews tonked him over for a six. Nehra redeemed himself when he ran Matthews out in the fifth ball, thereby bringing down Sri Lanka’s need to 3 runs off the last ball.

A good length outside off delivery saw Kapugedara dance down the track and loft it over sweeper cover to take Sri Lanka home in one of the closest contests in T20 history.