5 Dhoni masterstrokes during India's nail-biting win over Bangladesh

Ravindra Jadeja’s catch sends Mahmudullah on his way

Moving Jadeja to deep mid-wicket

With two runs required of three balls, India had nothing to fall back on but prayers. As for Dhoni, this would be when he would bring the whole of his acute reading of the game into play, anticipating the opponent’s move before the thought had even been conceived.

Mushfiqur Rahim perished after having holed out to Shikhar Dhawan at deep mid-wicket. Dhawan cupped the catch with ease, but Dhoni knew from the Bangladeshi approach he would be needing his best fielder at that position. Ravindra Jadeja was moved to deep mid-wicket, and Dhawan moved to deep cover.

What followed was a vindication of the move, and the cricketing brain of Dhoni. Mahmudullah skied the ball towards the same region, but this one would fall much shorter than the previous chance. Jadeja burst into a run, slid in, grabbed a two-handed catch and looked towards the crowd to let out a roar. Any other fielder would have struggled to take that catch.

The impossible was on course to being scripted. From having looked like Bangladesh's match for the taking, it had come down to a last-ball thriller, with all three results possible.