Top 10 iconic images from the ICC World T20 2016

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A jubilant West Indies side with the ICC World T20 trophy at Eden Gardens

4. Mushfiqur Rahim's premature celebration

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Mushfiqur Rahim's premature celebration against India

India and Bangladesh were a part of an unforgetful encounter on 23 March 2016 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The 'Men in Blue’ edged past the Bangladeshi Tigers by a single run in order to keep their World T20 dream alive for the time being.

After India had posted a slightly below par score of 146 runs on the board, a lot of people thought that Bangladesh was going to register the first upset of the tournament. However, after a hard fought battle, the equation before the last over required Bangladesh to score 12 runs off the remaining 6 deliveries.

Captain Cool, Mahendra Singh Dhoni handed the last over to Hardik Pandya and the plan actually seemed to backfire after Mushfiqur Rahim hit two consecutive boundaries off the Hardik Pandya over to tilt the match in Bangladesh's favour.

Although, Mushfiqur Rahim couldn't ultimately win the game for his country, his premature celebration after hitting the second boundary of the final over grabbed a lot of attention.

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