‘ICC T20I Performance of the Year’ over the last 10 years

2016: Carlos Brathwaite

In what could be labelled as one of the most effective of all innings (34* off 10 balls) in cricket history, Windies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite’s last over heroics in the finals of the ICC WT20, 2016 at Kolkata deserved to win this award.

With Ben Stokes coming on to bowl the final over and 19 runs to defend, England were firm favourites before Brathwaite swashed Stokes for four consecutive sixes to pouch the match and the title for his country and with it etched his name in golden letters of cricket history.

Other contenders: Joe Root’s 83 against South Africa at Mumbai; Virat Kohli’s 82* versus Australia at Mohali; Marlon Samuels’ 85* in the same match as Brathwaite’s innings; Mustafizur Rahman’s 5-22 against the Kiwis at Kolkata.