Top 3 last-ball sixes in T20 history

#2 KB Arun Karthik's last ball blitz vs SA Redbacks, CLT20 (2011)

KB Arun Karthik was not a familiar face in T20 cricket until he became an overnight star for his heroics on the last-ball of the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and South Australia Redbacks at Chinnaswamy stadium in the Champions League T20 League.

Batting first on a belter of a pitch, Redbacks put up a mammoth total of 214/2 in their allocated 20 overs largely due to a scintillating 100 by Daniel Harris. RCB required 215 runs to qualify for the semi-finals.

RCB had the perfect start with 65 runs in the mandatory power play of 6 overs. Chris Gayle was dismissed after the first ball of the power play, and in walked Virat Kohli, who along with Tillakaratne Dilshan, stitched a partnership of 100 runs for the 2nd wicket. The stand was broken in the 15th over and the Royal Challengers still needed 50 runs off the last 5 overs with 8 wickets left.

The middle-order collapsed, thanks to an excellent piece of fast bowling by Shaun Tait, whose match figures read 4-0-32-5. Arun Karthik walked into bat with 14 runs required off the last over, which was to be bowled by Dan Christian.

The first five balls of the over were slower deliveries and produced just eight runs, including a wicket. With 6 runs to win off the last ball, Arun Karthik was on his back foot, anticipating a slower delivery. What followed was exactly the same, a slower delivery from Dan Christian which Karthik slog-swept for a six over mid-wicket. It was perhaps the most important six of his career, which helped his side to propel into the semi-finals.

Although Arun Karthik didn't make it big in his career, he would remember this six for a lifetime.