Top 5 T20Is of the year 2016

#5 India vs Bangladesh, Bengaluru

Hardik Pandya's last over heroics kept India in the 2016 World T20

After losing to New Zealand in the very first match of the World T20, India needed to win their next three games to progress to the semi-finals. India beat Pakistan convincingly and in their next league match, they faced their Asian rivals Bangladesh.

India were asked to bat in the must-win game and the top-order struggled to get the team off to a great start. Decent contributions from Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan helped India reach a par total of 146 in 20 overs.

R Ashwin struck early to dismiss Mohammad Mithun, but the Tigers were cruising towards a historic win. Indian bowled pulled things back in the last few overs and the equation was down to 11 runs needed off the last over to win with experienced batsmen Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim still at the crease.

Hardik Pandya bowled the last over and conceded a single followed by two boundaries inside the first three balls and brought the equation to 2 runs needed off three balls. Rahim hoisted the fourth delivery straight to Dhawan at deep mid-wicket and scalped Mahmudullah off the very next ball. With a billion hopes on his shoulder, Pandya bowled a short delivery outside the off stump and batsman, Shuvagata Hom failed to connect it and gets beaten and started to run for a bye to take the match into the super over.

Wicketkeeper Dhoni sans the glove in his right hand collected the ball and calmly ran to the stumps at the striker’s end and whipped the bails before the non-striker Mustafizur Rahman could make it to the crease. That run out gave India a 1-run win and kept them alive in the tournament.