NEW DELHI: Dinesh Karthik’s last-ball six off Soumya Sarkar on Sunday night time has discovered pleasure of position at the most sensible of the checklist of superb finishes in Twenty20 internationals, as it was delivered against the odds in the final of a T20I tri-series. Held back in the order whilst the rookie Vijay Shankar was most well-liked at No 5 - regardless of never having batted at global stage - the experienced Karthik entered India’s chase after Mustafizur Rahman had bowled a stunning wicket-maiden 18th over.
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India wanted 34 off 12 balls, and Karthik summoned his inner most resolve - he was Man of the Match in India’s inaugural T20I in 2006 - to hit 22 off the penultimate over. Back on strike for the final ball of the event, from which India wanted 5 to win, Karthik saved his cool and drove Sarkar over additional duvet for a flat six to cue sensational scenes at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. With that incredible hit, India had chased 167 to assert the Nidahas Trophy.
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On that observe, here's a have a look at 5 unforgettable last-ball thrillers in T20Is.
Netherlands v England, Lord’s, 2009
It was a mismatch on paper, but the end result was one who got the second one version of the ICC World Twenty20 off to a memorable get started, if now not in all probability in the means that the host country had in mind.
ALSO READ: Nidahas Trophy 2018 Final - As it took place
At Lord’s - the home of English cricket - the underdogs Netherlands consigned England to certainly one of their maximum ignominious cricket defeats of all times, hitting the final ball of the event for 2 amid scenes of implausible drama. Having finished well to keep England to 163, Netherlands’ batsmen did well to stay alongside of the asking price with Tom de Grooth taking part in the innings of his lifestyles. It name boiled down to the final over from which Netherlands wanted seven runs with four wickets in hand. In the tip, Stuart Broad overlooked two run-out chances and James Foster any other, with the profitable run coming when Broad turned and threw at the stumps … and overlooked.
Immediately the Netherlands dugout was cleared and Lord’s painted orange as a merry band of giant-slayers went delirious, sponsored by way of a 1000-strong Dutch contingent in the stands.
England v Australia, Adelaide, 2011
Shane Watson starred with 59 off 31 balls all the way through Australia’s 157/four after which claimed very good figures of four/15 in four overs, but still ended up at the losing side. Watson was tasked with bowling the final over of the event, from which England wanted four runs. The over began with Watson claiming Graeme Swann, followed by way of two dot balls to Ajmal Shahzad after which a unmarried that got Chris Woakes on strike. Woakes, on global debut, held his head and dragged the scores stage with a carve past level for 2 and punched Watson over midwicket for the profitable run. Woakes’ unbeaten 19 off 15 balls took England to a report 8th consecutive T20I win.
England v India, Mumbai, 2012
A stunning end, with Eoin Morgan dumping the final ball over the sight display screen to stage the sequence for England. Chasing India’s 177/eight, the guests got a good get started from Michael Lumb (50) and Alex Hales (43) but Yuvraj Singh’s three wickets stemmed the chase. Morgan, the captain, saved pumping between the wickets and picked up a few barriers with innovation. England wanted 29 from 13 balls, which become 23 from 12 when Morgan creamed Ashok Dinda for six. Jos Buttler took a six and 4 off the 19th over bowled by way of Parvinder Awana, which left England to get 9 from six balls.
Dinda did well to permit six from his first 5 deliveries, and when Morgan began a premeditated stroll around the stumps as Dinda ran in to bowl the final one, the Wankhede Stadium was on a knife’s edge. MS Dhoni used the instant to summon his players for a huddle, whilst Morgan wore a steely glance. Dinda ran in once more, and this time Morgan slammed the ball directly down the bottom for six.
Australia v South Africa, Johannesburg, 2016
Needing a win to keep the sequence alive, Australia pulled off a report chase. In pursuit of 205, the guests misplaced early wickets to slump to 32/three but a stunning counter-attack from Glenn Maxwell and David Warner shoved South Africa onto the back foot. Warner led the way with 77 off 40 balls, with 5 sixes and 6 fours, and Maxwell extremely joyful with 75 from 43 balls with seven fours and three sixes. The information tumbled. The pair’s partnership of 161 was the very best ever fourth-wicket stand in T20Is, and the fourth very best total; it was the first time that two Australian batsman had scored 75 or more in a T20I; and South Africa become the first crew to twice lose a T20I after atmosphere their warring parties objectives over 200.
The end was excruciating. Maxwell departed off the penultimate supply of the 19th over and Warner off the first of the final, and only a few fumbles in the field allowed Mitchell Marsh and James Faulkner to scamper the desired run. Before this, the largest total that an Australian crew had ever overhauled was 192 against Pakistan all the way through the epic 2010 World T20 semi-final.
Sri Lanka v Australia, Geelong, 2017
In the previous event of this best-of-three sequence in Australia, Asela Gunaratne hit a match-winning 52 off 37 balls to present Sri Lanka the lead against an admittedly depleted Australian side. The sequence was sealed on his would possibly two evenings later, this time with a larger ranking in a larger chase and in a larger state of affairs. Chasing 174, Sri Lanka were decreased to 40/5 before Gunaratne discovered some improve from Chamara Kapugedera (32). However, a flurry of wickets left Sri Lanka desiring 48 from three overs. It was then that Gunaratne hit two fours in the 18th over after which larruped three sixes and a four off Moises Henriques in the next, which means the asking price were decreased to 14 off six balls.
Andrew Tye removed Nuwan Kulasekara off the first, followed by way of a four and 6 from Gunaratne. A unmarried meant that Lasith Malinga had to face. He controlled a unmarried to position the man of the instant back on strike with two runs required off the final ball, and Gunaratne cracked it over duvet for four to complete on 84 from 46 balls.
ALSO READ: Karthik heroics helps India beat Bangladesh to win Nidahas Trophy
India wanted 34 off 12 balls, and Karthik summoned his inner most resolve - he was Man of the Match in India’s inaugural T20I in 2006 - to hit 22 off the penultimate over. Back on strike for the final ball of the event, from which India wanted 5 to win, Karthik saved his cool and drove Sarkar over additional duvet for a flat six to cue sensational scenes at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. With that incredible hit, India had chased 167 to assert the Nidahas Trophy.
ALSO READ: Five moments that mattered in India's win for the ages
On that observe, here's a have a look at 5 unforgettable last-ball thrillers in T20Is.
Netherlands v England, Lord’s, 2009
It was a mismatch on paper, but the end result was one who got the second one version of the ICC World Twenty20 off to a memorable get started, if now not in all probability in the means that the host country had in mind.
ALSO READ: Nidahas Trophy 2018 Final - As it took place
At Lord’s - the home of English cricket - the underdogs Netherlands consigned England to certainly one of their maximum ignominious cricket defeats of all times, hitting the final ball of the event for 2 amid scenes of implausible drama. Having finished well to keep England to 163, Netherlands’ batsmen did well to stay alongside of the asking price with Tom de Grooth taking part in the innings of his lifestyles. It name boiled down to the final over from which Netherlands wanted seven runs with four wickets in hand. In the tip, Stuart Broad overlooked two run-out chances and James Foster any other, with the profitable run coming when Broad turned and threw at the stumps … and overlooked.
Immediately the Netherlands dugout was cleared and Lord’s painted orange as a merry band of giant-slayers went delirious, sponsored by way of a 1000-strong Dutch contingent in the stands.
England v Australia, Adelaide, 2011
Shane Watson starred with 59 off 31 balls all the way through Australia’s 157/four after which claimed very good figures of four/15 in four overs, but still ended up at the losing side. Watson was tasked with bowling the final over of the event, from which England wanted four runs. The over began with Watson claiming Graeme Swann, followed by way of two dot balls to Ajmal Shahzad after which a unmarried that got Chris Woakes on strike. Woakes, on global debut, held his head and dragged the scores stage with a carve past level for 2 and punched Watson over midwicket for the profitable run. Woakes’ unbeaten 19 off 15 balls took England to a report 8th consecutive T20I win.
England v India, Mumbai, 2012
A stunning end, with Eoin Morgan dumping the final ball over the sight display screen to stage the sequence for England. Chasing India’s 177/eight, the guests got a good get started from Michael Lumb (50) and Alex Hales (43) but Yuvraj Singh’s three wickets stemmed the chase. Morgan, the captain, saved pumping between the wickets and picked up a few barriers with innovation. England wanted 29 from 13 balls, which become 23 from 12 when Morgan creamed Ashok Dinda for six. Jos Buttler took a six and 4 off the 19th over bowled by way of Parvinder Awana, which left England to get 9 from six balls.
Dinda did well to permit six from his first 5 deliveries, and when Morgan began a premeditated stroll around the stumps as Dinda ran in to bowl the final one, the Wankhede Stadium was on a knife’s edge. MS Dhoni used the instant to summon his players for a huddle, whilst Morgan wore a steely glance. Dinda ran in once more, and this time Morgan slammed the ball directly down the bottom for six.
Australia v South Africa, Johannesburg, 2016
Needing a win to keep the sequence alive, Australia pulled off a report chase. In pursuit of 205, the guests misplaced early wickets to slump to 32/three but a stunning counter-attack from Glenn Maxwell and David Warner shoved South Africa onto the back foot. Warner led the way with 77 off 40 balls, with 5 sixes and 6 fours, and Maxwell extremely joyful with 75 from 43 balls with seven fours and three sixes. The information tumbled. The pair’s partnership of 161 was the very best ever fourth-wicket stand in T20Is, and the fourth very best total; it was the first time that two Australian batsman had scored 75 or more in a T20I; and South Africa become the first crew to twice lose a T20I after atmosphere their warring parties objectives over 200.
The end was excruciating. Maxwell departed off the penultimate supply of the 19th over and Warner off the first of the final, and only a few fumbles in the field allowed Mitchell Marsh and James Faulkner to scamper the desired run. Before this, the largest total that an Australian crew had ever overhauled was 192 against Pakistan all the way through the epic 2010 World T20 semi-final.
Sri Lanka v Australia, Geelong, 2017
In the previous event of this best-of-three sequence in Australia, Asela Gunaratne hit a match-winning 52 off 37 balls to present Sri Lanka the lead against an admittedly depleted Australian side. The sequence was sealed on his would possibly two evenings later, this time with a larger ranking in a larger chase and in a larger state of affairs. Chasing 174, Sri Lanka were decreased to 40/5 before Gunaratne discovered some improve from Chamara Kapugedera (32). However, a flurry of wickets left Sri Lanka desiring 48 from three overs. It was then that Gunaratne hit two fours in the 18th over after which larruped three sixes and a four off Moises Henriques in the next, which means the asking price were decreased to 14 off six balls.
Andrew Tye removed Nuwan Kulasekara off the first, followed by way of a four and 6 from Gunaratne. A unmarried meant that Lasith Malinga had to face. He controlled a unmarried to position the man of the instant back on strike with two runs required off the final ball, and Gunaratne cracked it over duvet for four to complete on 84 from 46 balls.
Dinesh Karthik’s epic and other last-ball finishes in T20Is
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