4) England vs India – Only T20I, September 7, 2014 (England won by 3 runs)
India and England played a lone T20I at Edgbaston towards the end of the former's tour of the latter. The home side won the toss and decided to have a bat, handing a debut to opener Jason Roy. India begun the game well by sending back Roy and Moeen Ali within the first four overs to put England on the backfoot. However, the Three Lions recovered well and rode on skipper Eoin Morgan's brilliant 71 from 31 balls to post a total of 180.
Usual suspects Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina went about chasing the total down for India. Kohli scored 66 off 41 balls before getting out in the 15th over with India’s score being 131-3 and they needed 50 runs from 34. With Dhoni and Raina at the crease, the total looked pretty achievable but the latter’s dismissal in the 17th over left it all up to the skipper.
Dhoni, like a true magician, took the game to last over for showing the Prestige with India needing 16 runs and Chris Woakes bowling. In what could possibly have been the best thing ever in a run chase, Dhoni hit a six off the first ball to bring the equation to 10 from 5 balls. A double on the next ball, followed by a dot on the third and boundary on the fourth setup a picture perfect climax with India needing 5 from 2 balls. The Indian captain, who was on a DIY (Do It Yourself) mission, made it hard for himself by not taking a single and ended up scoring just one off the last two balls, thereby ending the game in heartbreak for the away side.
