Five times when Bangladesh snatched defeat from the jaws of victory

#1 Lost by 1 run versus India at Bengaluru, 2016

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In an era where England receive flak for not batting at 10 runs an over in an ODI, where batsmen feel safe needing 50 off anything close to 20 balls, Bangladesh endured perhaps the worst ever finish to a T20I innings.

In the Super 10 match of the 2016 World T20, they had the best chance to tilt the bragging rights in the rivalry in their favour as they kept India to just 7/146 in their first innings.

Going out to chase the meager target, they had the added mental incentive of knocking the hosts out of the tournament if they managed to beat them. Some frenetic batting and some needless strokes brought down the equation to 11 needed from the last over, and more importantly, Dhoni had to bowl out his two best death bowlers earlier in desperation.

As Mushfiqur had the second and third ball of the over crashing to the boundary, he started leaping mid-pitch in the ecstasy of what his side was about to achieve, now that they needed just two runs off three deliveries.

2 off 3.

The equation the Bangladeshis will never forget.

Mushfiqur went for the glory shot, holed out instead. Next ball Mahmudullah committed the same folly, somehow expecting a different result. A wide of length last ball left Mustafizur Rahman and Shuvagata Hom gasping for breath to out-run MS Dhoni but that was never to be.

Three wickets off the last three balls and Bangladesh had perished in the most saddening of fashions.