Lowest T20I totals by the top 10 teams

8) Sri Lanka (82) vs India, 2016

Indians celebrate a Sri Lankan wicket during the T20 match in Visapatnam

With the 3-match series levelled at 1-1, both India and Sri Lanka went for the kill ahead of the Asia Cup and World T20 which followed it in a few weeks’ time. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is known for his tactical gambles inside the cricket field, tossed the ball to spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the beginning and guess what? He did not disappoint as the spinner picked up the first 4 wickets in quick succession and the visitors were 5 down for 21 runs in the sixth over.

The Lankans never recovered from the situation, and the rest of the bowlers like Suresh Raina and Jasprit Bumrah piled on to their misery and humbled them out for just 82 runs with 2 overs to spare. Later on, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane calmly steered India to a 9-wicket victory and also a series win in Visakhapatnam.