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During the course of the 2010s, India has been one of the most consistent sides when it comes to ICC Events.
India started the decade with an abysmal 2010 World Twenty20 where they failed to get past the super-eight stage. The ignominy was shrugged off the following year as the Men in Blue proceeded to lift the 2011 World Cup at home.
The victory was followed by the Champions Trophy triumph in 2013 where India went undefeated throughout the tournament.
Since the Champions Trophy, India has qualified in the top-4 of all the succeeding ICC events, but have failed to capitalize on crucial moments.
Today, in this article, we will look at the top three occasions when Team India choked in ICC events.
#3 India vs Sri Lanka ICC World Twenty20, 2014
Occasion:- Final
Venue:- Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka
India faced Sri Lanka in the finals of the 2014 World Twenty after having stayed unbeaten throughout the tournament.
They defeated arch-rivals Pakistan, defending champions West Indies by the same margin of eight wickets before proceeding to overcome hosts Bangladesh and Australia to set up a semi-final showdown against the Proteas.
Virat Kohli was in scintillating form throughout the tournament and the right-hander brought his A game against South Africa to help India chase down 172 in the semi-finals.
Kohli was at it again in the finals as he stroked a 58-ball-77 but Yuvraj Singh, India's white-ball cricket talisman for a better part of 12 years, scored 11 off 21 balls, denied the rampaging Virat Kohli the strike, thus resulting in the lowest first-innings total in a World T20 final. India scored just 19 off the last four overs- the second lowest they have managed in a T20Is.
India scramped their way to 4-130 in 20 overs which were chased down with ease, thanks to Sri Lankan's talisman Kumar Sangakkara, who compiled a 35-ball-52 to steer his side to an ICC title- at last.
#2 India vs West Indies, ICC World Twenty20, 2016
Occasion:- Semi-final
Venue:- Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
India went into the semi-finals of the 2016 World Twenty20 riding on the shenanigans of Virat Kohli, who scored a match-winning 51-ball-82 against the Australians to knock them out of the competition.
Kohli was at it again in front of the boisterous Wankhede crowd after Rahane (40) and Rohit (43) had got the Indians off to a flier. Kohli amassed a brilliant 47-ball-89 to lead his side to 2-192 in 20 overs.
India accounted for Gayle (5) and Samuels (8) early and when Ravi Ashwin had Lendl Simmons caught at third-man, it seemed the game was well and truly into the home team's grasp.
The moment of joy soon turned into agony for the Men in Blue as well as their supporters as Ashwin had clearly overstepped the line. Simmons got yet another reprive when Hardik Pandya had him caught at the extra cover; only to walk back in an anguish of overstepping the line.
Simmons made full use of the two chances and compiled a match-winning 51-ball-82 to lead his team into the World Twenty20 Finals.
#1 India vs Pakistan, Champions Trophy Final at The Oval, London 2017
Occasion:- Final
Venue:- Kennington Oval, London
The Indian bowler's insatiable love for no-balls was on display again when the defending champions took on their arch-rivals Pakistan in the Final of the Champions Trophy in 2017- this time the culprit being Jasprit Bumrah.
India was playing in their fourth major title Final in six years, and after a thumping 124-run win over Pakistan in the league stage, entered the summit clash as prime contenders.
But their first mistake - the error that opened the floodgates - was Bumrah's overstepping in the fourth over to give a reprieve to rookie opener Fakhar Zaman (114), who had edged the ball to MS Dhoni when he was at three. Zaman added a further 111 to his tally to give Pakistan a platform on which their middle order built to swell the lead to 338-4 in 50 overs.
The Indian bowlers added two more no-balls to their tally, and such errors coupled with an insipid batting display, that saw the 'Men in Blue' get bowled out for 158; the trophy had been handed over.
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