Top 5 T20Is of the year 2016

#2 South Africa vs Australia, Johannesburg

Glenn Maxwell and David Warner’s 175-run partnership won the game for Australia

Whenever South Africa and Australia face each other at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, memories of the historic ODI between both these teams will come across the fans’ mind. Earlier this year, when these two teams squared off at the Wanderers for a T20I, the match resembled the ODI in which South Africa chased down 438 in reply to Australia’s 434.

After losing the first T20I of the three-match series, Australian skipper Steve Smith won the toss and asked the Proteas to bat. Quinton de Kock’s swashbuckling start followed by Faf du Plessis’ 41-ball 79 and David Miller’s 18-ball 33 put South Africa in a strong position as they ended their 20 overs with the scorecard reading 204-7.

Chasing a massive total, the visitors lost opener, Aaron Finch early and his fellow opener Shane Watson was having a torrid time with the bat. Skipper Steve Smith couldn’t do much as he departed soon after and Watson immediately followed him for a 15-ball 9.

Australia were reduced to 32-3 inside the first six overs. It was then that David Warner and Glenn Maxwell came together and stitched an innings together. They played their natural game and took their team out of the misery they were put in. Both reached their individual fifties and looked like they were on a mission to take their team home. With 12 needed off seven balls, Maxwell was caught by AB de Villiers for a 43-ball 75 and off the very next ball (the first ball of the last over), Kagiso Rabada castled Warner for a 40-ball 77.

At that stage, the Aussies needed 12 runs off five balls with Mitch Marsh and James Faulkner at the crease. They somehow managed to score ten off four balls and with two needed off the final delivery, Marsh hit the ball down the ground and sneaked in a double to take their team to a huge five-wicket win.