5. 58* vs Sri Lanka, Adelaide Oval (2012)
Rarest occasion with MSD remaining not out and the match ended as a tie. Nevertheless, it was a bewitching finish with MS Dhoni’s action down the wire.
Chasing a target of 237 for victory against Sri Lanka, India were 4 down to 118 when the skipper came in and joined Gauti. They put up a good 50-run partnership before involved in an awful mix-up and Gauti had to walk back to the pavilion. Still, the team needed 59 more runs. Soon another two quick wickets fell. But MSD stayed calm and took the match till the last over with 9 runs required off it (2 wickets in hand).
It’s the world’s best death bowler against the world’s best finisher. India managed run-a-ball in the first five balls and needed 4 to win off the last delivery and the skipper was on strike. He smashed the ball towards cover boundary (which was long), but a superb fielding effort at the deep saved the boundary and both the batsmen ran 3 runs. Thus the match ended in a tie.
