10 best Indian wins in finals

India have won several limited-overs finals in their long and distinguished cricketing history. Some of these wins have come on big stages and against good oppositions. At one point, however, they fell into the bad habit of losing a string of finals. But over the past decade, they have certainly erased those memories by winning many finals on a consistent basis.Here’s a look at 10 of India’s best wins in finals:

#10 2013 Tri-series final

After a poor start to the tournament, India bounced back to beat Sri Lanka and West Indies and thereby booked their place in the final of the Tri-series where they took on Sri Lanka. MS Dhoni returned to captain India in the final after suffering an injury at the start of the tournament and put the Sri Lankans into bat after winning the toss.

The Indian bowlers picked up early wickets to put the Sri Lankans on the back foot straight away. Kumar Sangakkara shared a 122-run stand for the fourth wicket with Lahiru Thirimanne, but once both were dismissed, the Sri Lankan innings fell apart and they were eventually all out for 201 in their 50 overs.

In reply, India got off to a shaky start losing both Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli cheaply. Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik then put on a 50-run stand before the latter was dismissed for 23. Suresh Raina then joined Sharma in the middle and the two put on 62 for the fourth wicket before Sharma was out for 58.

Raina fell soon after for 32, which triggered a collapse as Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravichandran Ashwin all fell in quick succession, leaving Dhoni to rally the tail with him. Vinay Kumar hung around for a while before getting out, with India still needing 20 to win in 3.4 overs.

Ishant Sharma joined his captain in the middle, and the duo scored at a snail’s pace initially, scoring just 5 runs off the next 16 balls. That meant that India needed 15 to win in the last over. Shaminda Eranga was brought on to bowl the final over. Dhoni smashed the second ball for a six to bring the equation down to 9 off 4 balls. He smashed the next two balls for a four and a six to help India register an incredible one-wicket win.