The third edition of the shortest format's World Cup brought with it a trip to the Carribean, and Afghanistan's first appearance on the big stage.
The tournament was played only 12 months after the previous World Cup, with the Champions Trophy which was originally delayed from Pakistan in 2008 being moved due to security concerns, and then shortened to a 20-over format.
Afghanistan became the first affiliate member team to ever play in a top-tier ICC tournament (i.e. ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy etc) and were joined by Ireland who made their second appearance in a row after surprising the world to make the quarter-finals just 12 months earlier.
Zimbabwe also made their return after missing the 2009 tournament, with the Netherlands and Scotland both missing out.
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The tournament brought with it some very high-scoring games and close cricket between the world's best, but was also hampered by plenty of ugly weather during the group stage. Luckily, it cleared for the finals.
It also saw Australia and England both make the final for the first time (and for Australia, so far, the only time), although that became a bit of a non-event as England took home the chocolates.
Here are the top five matches from the 2010 T20 World Cup.
2. Sri Lanka leave it until the last ball to eliminate India
India were right up against it when they took on Sri Lanka in a Super Eight match, and ended up falling short on the very last ball, ending their campaign.
It was hardly a poor performance with the bat from India, who batted first in the match at Gros Inlet. They ended up with 163 from their 20 overs, led by Suresh Raina, who belted 64 from just 47 balls. He was ably supported by cameos from MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir.
Over eight runs per over could have been a whole lot worse though had it not been for Lasith Malinga's 2 for 25 from four overs, and Thisara Perera's 1 for 15 from three overs.
The chase couldn't have got off to a worse start either as Ashish Nehra and Vinay Kumar got rid of dangerous opening combinations Mahela Jayawardene and Sanath Jayasuriya for four and a duck respectively.
It left Sri Lanka at 2 for 6 off 1.5 overs, before Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara set about rebuilding the innings. By the time they were both out for 33 off 26 and 46 off 33 respectively, it was over to Angelo Mathews and Chamara Kapugedra to get the job done, and get the job done they did.
While Matthews was run out for 46 from 37 with a ball to go, it left Kapugedra on strike for the final ball who blasted a victory to take the Sri Lankans to a famous victory.
