In a spectacular show down, West Indies defeated England in the grand World T-20 finale to claim the title of WT20 champions, managing to chase down England’s 155 run target with 4 wickets to spare.
With 19 runs remaining in the final over, nobody, especially one of England finest bowlers Ben Stokes, would have believed that they would be seeing a 6 6 6 6 figure in a single over, but that’s how Carlos Brathwaite rolled, with 3 massive sixes and then another one that was the final nail in the coffin for England. Marlon Samuels was awarded the Man of the Match, with an unbeaten 85 runs.
Here’s how the world reacted on Twitter:
Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi
OMG…. !!!!
— Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) April 3, 2016
New Zealand’s Ross Taylor
Wow 6,6,6
— Ross Taylor (@RossLTaylor) April 3, 2016
Graeme Smith tweeting
Wowzers #T20WorldCupfinal
— Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49) April 3, 2016
Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh expresses his emotions
Unbelievable game !brathwaite you beauty congratulations West Indies world champions ! Feel bad for stokes England outstanding throughout
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 3, 2016
Followed by Harbhajan Singh
Brrrrrreeeeaaaattthhhhhwwwaaaaiiiittttt u beauty @westindies@henrygayle@DJBravo47 congrats champions
— Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) April 3, 2016
And Shane Warne
Seen a lot of things over 25 yrs being involved in international cricket. But nothing quite like that finish to a game 6 6 6 6 congrats WI !
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) April 3, 2016
Congrats to both teams on an amazing final. Well done to the WI, well played Marlon & great hitting Brathwaite. Bring on some dancing haha !
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) April 3, 2016
Lastly, there was Sachin Tendulkar, the cricket legend tweeting
WI all the way!! True champions, be it u19s, women’s or men’s championship! Super stuff by team WI! Brathwaite was breathtaking! #WT20Final
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 3, 2016
