Carlos Brathwaite named West Indies T20I captain; Twitter reacts

It was only inevitable; after the rumours of him being named as the new West Indies T20I skipper in place of sacked Darren Sammy started doing the rounds few days back. And late on Monday, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) confirmed the development by announcing Carlos Brathwaite’s name as the new skipper for the Caribbean team in the shortest format. ALSO READ: Video: Carlos Brathwaite’s four consecutive sixes to seal the World T20 title.

Brathwaite, who rose to prominence after hitting four consecutive sixes to England bowler Ben Stokes in the last over of ICC World T20 2016 final in India and winning the title for his side earlier this year, will take charge from the two-match T20I series against India to played later this month in the United States of America (USA).

It will be a huge challenge for the youngster to fill into the big shoes of Sammy, who led the team to record two World t20 titles and was extremely popular cricketer among the fans. Brathwaite’s appointment marks the beginning of a new era, and Twitterati welcomed this new era with mixed emotions. While some were happy with the development, few others rued the fact that Sammy won’t be playing anymore. Here’s presenting some selected tweets on this development:

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Carlos Brathwaite better off trying to become a better player than being burdened with captaincy? Or irrelevant in the #WICB larger game?

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 9, 2016

Carlos Brathwaite the new West Indies T20 Captain and He will lead them for two T20’s against India in Florida…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 9, 2016

Sammy would feel like a guy who just attended appraisal in corporate company though you won WT20, Performance doesn’t meet the expectations

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 9, 2016

Hit 4 consecutive sixes and become the captain, congrats Carlos Brathwaite for becoming WI new T20I skipper… #PoorZaheerKhanMissedOut :p

— P₹akash $inha (@Predicto_Praky) August 9, 2016

https://t.co/KZykNVmaEA @colblimp1983 How to upset the entire island of St Lucia – on the day WI start a test match in…St Lucia

— Peter M (@CowCorner79) August 9, 2016

Allrounder Carlos Brathwaite, who has played only eight T20Is, has been appointed the new West Indies T20 captai… #WestIndies #Cricket

— #Rio2016 (@DotBall) August 9, 2016

Carlos Brathwaite becomes West Indies skipper, that’s surprising but anything can happen there

— Cifar (@cifarshayar) August 9, 2016

There are other players who deserve to be captain, just saying and Carlos Brathwaite is NOT one!!!

— Keshav (@Kesh_8) August 6, 2016

How Carlos Brathwaite get T20 captain?

— minister of rôme ♆ (@KevzSehSuh246) August 6, 2016

Carlos Brathwaite appointed as new Windies T20 skipper. Gamechanger for @westindies

— Rahul Pai (@rahulpai8) August 9, 2016

Too much of onus on the newly appointed very young carribbean skipper Carlos Brathwaite. Hope he grooms well without any kind of pressure.

— Shantanu Smart (@smartshantanu) August 9, 2016