Published: Mar 31, 2016, 11:54 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 31, 2016, 11:54 PM (IST)
It seems India are not finding an answer to this West Indian hurdle. The young West Indian side beat them to lift the ICC Under-19 World Cup final earlier this year, then their women’s team knocked India out of the ICC Women’s World T20 2016 as they marched to final and now against all odds, the men’s side downed MS Dhoni’s India to reach the final of the ICC World T20 2016.
Till the batting Powerplay of West Indies, everything was going in India’s way but then came two no-balls, few ordinary overs which cost the hosts the semi-final of the mega event.
West Indies once again displayed their depth in batting as they chased down the massive 193. Mind it, they chased it down despite Chris Gayle’s failure at the top. Lendl Simmons, who came in the squad in place of injured Andre Fletcher, blasted an unbeaten 81 at his IPL home ground, to see his side through. He was well supported by Johnson Charles and Andre Russell.
There were delightful scenes at Mumbai as the Caribbean players danced to their own tunes after winning the match. Cricket fraternity applauded them for their big win and we bring you the best of the tweets. Who says West Indies cricket is on a decline?
Congrats to both West Indies #WI men and women team. Playing the #final of #WT20. Fantastic all round display @westindies and @windieswomen
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) March 31, 2016
Proud of the Indian cricket team, no matter what. Very well played!! Great effort guys right from the start. #BleedBlue #IndvsWI #WT20 — Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) March 31, 2016
IMO this has been the best @ICC World tournament .. Short,Sharp,Quality,Drama with incredible players on show … Bloody love T20 #ICCWT20
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 31, 2016
Very happy for West Indies cricket — Makarand Waingankar (@wmakarand) March 31, 2016
Silence is deafening. Well played @westindies. @BCCI have produced some ridic comebacks but not quite enough tonight. #INDvsWI #WT20
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) March 31, 2016
Why is everybody surprised the windies won when eng chased down 225.. — Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) March 31, 2016
Best cricket match i have seen in a while hard luck #IND congratulations #WI #IndvsWI #WT20
— subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) March 31, 2016
Well done WI. India, not good on the field today. #IndvsWI #AKLive #WT20 — Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) March 31, 2016
@imVkohli didn’t deserve that finish , a great player with a spirit to match who nearly won the game on his own !
— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) March 31, 2016
Great great great!!! Well done Windies!!! #silence #wankhede #WestindiesvsEngland #ICCWT20 #finals proud to be West Indian — Brian Lara (@BrianLara) March 31, 2016
Wow!! What a game!! This has to be the best t20 world cup so far! So many great games! #WT20
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) March 31, 2016
Well done West Indies ! Brilliant run chase by @54simmo , Charles & @Russell12A . Congrats ! — Azhar Mahmood (@AzharMahmood11) March 31, 2016
What a game!! I’ve never seen anything like it. @westindies will need next 2 days to get over celebrations tonight #WT20
— Glenn McGrath (@glennmcgrath11) March 31, 2016
Could you imagine if the Windies had Pollard and Narine in their Team? Awesome win! Dew factor didn’t help India.. Well played tho! — Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) March 31, 2016
Wow – have you ever heard 35.000 Indians go so quiet?
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) March 31, 2016
Forget the result …. That was a fantastic game of Cricket … 2 great teams .. Brilliant pitch .. Incredible crowd… Bloody Love T20 .. — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 31, 2016
#DreRuss is #differentgravy what a run chase #IndvsWI crowd quiet like it is at Canterbury
— Alex Tudor (@alextudorcoach) March 31, 2016
U19 WC winners and now both Men and Women’s teams in the #WT20 finals…how good is that @westindies Awesome 2016 !!! — Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) March 31, 2016
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