Published: Apr 04, 2016, 12:00 AM (IST)
Edited: Apr 04, 2016, 12:03 AM (IST)
Everyone has exhausted their vocabulary tonight. Describing tonight’s game between West Indies and England must have brought writer’s block to everyone. When West Indies needed 19 off the last over, none of us gave West Indies a chance; in fact, we wrote them off. Indeed, we have seen edge-of-the-seat thrillers, nail-biting finishes and unbelievable cliffhangers. However, what we saw tonight will stay etched in our memory forever. Barring English fans, most of the cricket fans on Twitter wanted the rampaging West Indians to win ICC World T20 2016. Here are some tweets from the cricketing fraternity who showered heaps of praises on the World T20 champions:
Congratulations @westindies Team. Unbelievable
Victory.
Well played @englandcricket Team #Champion #WT20Final pic.twitter.com/in9v1wZGqF
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) April 3, 2016
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
That was all a team driven win, and I mean the guys in the 15 and management team .. POINT
PROVEN
BOYS.
— Kieron Pollard (@KieronPollard55) April 3,
2016
‘Do you have any sympathy for the bowlers?’ Curtly Ambrose was asked. ‘Well yes, yes,’ he said, ‘but on this occasion, no!’
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) April 3, 2016
@ICC @westindies @ECB_cricket Well done West Indies you showed why you are such a Match winning side in this form of the game!!
— Allan Donald (@AllanDonald33) April 3, 2016
WOW!!Congrats @darrensammy88 & #WI team on winning the #WT20 Gr8 knock from Samuels under pressure & 4 amazing 6’s from Braithwaite
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) April 3, 2016
Goodness Gracious Me! That was an incredible game of Cricket. Well done Captain @darrensammy88 and @westindies
Cricket.
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) April 3, 2016
Amazing game. What a performance by the Windies. Strong belief, stronger faith. What a statement
in
more ways than one. #Caribbean flair
— Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2) April 3,
2016
That was all a team driven win, and I mean the guys in the 15 and
management team .. POINT PROVEN BOYS. — Kieron Pollard (@KieronPollard55) April 3, 2016
Unbelievable game !brathwaite you beauty congratulations West Indies world
champions ! Feel bad for stokes England outstanding throughout — yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 3, 2016
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
Couldn’t have a better finish to a world cup!! @TridentSportsX boy you hit em a long way. Well done @westindies! 3 world cups in a year! — Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) April 3, 2016
That is unbelievable!!!! @MarlonSamuels7
standing
up again in a T20 World Cup final. Brathwaite omg!!! #CalypsoKings
— Shane Watson (@ShaneRWatson33) April 3,
2016
Amazing work by Windies! Completely turned around the result. Great knock by Marlon as well. U
guys
really deserved it. Champions!
— Sanath Jayasuriya (@sanath07) April 3, 2016
West Indies have emerged triumphant in U-19 World 2016, Women’s World T20 2016 and Men’s World T20 2016. Given the kind of shape West Indies cricket has been for over the years, this victory will change the dynamics of West Indies cricket. However, Darren Sammy becomes the 4th captain to lift 2 World Cup; first being Clive Lyod in 1975 and 1979, second being Ricky Ponting in 2003 and 2007 and third being MS Dhoni in WT20 2007 and 2011.
Marlon Samuels was hero of yet another chase. In 2012, when West Indies won their maiden WT20, Samuels plundered 56-ball 78 and was awarded Man of the Match. Today, against in-form England, he emulated his heroics and played match-winning innings of 66-ball 85. But the best was yet to witness. Brathwaite smashed four consecutive 6s when they needed 19 off the last over. Such was the brilliance of West Indies in one of the best World Cup final!
