West Indies players celebrate with the trophy after winning the final. (Source: Reuters)
CHAMPION.! CHAMPION! West Indies tonight created history by becoming the first nation to win the ICC World T20 twice with a dramatic four-wicket victory over England riding on Carlos Brathwaite four consecutive lusty sixes in the final over of the innings. Chasing a tricky target of 156, it was Marlon Samuels, who did an encore of the 2012 final that Darren Sammy’s men had won, hitting a magnificent 85 not out off 66 balls with nine boundaries and two huge sixes. However it was the unheralded giant Brathwaite, who scored 34 off only 10 balls as he hit the four most important maximums of his short cricketing career. (STATS || POINTS TABLE || FIXTURES)
Two finals. Two half-centuries…one unbeaten. Two man-of-the-match awards. Well done, Marlon Samuels. Big Final Player. #WI 👏👏👏
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 3 April 2016
Gayle failed against #Ind
He failed against #Eng too. No problem. This #WI team has depth. Worthy champions. 👏👏🙏 #WIvEng #Bing #DilSay— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 3 April 2016
#Eng should be proud of how they played throughout #WT20 and, more importantly, how they bowled today. Should’ve scored more runs though!
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 3 April 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) 3 April 2016
WOW! Now that’s a final! Congratulations to the West Indies for winning the #Wt20
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) 3 April 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) 3 April 2016
A very happy @KieronPollard55 in the studio along with @VVSLaxman281
Well done @westindies
What a game pic.twitter.com/2DueTcrhsr— Brett Lee (@BrettLee_58) 3 April 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) 3 April 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) 3 April 2016
Congratulations @westindies Team. Unbelievable Victory. Well played @englandcricket Team 😇#Champion #WT20Final pic.twitter.com/in9v1wZGqF
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) 3 April 2016
Congratulations to the mens and womens teams of West Indies! Outstanding teamwork
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) 3 April 2016
Goodness Gracious Me! That was an incredible game of Cricket. Well done Captain @darrensammy88 and @westindies Cricket.
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) 3 April 2016
Brilliant is the word..Super performance WI.. Well done Eng.. Overall Cricet is the Winner!!! A fairytale Ending @darrensammy88
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) 3 April 2016
6…6…6…6…World T20 Champions.
— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) 3 April 2016
Champions R Champions really-what a befitting final-Braithwaite is breathtaking!Wasnt backing Windies-but my fav team team won-Hail Calypso!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) 3 April 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) 3 April 2016
Brrrrrreeeeaaaattthhhhhwwwaaaaiiiittttt u beauty @westindies @henrygayle @DJBravo47 congrats champions
— Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) 3 April 2016
The @westindies can do no wrong!! Incredible win. Congrats on doing the treble #WT20
— Glenn McGrath (@glennmcgrath11) 3 April 2016
Brathwaite may have singlehandedly destroyed the philosophy of bowling Yorkers in the death. Scored 28 off 5 attempted Yorkers. #WT20
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) 3 April 2016
Congratulations to @westindies cricket team. Great game and what a victory!!!#Champions
— ajinkyarahane88 (@ajinkyarahane88) 3 April 2016
Congratulations man of the tournament virat.kohli totally deserved it keep going kid 💪🏼👊🏽 https://t.co/kfiRA9rXKL
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) 3 April 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) 3 April 2016
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