Stokes was given the ball for the final over in Kolkata with the Windies needing 19 runs to win, a target which Carlos Brathwaite reached in style by smashing four consecutive sixes.
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Both sides fielded unchanged squads for the match which will see one of them becoming the first team to win a second World Twenty20 title.
In reply, West Indies openers Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor figured in a record partnership to help the West Indies defeat Australia by eight wickets and clinch their maiden title at the women’s World Twenty20.
27-year-old Carlos Brathwaite was to face the first ball of the last over of this year’s T20 World Cup bowled by Ben Stokes.
Former Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee was full of praise for the West Indies and their approach towards Twenty20 cricket. At no stage, did the West Indies get anywhere near whey they wanted.
The loss was reminder of their 2013 Champions Trophy final loss to India at home where they had collapsed from being 110/4 with 20 needed from 15 to go down by five runs. I certainly think the physical game of every global cricketers, not only the strength but the timing so you never feel that far away from getting leathered. Starting from captain Darren Sammy to Dwayne Bravo to the man of the match Marlon Samuels, their emotional speeches won everyone’s hearts. Sammy spoke about their problems with the board after their emphatic victory against England in the final in Kolkata on Sunday. “That is very disappointing”, he said. India’s top-order batsman, who was adjudged player of the tournament, leads Australia’s second-ranked Aaron Finch by 86 points.
“It is why we have to put these talented guys at the front and centre of English cricket going forward”. “Erroll, I did, and now we are world champions”.
Samuels also aimed fire at a “nervous” Stokes after the match in a press conference that had to be cut short due to his ranting. People were wondering whether we would play in this tournament and we were described as having no brains.
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“First and foremost I can’t fault anything we did with the ball, on the field today, I thought we were exceptional”, Morgan told reporters.
