The T20 Cricket World Cup champions are West Indies. They beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs. The finals held at Colombo, Sri Lanka. The score board is as follows.
West Indies won the toss and selected to bat first.
West Indies 137/6 (20/20 ov)
Marlon Samuels 78 form 56 balls
Darren Sammy 26 from 15 balls
A.Mendis 4 wickets for 12 runs
Sri Lanka 101 (18.4/20 ov)
Mahela Jayawardena 33 from 36 balls
Kumar Sangakkara 22 from 26 balls
Nuwan Kulasekara 29 from 13 balls
The ‘Man of the match’ award won by Marlon Samuels for his magnificent 78 runs. Ajantha Mendis, Chris Gayle and Shane Watson was nominated for the ‘Man of the Series’. Finally Australia's Shane Watson has been named World Twenty20 player of the tournament after dominating the event with both bat and ball.
This is a huge victory for West Indies and it was the West Indies' first success in an International Cricket Council tournament since a long-forgotten and equally unexpected Champions Trophy victory in 2004. Thirty years since West Indies last played a world cup final. Therefore this victory must be a great start for them.
Also this is definitely a big fall for Sri Lankans, especially for the captain Mahela Jayawardana. He has taken his team four times to the final of a major event in the past five years but end up being runners up.
Finally there is one interesting news. It’s Dwayne Bravo’s birthday today. So let us all wish him happy birthday and congratulations for whole team.
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