What an entertaining innings by Chris Gayle!
If you have read the headline, you already know that West Indies won the game against England. Here’s how they won it.
West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl first.
England’s Alex Hales and Jason Roy’s early partnership of was ended by Andre Russell, who dismissed Roy for a run-a-ball 15. Joe Root came to bat and scored some easy runs helped by West Indian bowlers’ erratic deliveries, where they kept switching between good yorkers and slow balls to wide and short deliveries.
This helped Root and Hales add 55 runs for the second wicket.
Jos Buttler (30 off 20), Morgan (27 not out off 14) and Stokes (15 off 7) then made valuable contributions towards the end of the innings to help England post 182 for 6 in their 20 overs.
West Indies didn’t start off with a bang. WI lost Johnson Charles early on and bowled tight, not allowing any runs between the wickets. West Indies kept losing their batsmen at regular intervals.
Marlon Samuels was gone at 37, Denesh Ramdin at 12 and Dwayne Bravo for just 2 runs when Chris Gayle took matters in his own hands.
Gayle was mostly on the non-striker's end till this point. But once he took charge, he hit English bowlers all over the stadium.
He hit 11 sixes and 5 four’s before recording the fastest century in World T20. He also became the only player to hit two centuries in T20 World Cups.
There was no stopping Gayle in rampage mode and England were at the receiving end as West Indies cruised to victory with 11 balls to spare.
