West Indies cliches a stunner, Twitter takes a bow

Kolkata: West Indies beat England by four wickets to clinch the World Twenty20 title at Eden Gardens here today. Brief Scores: England: 155 for 9 in 20 overs.(Joe Root 54, Jos Buttler 36; Carlos Brathwaite 3/23, Dwayne Bravo 3/37, Samuel Badree 2/16). West Indies: 161 for 6 in 19.4 overs (Marlon Samuels 85 not out, Carlos Brathwaite 34 not out; David Willey 3/20, Joe Root 2/9).

Feeling bad for @benstokes38 ......you are champion #WT20Final pic.twitter.com/u8rzZsaZbJ

— Rihana Root (@rihanaanwar200) April 3, 2016

Final life-lesson from the #WT20Final: Finish with a flourish. Hit a 6 even if you need 1. Outperformance is sweeter than compliance #WI

— Bedit Banerjee (@bedit) April 3, 2016

This is why we love cricket. What a final.Congrats #westindies.Wt a year for the https://t.co/apaxPgzD3L has become richer today.#WT20Final — Unmukt Chand (@UnmuktChand9) 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

#WestIndies regain their lost cricketing glory in style by clinching #WT20Final 2016 men & women's championships today. Simply outstanding! — Moonis Elahi (@MoonisElahi6) April 3, 2016

The boys & girls from the Caribbean islands have fun while playing. That is the secret to doing well in T20. Have fun.#WT20Final — Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) 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

#WI are awarded the #WT20 Trophy! Congratulations @westindies! #ENGvWI #WT20Final pic.twitter.com/6LewhZgpWc — ICC (@ICC) April 3, 2016

U will have ups and downs in this game u have big balls @benstokes38 keep fighting u are a legend ????????????????????????#WT20Final pic.twitter.com/BTRdUDcjXR — Mrigank Tyagi (@immrigank) April 3, 2016 <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations on the superb win, West Indies!! So glad the men&#39;s team won too against England! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WT20Final?src=hash" rel='nofollow'>#WT20Final</a></p>&mdash; Neelesh Misra (@neeleshmisra) <a href="https://twitter.com/neeleshmisra/status/716681179613650944" rel='nofollow'>April 3, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>