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'Happy seeing them cry' - Twitter abuzz as England pip Pakistan to clinch 20-20 World Cup 2022

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Rohit Kumar
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Time heals everything - A famous quote is a live example of what truly was a memorable 20-20 World Cup in Australia. Six years ago, 2016 was arguably one of the darkest chapters in the life of Ben Stokes. Carlos Braithwaite smashed four sixes off Stokes’s over to help West Indies lift their second world title and what happened six years later is one of the fairytales that will be written in the golden book of cricket.

Despite being under a lot of pressure, the all-rounder smashed a glorying fifty to help England lift their second world title. It was a poetic justice that was witnessed at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, November 13.

England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and asked the Men in Green to bat first in the match. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who were terrific in the previous match, were expected to dominate the English pacers upfront but the exact opposite happened.

The openers were in shambles as Sam Curran and Adil Rashid absolutely dominated Pakistan’s batting order. Curran wisely used his variations and gave away just 12 runs in his four overs, notching three wickets while Rashid picked two giving away just 22 in his four.

After stumbling in the middle for the majority of the match, Pakistan put 137 on board, a score that definitely wasn’t enough to control the English side. Despite that, the Pakistani cricketers showed enough character to put England in trouble in the second innings. Despite losing a few wickets early on, Ben Stokes stuck to his roots and played some brilliant cricket, scoring 52 off 49 deliveries to script a magnificent win in favour of the English boys.

With that, they now became the first team in the history of cricket to be called the defending champions of both the ODI World Championship and 20-20 World Championship.

Now despite Stokes’ brilliance, Sam Curran was rightfully adjudged as the Man of the Match following his brilliant spell with the bowl on the night of the finals. The 24-year-old absolutely stunned the cricketing world throughout the tournament with his impactful performances, and in the end, the youngster finished as the second leading wicket-taker of the tournament, notching 13 wickets from six matches.

Here is how Twitter reacted following 20-20 World Cup final:

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