Best innings of T20 World Cup: The T20 World Cup (T20 World Cup 2024) is going to start from June 2. The final of the tournament will be played on June 29. Once again during the T20 World Cup you will witness some performances that will surprise you. The T20 World Cup has been played 8 times so far, during which many batting and bowling feats have taken place that have shocked world cricket. Be it Yuvraj Singh’s 6 sixes in 6 balls or Chris Gayle’s 47 ball century against England in 2016. But apart from all this, the T20 World Cup also witnessed an innings that shocked everyone.
Actually, that inning was just ’10 balls’ but that 10 ball innings made the team the world champions. Let us tell you that in the final of the 2016 T20 World Cup, West Indies’ Carlos Braithwaite made his team the champion by playing only 10 balls. Carlos Brathwaite’s 10-ball innings of 34 was named the best innings of the decade from 2010 to 2019 by Wisden.
10 balls that made West Indies champions
The West Indies and England teams reached the finals of the 2016 World Cup. West Indies won the toss and asked England to bat first. Playing first, England scored 155 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs with Joe Root scoring 54 runs and Jos Buttler scoring 36 runs. Braithwaite took 3 wickets for just 23 runs. Now West Indies needed 156 runs to win.
6 wickets of West Indies fell in just 107 runs.
When the West Indies started chasing the target, the team’s 6 wickets fell for just 107 runs. West Indies were almost out of the match. England were on their way to victory, but cricket is said to be a game of uncertainties. Exactly the same thing happened in this one. Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels were at the crease at this time. Everything that happened in the match after this became historic.
Braithwaite had charisma
West Indies were out of the match but Karishma was yet to be in the match. West Indies needed 39 runs from 21 balls to win when Brashwaite bowled the first ball of the match. At the other end was Marlon Samuels. Both the batsmen had a miraculous batting.
19th over from Chris Jordan
Here West Indies needed 27 runs in two overs. Jordan scored only 8 runs in this over, now West Indies had to score 19 runs in the last over. Which was difficult. Because Ben Stokes came to bowl the last over.
The thrill of the last over
West Indies needed 19 runs from 6 balls. At that time Stokes was a budding all-rounder. His bowling was the talk of the town in those days. It was not easy for West Indies to score 19 runs in 6 balls. But Carlos Braithwaite came to write history on the field.
First ball– Carlos Braithwaite’s six, Braithwaite took the excitement to the limit by hitting a six over deep backward square.
Another ball – The England captain went to Stokes. Yorker plan was made. Stokes tried to bowl a yorker, but the ball came straight onto the bat and hit another six.
Third ball – 12 runs were scored in two balls. The West Indies team is now dreaming of becoming champions. This time too the Scots tried a yorker, the ball went for a six.
West Indies became champions on the fourth ball Stokes looked as if he had lost, with a look of despair on his face. Stokes could not understand anything. The match went in favor of England. Braithwaite also made West Indies champions for the second time by hitting a six on this ball.
4 sixes in 4 consecutive balls, historic innings
Braithwaite did a miracle by hitting 4 sixes in 4 consecutive balls. Stokes was sitting on the pitch. The England camp couldn’t believe it. The West Indies players were celebrating. In the match, Braithwaite scored 34 runs off 10 balls, batting at a strike rate of 340 as the batsman created history for the West Indies. Ian Bishop was doing the commentary when the feat happened. He commented. ‘Carlos Braithwaite: Remember the name..
Wisden selected it as the best innings of the decade from 2010 to 2019.
Braithwaite’s innings was selected as the best innings of the decade from 2010 to 2019 by Wisden. Remembering this innings by Braithwaite, fans even today dive into the ocean of thrills.