He just lived the sporting dream: Twitter on Brathwaite’s heroics

Needing 19 runs off the last over, Carlos Brathwaite turned out to be the hero of the match as he hit four sixes off the first four balls of the Ben Stokes over.

West Indies beat England by four wickets at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on Sunday to lift their second World T20 title.

West Indies Carlos Brathwaite hits a six during the final of the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket tournament. (AP Photo)

Needing 19 runs off the last over, it appeared as if England held the upper hand, but Carlos Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes off Ben Stokes to seal the win for the Windies.

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Needless to say, Twitter was quick to comment on the youngster’s brilliant finish to the game.

There was some sympathy, as well as some criticism, for Brathwaite’s victim, Stokes, who was consoled by captain Eoin Morgan after the loss.

(PTI)