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England defeated Pakistan in a thrilling T20 World Cup 2022 final at the Melbourne♊ Cricket Ground to bag their second World T20 title on Sunday.
Six years after heartbreak in Kolkata, Ben Stokes finally has his T20 redemption. He also etched his name in history with unbeaten half-𒅌centuries in consecutive World Cup victories for England. Stokes played an undefeated 52 off 49🃏 balls to guide England to a 5-wicket win.
Chasing the paltry target of 138, England were indeed in a spot of bother after losing four wickets for 84, but Stokes and Moeen Ali (19) formed a match-winning 48 runs partnership tꩲo take the game away from Pakistan.
Earlier, England bowled with complete discipline and restricted Pakistan to 137/8 in their allotted 20 overs. Sam Curran, Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan shined with the ball and kep🌊t the pressure on Pakista✱n batters.
Curran picked up the maximum three wickets for just 12 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Similarly, Rashid bagged a couple for 22 and Jordan took two scalps for 27. For the Men in Green, Shan Masood with 38 off 28 was the top run-scorer.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
ON TOP OF THE WORLD 🦁
— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
WHAT A WIN! 🎉
England are the new champions! 🤩 | | 📝
— ICC (@ICC)
Well done Engla💧nd! Undoubtedly the best team in the𝔍 tourney👏
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17)
And it's yet again! Congratulations on winning the 👏
— Robbie Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
England now becomes the first side in international cricket to simultaneously hold both World titles (50 overs & 20 ovs).
– 50-ovs title at Lord's in 2019
– at the MCG in 2022— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Matthew Mott as the coach wins both Men's World Cup and Women's World Cup in 2022.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
T20 WCs often throw up unexpected winners. Not thi🧸s time. Well done England! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
“This time it’s B⛦uttler’s boys. Champions of the Wo൲rld!” 🏆😍
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
GET IN THERE LADS!!!!! 👏🏼🔥🙌🏼🏆
— Sam Billings (@sambillings)
Inspite of a lo💎w total ! This was a good final !
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
This has been a graceful World Cup victory for team England. Well pl♛a🍌yed 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
BEN STOKES.🔥
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
The revolution that brought about is alive and strong. England is the best white ball team i💙n world cricket. To win both World Cups is extraordinary
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
If Ben Stokes was a wrestler, you just think he’d be headlining pretty much every year. Spe𝕴ak about a big match performer
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
Ben Stokes is bo꧙rn for these situations!! 😍😍😍😍🏴
— Alexandra Hartley (@AlexHartley93)
2016 ➡️ 2022
Redemption for & a trophy for 🏆
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Winners 🏆:
2007 India 🇮🇳
2009 Pakistan 🇵🇰
2010 England 🏴
2012 West Indies 🏝️
2014 Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
2016 West Indies 🏝️
2021 Australia 🇦🇺
2022 England 🏴— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab)
Unbeaten in an ODI WC final run chase
Unbeaten in 10th-wkt stand in 4th inngs chase
Unbeaten in a T20 WC final run chaseBen Stokes
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
Eng since the 2015 World Cup shambles:
T20 World Cup finalists – 2016
Champions Trophy semi finalists – 2017
World Cup champions – 2019
T20 World Cup semi finalists – 2021
T20 World Cup champions – 2022They are the holders of both world cups. O♒ne of the great turnarounds
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek)
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Winners 🏆:
2007 India 🇮🇳
2009 Pakistan 🇵🇰
2010 England 🏴
2012 West Indies 🏝️
2014 Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
2016 West Indies 🏝️
2021 Australia 🇦🇺
2022 England 🏴— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab)
Congratulations, ! 👏
— England (@England)
Lord’s, Headingley, and now the MCG…
Ben Stokes just loves the clutch moments:
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— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1)
Ben Stokes in England's ODI and T20 World Cup Final:
– 84* (98) Vs New Zealand in the ODI World Cup.
– 52* (49) Vs Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.– Stokes proven out to be a key player for England in both the title victories, he's been a champion!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)