138/5 (19.0)
CR : 7.26
137/8 (20.0)
CR : 6.85
England won by 5 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Sam Curran
3/12
Moeen Ali: "Yeah, this is one of the best achievements in my cricketing career. Amazing feeling to get it done against this powerful Pakistani team. It was about being positive and showing intent. If I get out then it should happen being positive."
Alex Hales: "Yeah, definitely, it's an incredible feeling. The last six weeks have been so so special. We have taken our time. it took me a bit hard to find my feet. They are a piece of high-quality bowling. Yeah, thank you."
Sam Curran | Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament: "Yeah, very special. Ahh! I don't think this award is for me. Ben Stokes deserves this, as he has done this many times for England. So, I think he is the real owner of this. The plan was simple. It was to bowl according to the dimensions of the ground. So I planned accordingly and executed them really well. Pakistan bowled brilliantly. They nipped around and put us under pressure. Stokes is a guy that we, the younger boys, look upto. He has the experience, and he has done it in these big stages. He is a great player. People do question him, which is incredible. Amazing crowd tonight. I wanted to adapt to the conditions coming into the tournament. I haven't bowled much in death before. To be honest, needed to be good with the bat as well. How good it is to be a world champion (laughs). "
The match officials are getting their medals now for their incredible efforts in officiating the match!
5:33 PM IST| The Pakistan players are being summoned for their runners-up medals.
Babar Azam (Pakistan Captain): "Ahh of course, congratulations to England team they are the champions and played so. I would like to thank the audience for coming and supporting us wherever we play. Yeah, just only I tried to pass the message of playing your natural game. Yeah definitely, we fell 20 runs short but our boys were good with the ball.
Of course, our bowling is one of the best in the world. The way we started in the powerplay was good, but then Shaheen's injury else the results could have been a little different."
Of course, our bowling is one of the best in the world. The way we started in the powerplay was good, but then Shaheen's injury else the results could have been a little different."
England players are now on the stage to receive their winning medal.
Jos Buttler (England Captain): "Yeah, absolutely. It is very good to win the T20 World Cup. I am immensely proud of everyone who made this happen. It has been a fantastic tournament. We went to Pakistan before this tournament, and it helped us to prepare well. Even after the loss against Ireland, we were almost down and out. But to overcome that one and win the next matches and become the champions is a special thing. He (Adil Rashid) has been bowling really well. Adil has been bowling good lines and lengths in the last three matches and put us in a good position. They (Pakistan) have bowled seriously well. They swung the ball, and lines and lengths were tighter as well. They were bowling it with a fiery pace and were attacking as well. It was, once again, Ben Stokes. Ahh!! He does it again and again. Ben Stokes was just perfect at the end. He has experience, and he is the ultimate competition. That phase he handled with Moeen Ali just took the match away from Pakistan."
5:40 PM IST | And smiles on each of the faces, England lifts the trophy at the center stage, with crackers thrusting all around. The English team is at the podium and jubilant, posing behind the champion's mark with champaigns sprayed around.
5:48 PM IST | So, here we are, it was Australia🇦🇺 as the champions in 2021, and now a year later it's their arch-rivals who lift the trophy at the iconic MCG🏟. England🏴 have embedded their name under this championship for the second time after clinching in 2010. After West Indies, they have scripted the T20 World Cup title twice under their name.
What a fantastic World Cup🏆 we've had. Four weeks went by thick and fast, and with the number of upsets and drama witnessed on the cards, this shall go down to the history books.
This is your guy, Arijit Kundu, and was a pleasure to call the marquee event throughout with fellow co-commentators 'perfectionist' AkshayaKrishna Polya, 'marathon man' Ajay Ahire, 'floater' Badal Pareek and scorer/analyst Paras Yadav. It's time to bid adieu. Thank you! TATA!! Bye-Bye!!
What a fantastic World Cup🏆 we've had. Four weeks went by thick and fast, and with the number of upsets and drama witnessed on the cards, this shall go down to the history books.
This is your guy, Arijit Kundu, and was a pleasure to call the marquee event throughout with fellow co-commentators 'perfectionist' AkshayaKrishna Polya, 'marathon man' Ajay Ahire, 'floater' Badal Pareek and scorer/analyst Paras Yadav. It's time to bid adieu. Thank you! TATA!! Bye-Bye!!