Carlos Braithwaite News
Brathwaite opined that Root should have shook hands much earlier to accept the draw but the England skipper played on until five balls remained.
Cricket is a team sport but when it comes to the shortest format, it sometimes only takes one player to rise to the occasion and deliver a match-winning performance. With the T20 World Cup 2021 just getting started, it would be interesting to see which players turn up with the most game-changing innings or spells.
Former West Indies cricketer turned commentator Ian Bishop recalled the story of how the 'remember the name' term came into his mind for all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite.
West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite has received an official reprimand and received 1 demerit point for breaching Level One of the ICC Code of Conduct during the England v West Indies game at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at the Hampshire Bowl on Friday.
The time for sending messages is over for Carlos Brathwaite after his West Indies side fell agonizingly short of downing defending champions Australia at Trent Bridge.
At the same time, he had words of praise for big-hitting batsman Nicholas Pooran who nearly took the game away from India with a spectacular performance under pressure.
Power-packed performances by Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant ensured a win for India, despite being handed a stiff target of 182. A few nervy moments in the last over nearly turned the tide in favour of the Windies.
The second T20 between India and West Indies proved to be a one-sided contest with the Men in Blue winning by a margin of 71 runs, having scoring 195 runs on the back of a fine century by Rohit Sharma.
The first T20 at Kolkata turned out to be a thriller after the West Indies were dismissed for a score of just 109. India recorded a nervy five-wicket win on the back of a 34 ball 31 by Dinesh Karthik.
Holder was chosen for the contract along with batsman Shai Hope, bowlers Kemar Roach and Alzarri Joseph.
Brathwaite, will become the Thunder's second overseas player, alongside England's James Vince, and will be available for the match against Hobart on Sunday.
Samuels, who scored 85 not out, was later fined for using abusive and offensive language directed at Stokes.
India defeated West Indies by an innings and 92 runs in the first cricket Test to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
In one of the previous matches against Afghanistan, Braithwaite had hit a huge six over deep midwicket that went all the way for 100 metres!
Brathwaite took the breath way of all the spectators in the ground with his powerful strokes and emerged out as a new hero of West Indies cricket.
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