2016 has been absolutely phenomenal for West Indies Cricket. Carlos Brathwaite belted four back-to-back Ben Stokes deliveries into the jam-packed stands of the Eden Gardens last Sunday to gift the island nation its third consecutive world championship of the year.
Earlier that day, the West Indies Women's Cricket Team registered a stunning 8-wicket victory over their Australian counterparts to get their hands on the coveted trophy. Motivated by the heroics of their U-19 and women peers, the men's side wasn't going to shy away from the limelight either.
With 19 runs required off the last over, the Caribbean side needed nothing short of a miracle to pull off a victory against the Three Lions.
The 27-year-old man from Barbados awestruck the 65,000 cricket fanatics who were present at the ground to give the West Indians a thrilling 4-wicket victory over the mighty Englishmen in their successful quest to win the coveted competition for the second time since its inception back in 2007.
In fact, the cricket aficionados have had a memorable World T20 this year, with almost each and every match ending up to be nail-biting ones.
Although the Indian Cricket Team would be a bit disappointed not to lift the World Cup in their home country in front of its 1.3 billion fans, they would certainly take a lot of pride in Virat Kohli and the way the 27-year-old batsman performed throughout the course of the tournament.
Now, with the coveted ICC event done and dusted and the Vivo Indian Premier League knocking at the door, here are the top 10 funniest celebrity tweets of the ICC World T20 2016:
1. Aakash Chopra's subtle humour
India faced New Zealand at the inaugural match of the ICC World T20 2016 at Nagpur. Although the ‘Men in Blue’ succumbed to a 47-run defeat at the hands of the Kiwis courtesy a turning pitch and a couple of superb bowling performances by Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi, Suresh Raina had an exceptional match with the ball.
The part-time off-spinner not only ended up with the figures of 4-0-16-1 but also ran Ross Taylor out with a brilliant left-arm throw off his own bowling. After the game while talking about Raina's run-out, the former Indian opener, Aakash Chopra tweeted the following:
2. Tom Moody's sarcastic tweet after the India-Bangladesh match
The 'Men in Blue’ registered a thrilling victory over their Bangladeshi counterparts at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
The Bangladeshis needed just 2 runs off the last 3 deliveries when Hardik Pandya pulled off an unbelievable over to give India a much-needed victory in their road to qualification for the semi-final round of the ICC World T20 2016.
Here is what Tom Moody had to say after Mahendra Singh Dhoni ran out Mustafizur Rahman in the final delivery of the match:
3. Suresh Raina takes a dig at Mushfiqur Rahim
Bangladesh needed just 12 runs off the last over in their group stage encounter against India in Bangalore with set batsmen Soumya Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim on the pitch. Although the ‘Tigers’ later went on to lose the match by a single run, their wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim had hit a couple of boundaries to almost steer his team over the victory line.
After hitting the second boundary off the final Hardik Pandya over, the 27-year-old was unable to hold his emotions down and made a jump with his fists up in the air. Suresh Raina tweeted a picture of the Indians celebrating after the match which was indirectly hinted towards Rahim.
Here is what he had to say:
4. Michael Vaughan's ecstatic tweet after the Afghan win
Afghanistan registered the one and only upset of the tournament as they defeated the soon-to-be-champions, West Indies by 6 runs at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on 27 March 2016.
Najibullah Zadran scored an unbeaten 48 off 40 deliveries and Mohammad Nabi picked up a couple of wickets for 26 in his allotted 4 overs to guide the Afghans to a historic victory.
Soon after the match, an ecstatic Michael Vaughan tweeted the following at the exciting prospect of the Afghanistan Cricket Team:
5. Ayushman Khurrana exhibits his sense of humour
India took on the mighty Australians in a virtual quarter-final match at the IS Bindra Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on 27 March 2016. A full-house Mohali witnessed the heroics of Virat Kohli that day as India won the match by 6 wickets to advance to the semi-final stage of the coveted tournament.
Here is what the local boy, Ayushman Khurrana had to say about the 27,000 Indian cricket aficionados present at the stadium:
6. Reece Topley had an interesting question on his mind
Virat Kohli exhibited some serious batting throughout the course of the ICC World T20 2016 in India. The 27-year-old batsman from Delhi had been in form and guided the 'Men in Blue’ over the victory line time and again.
His 37-ball 55 against Pakistan, 51-ball 82 against Australia and 47-ball 89 against West Indies will be etched in minds of the Indian cricket fans for years to come.
However, the left-arm medium pacer from England, Reece Topley had an unusual question on his mind after Virat Kohli's heroics guided Team India to the semi-final stage of the ICC World T20 2016.
7. Amitabh Bachchan's fitting reply to an Andrew Flintoff tweet
Amitabh Bachchan and Andrew ‘Freddy’ Flintoff were involved in mild banter after the latter tweeted about Virat Kohli being the next Joe Root. However, Big B couldn't quite agree with Flintoff's line of comparison and tweeted the following reply:
8. Harsha Bhogle's hilarious tweet about Shoaib Akhtar
Harsha Bhogle and the former Pakistani fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar were a part of the commentary team for the ICC World T20 2016.
During the second semi-final match between India and West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Bhogle overheard a part of Shoaib Akhtar's Hindi commentary and couldn't resist himself from tweeting the following:
9. Ramesh Srivats being Ramesh Srivats
The famous Indian batting line-up performed really poorly throughout the course of the coveted T20 championship in their home country. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina failed miserably against almost each and every bowling attack of the cricketing world.
Here is what Ramesh Srivats had to say before the second semi-final match between India and West Indies was set to kick-off at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai:
10. Phil Simmons indirectly takes a dig at Mark Nicholas
The ecstatic West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons indirectly took a dig at the former Hampshire cricketer and the famous English commentator, Mark Nicholas after the Caribbean side defeated the overwhelming favourites, India in the second semi-final match of the ICC World T20 in Mumbai.
Mark Nicholas, previously, referred to the current crop of West Indian cricketers as “a group with no brains.” Here is what Simmons had to say after the ‘Men in Maroon’ registered their final date with England at the magnificent Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 3 April 2016:
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