#3 England vs West Indies, Kolkata
No one expected England to reach the finals of the 2016 World T20 but they defied odds and booked a face-off against favourites West Indies in the finals. Both teams were chasing history ahead of the match as the winner was all set to become the first team to win the World T20 twice.
After being asked to bat first, England were reduced to 23-5 inside the first five overs. Joe Root and Jos Buttler tried their best to take England to a strong position on a wicket that had something for the spinners. The duo had put on a 61-run partnership for the fourth wicket before Buttler departed for 36. Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali and Joe Root fell in the space of 4 balls as the Poms were reduced to 111-7 after 14.1 overs.
A late charge from David Willey took his team to 155-9 after 20 overs. Chasing 156 to win, West Indies lost Johnson Charles and Chris Gayle in the second over bowled by Joe Root before Willey dismissed Lendl Simmons for a duck and reduced the opponents to 11-3 after 2.3 overs. Dwayne Bravo and Marlon Samuels brought things back on track with a steady partnership of 75 off 69 balls before Adil Rashid dismissed Bravo for 25. Andre Russell and Darren Sammy fell cheaply as the 2012 World T20 champions were left with 49 runs needed off 27 balls. In the meantime, Marlon Samuels reached his fifty and took his team closer to victory.
Samuels was backed by Carlos Brathwaite as the Windies needed 19 to win off the last over. Ben Stokes bowled the final over of the tournament and Brathwaite started it with a six over square-leg and followed it with a six over long-on, and another over long-off and won the World T20 for West Indies with a six over mid-wicket, his fourth six in as many balls.
