A brief look at the man who clobbered four sixes off Ben Stokes in the final over of the World T20 final.
When Yuvraj Singh clobbered six sixes off Englishman Suart Broad in a
World T20 match back in 2007, few would have thought that someone else
would come very close to emulating that feat. That too in another World
T20 match.
But Barbadian Carlos Brathwaite did it, hitting four sixes in a row off a
visibly upset Ben Stokes in a live-wire T20 World Cup final match
between West Indies and England at the Eden Gardens on Sunday night.
Brathwaite's innings, held up superbly by Marlon Samuels in the other
end, earned West Indies the trophy.
He also took three wickets, proving to be one of the most economical bowlers this match. He conceded 23 runs in just 4 overs.
All-rounder Brathwaite made his first-class debut in 2011, taking 26
wickets in eight matches. This led to him being picked in the West
Indies T20 squad against Bangladesh in the same year. The tour consisted
of one Twenty20 match, two Test matches and three One Day
Internationals.
The right-hand batsmen made his ODI debut in the same series. The 2016 T20 World Cup was his debut world cup.
India can look forward to seeing Brathwaite in action again this coming
IPL season. He was picked by the Delhi Daredevils for a whopping Rs. 4.2
crore, with a base price of Rs. 30 lakh.
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