Stokes' heroics deliver England T20 World Cup

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Ben Stokes has led England to different World Cup triumph with a match-winning half-century successful a tense last against Pakistan.

After winning the flip and sending Pakistan in, England's bowling onslaught applied a vice grip to Pakistan's line-up successful the 2nd fractional of the innings, restricting it to conscionable 8-137. Left-arm seamer Sam Curran was named the Player of the Match for his terrific figures of 3-12 disconnected 4 overs.

In reply, England survived a large scare from Pakistan's bowling onslaught to look five-wicket winners, with Stokes finishing unbeaten connected 52 disconnected 49 deliveries, his highest people successful planetary T20 matches.

AS IT HAPPENED: England beats Pakistan to triumph T20 World Cup

"Just a antheral for the final, for the large occasion," said Bazid Khan successful commentary arsenic Stokes deed the winning runs disconnected Mohammad Wasim with six balls to spare.

The rubric triumph is England's archetypal successful the shortest format since claiming the 2010 T20 World Cup successful the West Indies. England reached the last successful 2016, but was beaten by the West Indies successful heartbreaking fashion.

On that occasion, it was Stokes who bowled the last implicit successful which West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite deed 4 sixes to triumph the rubric for his team.

Having won the ODI World Cup successful 2019, wherever Stokes was heroic successful the final, England is the archetypal squad to clasp some the ODI and T20 World Cups astatine the aforesaid time.

It was a devastating nonaccomplishment for Pakistan, whose onslaught battled wilfully to support what was an under-par score.

Final heartbreak for Shaheen

Pakistan's superb bowling onslaught looked connected its mode to defending the full erstwhile the lucifer turned successful the 16th implicit with onslaught bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi forced disconnected the tract with a limb injury.

Afridi wounded a genu portion taking a drawback successful the outfield, but returned aft being attended to by the physios and attempted to vessel what was a important over, with England requiring 41 disconnected 30 deliveries astatine the commencement of the over.

The left-armer limped done 1 transportation earlier being incapable to proceed owed to the injury. Pakistan skipper Babar Azam turned to part-time spinner Iftikhar Ahmed to implicit the last 5 deliveries of the 16th implicit and England capitalised, hitting 13 runs to get up of the required rate.

In summation to being named the champion subordinate successful the final, Curran was voted arsenic the Player of the Tournament aft picking up 13 wickets astatine an mean of 11.38 and an system complaint of 6.52.

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