Everything we do is for the betterment of West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite

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KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL – APRIL 03: Carlos Brathwaite of the West Indies celebrates hitting the winning runs during the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 Final match between England and West Indies at Eden Gardens on April 3, 2016 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

West Indies needed 19 runs to win from the last 6 balls and those six were either going to make a hero out of the bowler Ben Stokes or the man at the other end of the pitch allrounder Carlos Brathwaite. And as it happened Brathwaite hit four sixes on the first four deliveries to help his team lift the World Twenty20 title for the second time. Following the team’s victory and captain Darren Sammy’s emotional address Brathwaite said “everything we do is for the betterment of West Indies.”

While talking to ESPN Caribbean he said, “Most of the nations have more resources than we do, but we have natural talent,”

“It has been said we don’t have brains, that we don’t harness our talent, that we do things off the field that contribute to poor on-field success. But I just want to say being around these guys, that everything we do on and off the field is for the betterment of West Indies, not just the team but also cricket and the region in general.”

He admitted that he was nervous but was focused to not take a single and add pressure on Samuels who was batting beautifully at the other end unbeaten on 85. That is what prompted him to look for the boundary.

“It was a little nerve-wracking to be honest, I just tried to stay focused, use my cue words, watch the ball and take some pressure off Marlon,” Brathwaite said. “It would have been too hard to give him a single and expect him to do it all. I just had to bite the bullet and try to get a couple of boundaries, which fortunately I did, give God thanks for bringing it home for the people in West Indies.

“After the third six I just backed myself, go hard, if it goes in the air I knew Marlon would finish it but I knew I had to be there as close to the end as possible. We continued to back ourselves, back our strength and our strength is hitting boundaries. Once we knew it was manageable we knew we could do it.

“I just want say a special mention to everyone in Sergeant’s Village, my family, my friends and especially to Mr Erroll Edie, the master bat-maker from the Caribbean. He made this special beauty for me to use in the World Cup and he told me, ‘Carlos, go out there and smash ’em’. Erroll, I did, and now we are world champions.”

He also praise his partners knock, who reminded everyone of his knock in the 2010 World T20 final against Sri Lanka. “It’s us against the world and someone needed to take responsibility. And today Marlon Samuels after a slow start took responsibility and played a fantastic knock,” Brathwaite told Star Sports in an interview after the game.

“That was amazing man, I wish I could use some expletives on TV to really express how much of a top knock that was. He did it in 2010, and I knew if Samuels was there in the end, he’ll bring us home in 2016. It was a matter of when and not if.”

The WICB was not really impressed with the skipper’s remarks against the body – West Indies board terms Darren Sammy’s comments inappropriate

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