Twitter Reactions: Andre Fletcher makes it two in two for West Indies

The two island teams, Sri Lanka and West Indies met in an important group juncture in the WT20 at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. These teams had met in the rain-marred semifinals in the last WT20 where Sri Lanka had won the match by DL method.

The Windies Captain Darren Sammy won the toss and opted to bowl. Dilshan began with a bang in the first over by hitting a six and a boundary of Andre Russell. However he lost his wicket in the next over. The Sri Lankan batting order collapsed as they failed to build any partnership.

Thisara Perera played the lone hand for the Lankans with a brisk 40 off 29 balls. Samuel Badree and Dwayne Bravo were the pick of the bowlers picking 3 and 2 wickets respectively. Sri Lanka could only manage 122/9 in their full quota of 20 overs.

Holder coming in for Gayle during fielding meant that Gayle couldn’t open the innings and ended up not batting at all in his IPL home ground. Andre Fletcher made sure that the Chinnaswamy crowd didn’t run out of any power. Starting the proceedings, Fletcher blasted a quickfire 84 runs off just 64 balls which included 5 sixes.

Andre Russell also displayed some finishing skills with 20(8) as West Indies went on to win the match by 7 wickets with 10 balls to spare. Twitter kept everyone entertained with some hilarious and statistic tweets. Here, we have a look at some of them:

#SL are away with 13 runs from the opening over.

LIVE: https://t.co/KjBdN1IsYY #WT20 #SLvWI

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) March 20, 2016

#SLvWI: #SL fans react to the Dilshan dismissal … pic.twitter.com/pAcZkh97Ri

— HT Sports (@HTSportsNews) March 20, 2016

Dilshan spends half an hr in the nets to sort his cross bat hits & one hr in the loo to sort his comb shaped beard. #truestory #SLvWI #WCT20

— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) March 20, 2016

Angelo Mathews has become the first player to bat 50 innings without getting dismissed for a duck in T20Is. #WT20 #SLvWI

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 20, 2016

Crowd goes wild for a @henrygayle catch!! #WT20 #WI #SLvWI

— CPL T20 (@CPL) March 20, 2016

At a high-scoring venue, #SL find themselves at 47/5 in the 9th over. Samuel Badree with three scalps. #SLvWI pic.twitter.com/FindhmG3Nz

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 20, 2016

Thisara Perera has lasted more than 10 balls, does not happen often.#SLvWI #WT20 pic.twitter.com/Vn7rX23Kuf

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) March 20, 2016

West Indies' spinners
Badree 4-0-12-3
Benn 4-0-13-0

Sri Lanka 81 for 5 in 15 overs https://t.co/c1sVwQFxgN #WT20 #SLvWI

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 20, 2016

Suliemann Benn completes his 4 with figures of 4-0-13-0

LIVE: https://t.co/uvAUvtrGk2#SLvWi #WT20 pic.twitter.com/3b7MU7TwjQ

— ICC (@ICC) March 20, 2016

Bizarre dismissal there! Bravo's slower ball deceives Mathews and replay shows it was a legal delivery #WT20 #SLvWI pic.twitter.com/8WNuAPX4w0

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) March 20, 2016

Badree + Benn: 25 runs in 8 overs

Russell + Brathwaite: 70 runs in 8 overs#SLvWI #WT20

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 20, 2016

That time when all gayle fans abusing umpire. 😀 #WT20 #SLvWI pic.twitter.com/I9FNeoGs2Z

— Khurram Siddiquee (@imKhurram12) March 20, 2016

Mathews has an uncanny habit of picking a wicket in the first over of a T20 game…with no Gayle, there's more hope. #SL #Bing #DimagSay #WI

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 20, 2016

Andre Fletcher opened for the Zouks with Johnson Charles all of last CPL and they did a brilliant job

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) March 20, 2016

Charles & Fletcher playing in a farm, so agricultural.#SLvWI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) March 20, 2016

Fletcher smashed it for Zouks at last @CPL good to see him getting an opportunity here #SLvWI

— Isa Guha (@isaguha) March 20, 2016

Spin brought #SL back into the contest…another leggie doing well in T20. #WI two big overs away from a win. #Bing #DimagSay #SLvWI

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 20, 2016

Good 50 by Andre Fletcher important he see us through to the end. Team needs to know where they stand with no contribution from @henrygayle

— Brian Lara (@BrianLara) March 20, 2016

Fletcher may not charm you, he'll just fucking bludgeon you #SLvWI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) March 20, 2016

Andre Fletcher wants to do it all by himself.. wants to finish the game before Chris Gayle comes in#SLvWI#DimagSay#Bing

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/711597453842259968

Kulasekara, go and stand in the corner#SLvWI

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) March 20, 2016

You don't make enough runs and then drop catches=can't win. Top innings by Fletcher though. 84 out of 116. Wow. #DimagSay #SLvsWI #Bing ?

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 20, 2016

#WI chase down 123 to take victory against #SL by 7 wickets helped by 84* from Andre Fletcher #WT20 #SLvWI pic.twitter.com/5uLdgWhZuG

— ICC (@ICC) March 20, 2016

Important win for @westindies showing they're a force without @henrygayle influence. #WT20 #SLvWI

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) March 20, 2016

'I don't think anyone could take Chris Gayle's job' – Fletcher after his match-winning 82 not out https://t.co/c1sVwQX88l #SLvWI #WT20

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 20, 2016

So the West Indies cruise home on a surface they would have been considered vulnerable on a few years ago.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 20, 2016