Twitter Reactions: West Indies open the tournament with a win crushing England
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MUMBAI, INDIA – MARCH 16 : Andre Russell of the West Indies celebrates the wicket of Jason Roy of England during the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 match between West Indies and England at the Wankhede stadium on March 16, 2016 in MUMBAI, INdia. (Photo by Pal Pillai/IDI via Getty Images)
After winning the toss, West Indies decided to field on a batting-friendly pitch at Wankhede. Jason Roy and Alex Hales began well before Russell got Roy’s wicket. Joe Root then put up a phenomenal display with the bat as he hit 48(36) with 2 sixes and 3 boundaries to his name.
Jos Buttler 30(20) and Eoin Morgan 27(14)* then garnered a late show for the Englishmen with their quick cameos. This lifted their total to 182-6.
It was not going to be easy chasing 183 but West Indies had vowed to chase it. After losing Charles early, Samuels scored a splendid 37 off just 27 balls and thus propelling the West Indies score to 55-1 in the powerplay.
England’s chances of success were always going to rest on containing Gayle and, at first, he was kept quiet by only facing 18 of the first 48 balls in the West Indies innings.
However, he exploded to life by hitting Adil Rashid for two sixes over long on. Then the Gaylestorm took over Wankhede and as usual, the audience became the fielders while the fielders turned into spectators. He smashed Moeen Ali for three consecutive sixes as well.
Gayle struck 11 sixes in his destructive 47 ball century as West Indies reached their target of 183 with 11 balls to spare. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the match between England and West Indies.
#WI has won the toss & elected to bowl first vs #ENG in #ICCWT20 . Will this one be a high scoring game too? #ENGvWI
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 16, 2016
A sharp first over from Jerome Taylor to kick things off, 1 for 0https://t.co/uIwqNBfynK #WT20 #ENGvWI
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 16, 2016
The @ICC #WT20 game between two teams having some hitters is always going to be interesting. #ENGvWI #AKLive
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) March 16, 2016
Finding the gaps, playing the percentages, pressing the score along. England are looking remarkably competent out there … #ENGvWI #WT20
— Andrew Miller (@miller_cricket) March 16, 2016
Joe Root is good, Mumbai's outfield better and Andre Russell the best. #WT20
— Pratyush Sinha (@prat1204) March 16, 2016
Excellent batting by Joe Root.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/thecricketcouch/status/710116326573019137
https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/710119619093250048
Andre Russell gets the big wicket of Joe Root, who misses out on a fifty! England 114 for 3 in 14.2 https://t.co/uIwqNBfynK #WT20 #ENGvWI
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 16, 2016
Morgan announces his arrival by smoking one into the second tier. Nice shot. #ENGvWI
— Cricket Fantasy (@Cricket_Fantasy) March 16, 2016
England need 180 as an absolute minimum here.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) March 16, 2016
Butler goes for another big one, but is caught. #ENG 152/4 from 18
LIVE – https://t.co/BSl9cfc7WS #ENGvWI #WT20 pic.twitter.com/JsevMki0KR— ICC (@ICC) March 16, 2016
Russell vs Stokes. Two of the most exciting all-rounders in the world facing off each other
— Rohit Yoda (@rohitshahmi07) March 16, 2016
182 is a par score on this pitch. Essential for England to nip Chris Gayle out early! An array of power-hitters in WI batting line-up #WT20
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) March 16, 2016
Stokes punishes Russell in the 19th over and #ENG are 164/4 after 19! #ENGvWI #WT20
— CricWizz (@CricWizz) March 16, 2016
England shows why consistency & partnerships help. No fifties. But still 9 sixes hit. All SR at 100 plus. Decent 182 on board #ENGvWI #WT20
— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) March 16, 2016
Topley makes me more nervous than any England bowler since Dernbach, and I am not sure that is very fair
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) March 16, 2016
The DJ at Wankhede can now sit back. Chris Gayle has taken over. Time for entertainment. #ENGvWI #WT20
— Moulin (@Moulinparikh) March 16, 2016
Marlon Samuels has the best poker face in international cricket. #StoneColdSamuels #ENGvWI
— Cricket Fantasy (@Cricket_Fantasy) March 16, 2016
All comes down to how well Rashid and Moeen go with the ball. If they fail England don't make it out the group
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) March 16, 2016
Jordan has locked into death bowling length in the sixth over. Well, why not #WT20
— Andrew Miller (@miller_cricket) March 16, 2016
AT THIS STAGE
Windies – medium damp ball
England – sopping wet ball#ExcusesInEarly #wt20 #eng #wi— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) March 16, 2016
Samuels's fun is over, caught at long-on off Rashid (no salute from Stokes, though). WI 57-2
— Lawrence Booth (@the_topspin) March 16, 2016
Gayle's wicket is obviously what England want badly. But West Indies bat deep. At this point Morgan will looking for double or triple strike
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 16, 2016
The thing about Chris Gayle is that his smaller six goes into the upper pavilion and his bigger ones almost go to the Arabian sea. #ENGvWI
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) March 16, 2016
Nicely poised this game….I hope West Indies don't do a West Indies in the 2nd half.#WT20 #ENGvWI
— Sonali Dhulap (@pillya) March 16, 2016
GAYLESTORM HAS STRUCK THE WANKHEDE! No stopping him..
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) March 16, 2016
The two things that travel the fastest 100 meters are from Jamaica –
1) Usain Bolt.
2) Chris Gayle's Six— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) March 16, 2016
59 off 42 becomes 37 off 36!
The Chris Gayle effect: three straight sixes off Moeen https://t.co/inXyFfMdWq #WT20 #ENGvWI
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 16, 2016
Drunk man in bar, "I always want England to win, but this guy, this guy, pffft, you know".
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) March 16, 2016
Andre Russell has done Keanu Reeves proud in getting out of the way of the ball #wt20
— Cricket Gandu (@CricketGandu) March 16, 2016
The best bet to win a T20I game against West Indies is to bat second. You will never know what is a safe target to defend against them #wt20
— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) March 16, 2016
After watching him tonite, don't think any bowler wants to bowl to Gayle in this tournament
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/710152117214945281
WEST INDIES WIN BY 6 WICKETS! #ENGvWI West Indies 183/4 (18.1 Overs). Gayle 100, Russell 16. What a century from Gayle!
— westindies (@westindies) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/710153894899355650
A second #WT20 hundred for @HenryGayle – the first man to achieve that feat. #WI #ENG https://t.co/kv8lBSUJBU pic.twitter.com/9BYIKqNfC4
— Sky Sports Cricket? (@SkyCricket) March 16, 2016
Gayle storm hits Wankhede as West Indies win by 6 wickets against England. #ENGvWI #WT20 pic.twitter.com/kPpZBg4wnN
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) March 16, 2016
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