Batting first, West Indies scored 137 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Samuels alone scored 78 runs in 56 balls. In reply, Sri Lanka were all out for 101 runs.
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Twenty20 cricket was first held on South Asian soil in 2012, the fourth edition of the World Cup. Sri Lanka managed to reach the final of the tournament, but failed to win the title. The team that defeated them was the West Indies.
Since 2000, the West Indies have ceased to be what they were in the seventies and eighties. But everyone agreed on one fact: although the overall level of West Indies cricket has declined somewhat, there is no answer to this in the Twenty20 format.
Again, the West Indies team at that time was not lacking in itself. The list of players included Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine etc. These are all names who had made their names shine in Twenty20 cricket. The same West Indies defeated the host country by 36 runs in the match played at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on October 7.
Batting first, West Indies scored 137 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Samuels scored 78 runs off 56 balls. In reply, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 101 runs in 18.4 overs. In the semi-finals, Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 16 runs, while West Indies defeated Australia by 74 runs. England and New Zealand, and India and South Africa were eliminated from the Super Eight stage. The number of participating teams in this World Cup, which was held from September 18 to October 7, was 12. The
team was divided into four groups. Among them, the teams that were eliminated in the first round were Afghanistan, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Although Australia was stopped in the semi-finals, their batsman Shane Watson shone, he scored 249. He was also declared the best player of the tournament. Similarly, Sri Lankan bowler Ajantha Mendis took 15 wickets. West Indies, who had won the first two editions of the One-Day World Cup, made a remarkable comeback to international cricket by winning the Twenty20 World Cup this time.
