England vs West Indies WT20 Final: Samuels shines, West Indies are the Champions

Kolkata: Marlon Samuels' unbeaten 85-run knock and Carlos Brathwaite's four consecutive sixes sealed the win as Darren Sammy and the Caribbean boys are the Champions of World T20 2016 beating England by 4 wickets in the final here at Eden Gardens on Sunday.

WI 161-6 (19.4 overs)

19th over: WI 137-6 (Samuels 85, Brathwaite 10)

Jordan shines! Chris Jordan kept his cool and now West Indies need 19 runs from the last over to clinch the crown.

18th over: WI 129-6 (Samuels 79, Brathwaite 8)

Willey carries on good bowling! David Willey's tight lines making life difficult for West Indies batsmen.

17th over: WI 118-6 (Samuels 76, Brathwaite 1)

Samuels holds on! A good over by Chris Jordan, 7 runs from it now sees West Indies needing 38 runs from the last 3 overs.

16th over: WI 111-6 (Samuels 70, Carlos Brathwaite 0)

Willey shines! England have pulled things back after Samuels fired early on. It was not Andre Russell's day as the big all-rounder walked back after scoring just 1. West Indies skipper Darren Sammy (2) is also back in the dugout.

15th over: WI 104-4 (Samuels 67, Andre Russell 1)

Samuels shifts gears! 2 huge hits and one boundary has signalled that Marlon Samuels has shifted gears and now leading the charge for the West Indies.

14th over: WI 86-4 (Samuels 50)

Bravo departs! After striking a huge six, Dwayne Bravo (25) departed after missing the shot completely. Meanwhile, Samuels registered a half-century from 47 balls.

13th over: WI 76-3 (Samuels 48, Bravo 17)

Bravo survives! Dwayne Bravo, who is a real danger in the end survived after substitute fielder Sam Billings dropped it at deep backward square leg.

12th over: WI 67-3 (Samuels 46, Bravo 11)

Tough Rashid! Samuels are Bravo have still not shifted to the next gear as the required run-rate now well above 11.

11th over: WI 62-3 (Samuels 43, Bravo 9)

Stokes sticks to plan! Mixing it up is the plan for West Indies. England bowlers going about execution steadily.

10th over: WI 54-3 (Samuels 37, Bravo 8)

Rashid troubling Windies! Adil Rashid's many variations are not going down well with Samuels and Bravo.

9th over: WI 50-3 (Samuels 35, Bravo 6)

Short balls working! England's plan to bowl back of a length delivery to Bravo is working really well. Plunkett's over going for just 7 runs.

8th over: WI 43-3 (Samuels 30, Bravo 5)

Rashid welcomed with turn! Adil Rashid got some help from the Eden strip with the ball gripping nicely.

7th over: WI 39-3 (Samuels 28, Bravo 3)

Drama at Eden Gardens! West Indies almost lost their fourth wicket but Marlon Samuels decision was referred to the third umpire. TV replays suggested Buttler might have not caught it completely behind the wickets.

6th over: WI 37-3 (Samuels 27, Bravo 2)

Samuels counter attacks! Marlon Samuels registered back-to-back boundaries in this Jordan over. In the end it was a good over for the Caribbeans,

5th over: WI 21-3 (Samuels 12, Bravo 2)

Dealing with singles! Marlon Samuels and Dwayne Bravo are looking settled out in the middle just dealing with singles and waiting for the loose delivery.

4th over: WI 18-3 (Samuels 10, Bravo 2)

Just knocking it around! After losing 3 early wickets, West Indies are not taking any chances.

3rd over: WI 13-3 (Samuels 7, Dwayne Bravo)

Willey strikes! West Indies look to be following the same script like England. David Willey trapped Lendl Simmons lbw in a typical left-bowler's style.

2nd over: WI 10-2 (Marlon Samuels 5, Lendl Simmons 0)

Root, the bowler! The gamble paid off and Joe Root, the bowler picked two wickets —first Johnson Charles (1) and then extinguishing Gayle force. The big Jamaican left-hander departed after scoring just 4 runs.

1st over: WI 1-0 (Johnson Charles 1, Chris Gayle 0)

Willey on target! There is a little swing out in the middle and David Willey exploited it to the fullest. Just one run came from the first over.

Kolkata: England have set a competitive target of 156 runs here against West Indies in the ICC World T20 final on Sunday. Put in to bat first, England witnessed a batting collapse courtesy top class spin bowling from Samuel Badree, who finished his four-over spell going for just 16 runs and claiming 2 wickets. Dwayne Bravo and Carlos Barthwaite picked 3 each.

For England, Joe Root was the only run scorer who posed problems for the West Indies bowling attack. Jos Buttler scored 36.

ENG 155-9 (20 overs)

20th over: ENG 155-9 (Jordan 12, Rashid 4)

That's it! England have set a decent total of 155-9, the last Russell over going for 10 runs.

19th over: ENG 145-9 (Jordan 5, Adil Rashid 2)

Blinder from Badree! Samuel Badree took a blinder of a catch but that has triggered off his shoulder injury again. Plunkett (4) was the one to go and Bravo struck again.

18th over: ENG 138-8 (Jordan 4, Liam Plunkett 1)

Willey's cameo ends! David Willey, who smashed two huge hits in the last over walked back after Brathwaite got his third wicket. And it was a good over with only 7 runs coming from it.

17th over: ENG 131-7 (Willey 17, Jordan 2)

Willey's last ditch effort! David Willey has approached the game with a positive mindset smashing two huge hits in this over.

16th over: ENG 117-7 (Jordan 1, Willey 4)

Windies not giving anything! Darren Sammy-led West Indies are really pumped up. England now just looking to hold on till the last over.

15th over: ENG (Chris Jordan 1, David Willey 3)

Root departs! West Indies were waiting for this wicket and got it. Danger man Joe Root departed after scoring 54 runs.

14th over: ENG 110-6 (Root 54)

Two good Bravo! Dwayne Bravo has picked two wickets as England are losing the plot at Eden Gardens. Stokes (13) was the first to depart after being deceived by a Bravo slower bouncer and Moeen Ali departed without scoring.

13th over: ENG 103-4 (Root 50, Stokes 11)

Sammy goes for runs! West Indies had to squeeze in one over and Sammy took charge of it, rather not the Caribbean way. A boundary each by Root and Stokes saw the Sammy over go for 14 runs.

12th over: ENG 89-4 (Root 43, Ben Stokes 4)

Partnership broken! Carlos Bathwaite claimed his first wicket and a vital one of Jos Buttler, who was just about shifting to the next gear. Buttler departed after scoring 36 runs.

11th over: ENG 83-3 (Root 41, Buttler 36)

Buttler smashes it! Jos Buttler clobbered back-to-back sixes as this over turned out to be a good one for England. 16 runs from it.

10th over: ENG 67-3 (Root 39, Buttler 22)

Root, Buttler steady England ship! Joe Root and Jos Buttler are nearing teh 50-run partnership.

9th over: ENG 57-3 (Root 31, Buttler 20)

Buttler gets into action! Jos Buttler is giving his partner Root good support as both the English batmen engage in damage control after Samuel Badree ran havoc in the initial overs.

8th over: ENG 47-3 (Root 30, Buttler 11)

Root rises up! England will have to rely heavily on Joe Root, who is slowly looking to build a partnership with Jos Buttler.

7th over: ENG 41-3 (Root 26, Buttler 9)

Badree, greedy for third! Badree was giving the ball a bit too much flight and Root punished him for a boundary.

6th over: ENG 33-3 (Root 20, Buttler 7)

Bravo, a little careless? Dwayne Bravo, who was introduced into the attack was not on the money in his first over leaking 10 runs.

5th over: ENG 23-3 (Root 17, Jos Buttler 0)

Badree really bowling well! Samuel Badree struck yet again as England in major trouble. Skipper Morgan departed for just 5 runs.

4th over: ENG 23-2 (Root 17, Morgan 5)

Benn's gamble doesn't work! Morgan and Root scored a total of three boundaries in this over.

3rd over: ENG 9-2 (Root 8, Morgan 0)

Badree causes problems! Samuel Badree is bowlingreally tight lines and causing major problems for England batsman, this over going for just one run.

2nd over: ENG 8-2 (Root 7, Eoin Morgan 0)

Russell joins the party! Andre Russell claimed his first wicket sending the next opener Alex Hales back to the pavillion for just one run.

1st over: ENG 7-1 (Alex Hales 1, Joe Root 6)

Badree strikes first blood! Jason Roy, who terrorised New Zealand bowling attack in the first semifinal was clean bowled by Samuel Badree. Roy departed without scoring.

Kolkata: Talking is done and it is time to get into action as England and West Indies take on each other in ICC World Twenty20 final in Kolkata on Sunday. Darren Sammy wins toss and West Indies elect to bowl here at Eden Gardens.

Here are the team line-ups:

While West Indies will bank on the big hitting prowess of their batsmen, England will look to ride on their new-found freedom to win the final at the Eden Gardens.

West Indies, who were marred by administrative issues back home ahead of the mega event, have done a remarkable job to shut up their critics.

England, on the other hand, have done their bit to come up a long way since their disastrous showing in the last ICC event in Australia and New Zealand.

Although West Indies are sentimental favourites to beat England, the youthful English side can’t be taken lightly as the teams fight it out to be the first side to win the ICC World Twenty20 title twice.