England won the T20 World Cup Final in sensational style, defeating Pakistan by five wickets in front of more than 80,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Played under the threat of rain, drizzle punctuated England’s innings but the skies remained clear as England’s talisman Ben Stokes guided his side to victory with an unbeaten 52 off 49 balls. As he did three years ago when England won the one-day World Cup, Stokes hit the winning runs and, with those runs, England became the first ever men’s side to hold the one day and T20 World Cup at the same time. “I think in finals when you are chasing you forget the hard work that went before.
Pakistan batted first, after England won the toss and elected to bowl, but struggled to set a high total under a barrage of precise bowling. Adil Rashid and Sam Curran, who was later named player of the tournament, starred in the England attack with Rashid taking the key wicket of Babar Azam for just 32 in the 12th over.
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