After a series of injuries that kept him out of the national setup, Mitchell Marsh finally found his night’s count and glory as he guided Australia to their maiden T20 World Cup title at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The all-rounder scored an unbeaten 77 off just 50 balls, and was involved in a match-winning partnership with David Warner, who smashed a 38-ball 53 as Australia beat New Zealand by 8 wickets in the final.
After Australia’s win over New Zealand, netizens flooded Twitter with congratulatory messages for the Aaron Finch-led side.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Australia’s maiden T20 World Cup win:
Kane played a special innings to set up #T20WorldCup final Completely.
However, the partnership between Marsh and Warner sealed the game for the Aussies. The way Marsh started his innings with ball 1 #NZ utterly by surprise.
congrats on winning @T20WorldCup, pic.twitter.com/10oyyoAeRl
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 14, 2021
Sometimes waiting makes victory sweeter.
Congratulations to #Australia to win in the end #T20World Cup And he did it in his classic style.
well deserved #T20WorldCup final pic.twitter.com/WylwwAU8Kb— dk (@dinesh karthik) November 14, 2021
Yellow is the color for the season 2021. The two teams in yellow won two different tournaments at the same venue. #hello yellow @cricketos @ChennaiIPL pic.twitter.com/OGnCreA4Ub
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 14, 2021
congratulations australia pic.twitter.com/9UUkDtBv3t
— Shreyas Iyer (@shreyas Iyer15) November 14, 2021
Many congratulations to Australia on becoming the world champion. You were top class and showed how it’s done. Hazlewood, Warner, Marsh did a great job. #T20WorldCup final
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 14, 2021
Congratulations to @cricketos #T20WorldCup final pic.twitter.com/pNoKmCyF8Y
— mohammed nabi (@mohammednabi007) November 14, 2021
Congratulations on winning Australia @T20WorldCup I have to admit that I didn’t see them as the champion team of this tournament. But they have quietly gone under the radar and brought stuff every now and then. well played australia #ICCT20WC
— Darren Sammy (@darensammy88) November 14, 2021
Many congratulations to Team Australia for such a great performance and winning the ICC T20 trophy! #AUSvNZ #T20WorldCup final
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) November 14, 2021
Many congratulations to Australia! well deserved ???? And well played, New Zealand???? pic.twitter.com/ZrjjNdPZKf
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) November 14, 2021
Chasing a target of 173 runs, Australia won the match with seven balls to spare. Trent Boult gave a good start to New Zealand after the dismissal of Aaron Finch. However, Marsh and Warner added 92 runs for the second wicket as the Aussies crossed the boundary with ease.
Earlier, New Zealand had managed to reach a total of 172/4 thanks to captain Kane Williamson’s 85 off 48 balls.
Josh Hazlewood was the bowlers’ choice for the Aussies as he took 3 for 16 from his quota of four overs. Adam Zampa also contributed with the ball, taking 1 for 26 in his four-over spell.
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Warner was named ‘Player of the Tournament’ after Babar Azam finished as the second highest run-scorer in the showpiece event. He scored 289 runs in 7 matches at an average of 48.16.
Warner had a disappointing IPL campaign with Sunrisers Hyderabad after being dropped in the first half of the tournament.
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