Dwayne Bravo: We always had that self-belief to do well in the World T20 – Cricket News Update
West Indies’ prolific all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 championship in Sri Lanka, which they finished as the victors.
"We always had that self-belief that we're going to do well. We have a very good team and once our players click at the right time, there's no stopping us," said the hard-hitting middle-order batsman, who also bowls right-arm medium pace.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 led Caribbean contingent defeated hosts Sri Lanka by 36 runs in the tournament final, at Colombo, to lift the coveted trophy. The Windies have had a steady run of superb performances in the marquee tournament and their triumph did not come as a surprise for the world.
Pooled with Australia and Ireland in Group B of the 12-team event, the resurgent Windies did not get a chance to impress their fans in the league stages due to persistent rains in Colombo. They lost their WT20 opener to Australia by 17 runs under Duckworth Lewis method, while their second and final group fixture against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 was a no-result. But they managed to graduate to the Super Eights round by virtue of their superior net run-rate.
Having been drafted with hosts Sri Lanka, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in Group 1, the Windies finished the Super Eights stage as the second best, losing only to the home side.
The belligerence of Windies in the knockout stages stunned everyone. Sammy and men got the better of a rampaging http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the semi-finals – a 74-run win – before scripting a title clinching 36-run win over Sri Lanka in the grand finale.
This was their first World Cup win since 1979, and first major title since 2004. Bravo said that winning the T20 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 was not a coincidence, rather it was a long “overdue” triumph.
"It's good to see all of us actually in one team, come and put our heads down and actually win a title for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760," said the Trinidad all-rounder.
"It's long overdue. This format T20 suits most of us and it's good that we can actually dominate in this format of the game," he added further.
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