Marlon Samuels takes a dig at Shane Warne and Ben Stokes

Marlon Samuels was clearly the architect of the West Indies’ win over England. It wasn’t something we haven’t seen before. Samuels smashed a valiant half-century when the Windies robbed the World T20 title from the arms of Sri Lanka in 2012. However, this World T20, we have witnessed something else. Samuels smashed yet another half-century as the Windies claimed the World T20 title.

While the Windies, all over the world ‘champion’ danced their ways into the hearts and nights of one and all, there was a bigger picture as far as Marlon Samuels was concerned. He had just played the innings of his life. However, there were two individuals he wanted to send a message to. And the message was as clear and mean as they come.

Shane Warne and Marlon Samuels have an interesting history together. While they have faced-off against each other on countless occasions since 1996, the Big Bash League was the stage for their fatal clash. The story has been reported a massive number of times while the video has been watched over a million times. In a nutshell, Warne caught the shirt of Samuels when the latter was wielding his bat against the legendary leggie. In what seemed to be a flashback of sorts, Samuels dedicated his Man-of-the-match award to Warne.

“Shane Warne has a problem with me. I don’t know what – I’ve never disrespected him. It seems he has a lot inside him that needs to come out. I don’t appreciate the way he continues to talk about me. And the things he keeps doing. I don’t know – maybe it’s because my face is real and his face is not.”

Ben Stokes, Samuels’ opponent in the night too shares an interesting history with the West Indies batsman. Although the end was rather emotional for Ben Stokes, the history between them dates back to the CPL. Samuels was seen saluting at Stokes during the game.

However, on a positive note, Samuels has stated that Carlos Brathwaite was the most impressive given the fact that he was making his debut in World T20 cricket. Brathwaite slammed Stokes for four consecutive sixes of the final over to ensure a well-deserved West Indies win.

“We left the Caribbean with a six-step goal to the cup. And Carlos Brathwaite, in his debut World Cup, what a player he showed he could be. For me as a leader, it was just a joy to captain these guys out there. But I don’t know when’s the next time we will have these players together.”

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