London: Three years ago, on a hot and humid Sunday in Kolkata, Ben Stokes felt the "whole world had come down on him" after West Indies's Carlos Braithwaite smashed four consecutive sixes off the last over to snatch victory out of England's hand in the World T20 final in 2016.

A chance to create history came back again and Stokes was not going to lose it this time. The circumstances were pretty similar here on Sunday as well, but this time, Stokes had a willow in his hands. Stokes played a major role in delivering for England their most beautiful moment in history with a maiden cricket World Cup triumph here at Lord's.