Marlon Samuels opens up on Shane Warne

Marlon Samuels, who has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for using abusive and offensive language directed at Ben Stokes, is a clever assassin who waits for the correct moment to attack his prey. The 35-year-old never shared a healthy rapport with former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne. On Sunday, after winning the ICC World Twenty20 title for the second time, he dedicated his man of the match award to Warne.

The duo ran into each other during a Big Bash League fixture in 2013. Warne had hit Samuels with the ball while the latter, in retaliation, threw his bat towards the Aussie. “Warne always had a problem with me. I don’t appreciate what he says; I answer with the bat and not the mic,” said Samuels, who toyed with the England bowlers throughout his innings.

“I don’t know the reasons behind the problem, maybe because my face is real and his is not,” he added.

Stokes, who was at the receiving end of

Carlos Brathwaite’s onslaught (four sixes in a row) in the last over, had earlier sledged Samuels during a bilateral series. “People tell Ben not to speak to me but he doesn’t learn,” said Samuels.