"WI players emerged true champions overcoming challenges on & off the field. West Indian Board should support them & address their concerns," Tendulkar wrote on his official Twitter handle.
"WI all the way!! True champions, be it u19s, women's or men's championship! Super stuff by team WI! Brathwaite was breathtaking! #WT20Final," the Indian icon said in another tweet after the West Indies clinched the World T20 title for a second time by beating England by four wickets in the summit showdown last night.
Hours after Sammy's outbursts, WICB issued a statement headlined 'WICB President has high praises for World Twenty20 Organisers' in which it termed Sammy's comments "inappropriate".
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