Marlon Samuels was in confrontational mood after leading the West Indies to victory in Sunday's ICC World Twenty20 final against England.
Man of the match Samuels hit 85 not out from 66 balls before Carlos Brathwaite finished the job with four successive sixes off the last over from Ben Stokes.
Samuels was fined 30 per cent of his match fee for verbally abusing Stokes during the dramatic finale, and also ripped off his shirt before celebrating furiously near the England dug-out.
And despite his laid-back posture in his post-match press conference, facing the media with his feet up on the table having not yet removed his pads or spikes, he continued the attack.
"Stokes is a nervous lad," said Samuels. "What I told Brathwaite is just hold his pose and he is going to bowl a couple of full tosses, as always.
"It worked in our favour and Brathwaite played a brilliant knock to give me a little break at the other end."
Stokes did not deliver a full toss but nevertheless found himself with no answer to Brathwaite's power hitting.
Samuels' comments continued an ongoing feud which started in the Caribbean during last year's Test series - Samuels famously saluting Stokes after he was dismissed in Grenada and earning a few industrial words by way of riposte.
"He doesn't learn," added Samuels.
"We keep telling him when we play against him 'do not speak to me because I'm going to perform'.
"I hadn't even faced a ball today and he had a lot to say, so I thought I'll have to be around until the end again."
Samuels claimed confrontation is what he thrives on and also took aim at another of his old rivals, announcing during his on-field man-of-the-match presentation that: "This is for Shane Warne."
Samuels was involved in an ugly on-field confrontation with the great Australia spinner when they were both playing in the Big Bash League in 2013.
Words had already been exchanged before a throw from Warne hit Samuels, who hurled his bat down the wicket as other players rushed in to defuse the situation.
Warne has continued to criticise Samuels while commentating since then, and labelled his semi-final dismissal against India "embarrassing".
"Every team I play for, Shane Warne has a problem with me," Samuels said in his press conference.
"I don't know what, I've never disrespected him, it seems he has a lot inside him that he needs to come out with.
"I don't appreciate the way that he continues to talk about me, and the things he keeps doing."
Samuels was not the only West Indies player to air his grievances after the match, with captain Darren Sammy critical of both the West Indies Cricket Board and English commentator Mark Nicholas.
"We had a lot of issues, we felt disrespected by our board, Mark Nicholas described our team as a team with no brains," said Sammy in his on-field interview. "All these things before the tournament just brought this team together.
"(Grenada's) Prime Minister (Keith) Mitchell sent a very inspiring email for the team this morning. and I'm yet to hear from our own cricket board. That is very disappointing."
The disconnect between the West Indies team and board has been a running issue in recent years and a WICB statement after the match announced plans to meet with the team to resolve the issue.
"Coming up in May this year, the board will host its annual review with the players, (West Indies Players' Association), selectors and the technical team to review player, management and technical plans," it read.
"We want to see how we can find common ground in ensuring that the best players in the region are available for selection for West Indies teams."
But it added: "(WICB) president (Dave Cameron) would like to however apologise for what could be deemed inappropriate comments made by the West Indies' male captain, Darren Sammy, in a post-match interview and would like to apologise on behalf of the WICB, to the millions of fans who witnessed."
Source: PA
