Captain Kieron Pollard cast a magic spell as Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo engaged in a six-hit spree as they led Trinbago Knight Riders to a deserved Caribbean Premier League title with an effortless eight-field victory over St. Lucia Zouks. in the 2020 final on Thursday.
Chasing a 155-ball goal, Trinbago sealed the deal at Tarouba with 11 balls to spare as Simmons (84 of 49 balls) and Bravo (58 of 47 balls) added an undefeated position of 138 runs for third field. The Knight Riders became the first team in CPL history to win every game in a single edition.
Victory in the summit clash was achieved by TKR without one of its main players, Sunil Narine, who was eliminated from the XI due to injury. The Zimbabwe SUV had replaced Sikandar Raza. Meanwhile, Narine’s teammate Dwayne Bravo did not pitch a single in the game due to an issue.
PARTY HIGHLIGHTS | Best of CPL 2020 Final: Trinbago Knight Riders beat St Lucia Zouks to win title
The turning point was undoubtedly the 17th on bowling by the inexperienced Afghan Zahir Khan, who turns the wrist on Saint Lucia’s left arm, who managed 23 runs. Of 41 he required 24 balls, it was reduced to a run on ball when Simmons hit a six and Bravo broke a pair of highs on that change.
Scott Kuggeleijn, Zouks’ most effective fast pitcher, then lost his length in the next over against a furious Simmons, who hit a six and a four to effectively end the competition when 16 runs came from the 18th. At the end of the day, Simmons (four sixes, eight fours) and Bravo (two fours and six sixes) led their team to glory.
Earlier in the day, the TKR Pollard skipper brilliantly mustered his resources as he showed the way with figures of four wickets for 30 races, restricting Zouks to 154 after running to 77 for one on a stage. Pollard pitched his slower delivery variation on a field where the ball caught and was late.
Mark Deyal (29 of 27 balls), Andre Fletcher (39 of 27 balls) and Roston Chase (22 of 14 balls) started but couldn’t turn it into great scores. The Zouks lost their last six wickets by just 39 runs in six overs when Darren Sammy’s team failed to cross the 175-run mark.
Aside from Pollard, pacemaker Ali Khan (2/25 in 3.1 overs) and player Fawad Ahmed (2/22 in 3 overs) rose to the occasion on a day when Trinbago missed the Narine and Bravo bowls. .
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