Trinbago Knight Riders defeated St Lucia Jocks by 8 wickets in the final of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020, played at the Brian Lara Stadium on Thursday, thanks to Lendl Simmons-Darren Bravo's unbeaten half-century and superb bowling by captain Kieron Pollard. . The Knight Riders team captured the trophy for the third time.
Lendl Simmons was named man of the match for his unbeaten half-century, while Pollard was voted man of the series.
In response to St. Lucia Jocks' 154 runs, the Knight Riders won by scoring 157 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 18.1 overs. The Knight Riders won all 12 matches played this season. With this, it has become the highest consecutive match-winning team in the CPL.
St Lucia Athletes came out to bat after losing the toss and were all out for 154 runs in 19.1 overs. Andre Fletcher scored the highest innings of 39 runs. Apart from this, Mark Dyl contributed 29, Najibullah Jadaran contributed 24 and Roston Chase contributed 22 runs.
Captain Pollard, who was most successful for the Knight Riders, took 4 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Fawad Ahmed and Ali Khan got 2-2 and Akil Hosain got 1 wicket.
The Knight Riders got off to a poor start to chase the target and by the end of the fourth over, two wickets fell for a total of 19 runs. After this, Lendl Mimmons and Darren Bravo combined to handle the innings and shared a winning partnership of 137 runs for the third wicket. Simmons smashed 84 not out with the help of 8 fours and 4 sixes in 49 balls, while Bravo scored an unbeaten 58 in 47 balls with the help of 2 fours and 6 sixes.
Kesarik Williams took 2 wickets for St. Lucia.
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