CPL 2020 Finals: Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo’s partnership leads TKR to their fourth CPL title

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Thanks to a superb partnership between Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo, Trinbago Knight Riders defeated St Lucia Zouks by 8 wickets in the finals of CPL 2020 played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad on Thursday.   

 

 

Trinbago Knight Riders captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and decided to field first. Rakheem Cornwall began off well with 2 lovely boundaries before Ali produced a beauty to get rid of him. Mark Deyal and Andre Fletcher looked in fluent touch right from word go putting pressure on Knight Riders bowlers. At the end of six overs, Zouks raced away to 60 for 1.

Deyal and Fletcher made the batting look easy. Fawad Ahmed produced the breakthrough getting rid of Deyal trying to hit a big shot. Deyal and Fletcher added 67 runs for the 2nd wicket. Kieron Pollard bought himself into the attack getting the wicket of Fletcher. Najibullah Zadran and Roston Chase played with intent putting pressure on the Knight Riders bowlers. Pollard struck again by getting the wicket of Chase with a slower delivery giving an easy catch to Webster at long-off.

Fawad Ahmed was bought into the attack and took the important wicket of Mohammad Nabi. Knight Riders kept on picking wickets at regular intervals to bowl out Zouks for 154 in 19.1 overs. Kieron Pollard did the job for Knight Riders with 4 for 30, Fawad Ahmed and Ali Khan taking 2 wickets each, Hosein 1 wicket.

Dwayne Bravo did not bowl a single over while Sunil Narine was dropped due to an injury. It was a remarkable performance as Kieron Pollard did a brilliant job with the ball and restricted the Zouks score.

Lendl Simmons was given a reprieve of the very first ball as Zahir Khan could not pick up a catch at short fine leg and went to the boundary. In the same over, Scott Kugglein dropped a tough return catch in the first over. After a decent over by Mohammad Nabi, Roston Chase got the breakthrough dismissing Tom Webster with an amazing catch by Kesrick Williams.

Scott Kugglein produced a cracking delivery to dismiss Tim Seifert to leave Knight Riders in some trouble. Lendl Simmons hit 3 boundaries off Kesrick Williams. At the end of six overs, Knight Riders scored 40 for 2.

Darren Bravo and Lendl Simmons struggled against the Zouks bowlers. Simmons took on Kesrick Williams hitting him for plenty of runs and completed his fifty off 31 balls. Darren Bravo and Simmons took the attack to Zahir Khan taking him for 23 runs in the 17th over to tilt the match in favor of TKR. Bravo reached his fifty off 45 balls. Simmons and Bravo completed the job for Knight Riders as they put on unbeaten 138 runs for the 3rd wicket. TKR won the match by 8 wickets with 11 balls to spare.

For his unbeaten 84 off 49 balls, Lendl Simmons was named the man of the match award. Kieron Pollard for his all-round contribution was awarded the man of the series award.

Trinbago Knight Riders 157 for 2 in 18.1 overs (Lendl Simmons 84*, Darren Bravo 58*, Chase 1/13) beat St Lucia Zouks 154 in 19.1 overs (Andre Fletcher 39, Deyal 29, Kieron Pollard 4/30) by 8 wickets.

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Trinbago Knight Riders defeated SLZ by 8 wickets to win their fourth title 

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