Brendon McCullum’s grand show and dreadful bowling of Fawad
Khan shattered dream of St Kitts to play in the final of CPL 2018 and won the
championship.
Trinbago Knight Riders beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 20 run
in the semi-final and move one step ahead to defend the title.
Now, Trinbago
Knight Riders is just one step away from
second title as they will take on Guyana Amazon Warriors in final on
Sunday to retain title.
Brendon McCullum laid the foundation of victory by his storming
43 runs knock off 26 balls. He hit 3 sixes and 2 fours before being victim of
Chris Gayle.
Colin Munro and Denesh Ramdin added 29 and 27 runs while Darren
Bravo and Captain Dwayne Bravo contributed 20 and 24 run to post 165 runs in 20
overs at loss of 6 wickets.
St Kitts got the target of 166 runs to reach in the final
but they got biggest jolt in first overs as Captain Chris Gayle dismissed at
zero runs.
However, Devon Thomas and Brandon King tried to manage further with
his 35 and 33 run’s knock but Fawad Ahmed spoiled their hope by dismissing
three important wickets at crucial time.
He sent Evin Lewis at 4, hero of last match, Anton
Devcich at 6 and Ben Cutting at 2 runs. His bowling analysis remained 4/13/3.
Later, Favian Allen and Carlos Brathwaite tried their best to back in the game
but making 42 runs in 2 over was too much.
However, they attempted to maintain 21.5 run rate in 19
overs but they left 27 runs in final over. Kevon Cooper delivered fantastic over
and gave only 7 runs. St Kitts could reach at 145 at loss of 8 wickets and lost
the match by 20 runs.
