TRINIDAD: Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo ensured Trinbago Knight Riders completed the first perfect season in franchise T20 history with an unbroken partnership of 138 off 88 balls, the highest of Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 and the highest ever in a final.
The St Lucia Zouks put up what seemed a competitive total, but ultimately a loss of 7/39 off the last 32 balls of their innings cost them dearly against this history-making Knight Riders squad.
All season, the Knight Riders had absorbed the loss of key personnel – Colin Munro fractured his hand, Ali Khan missed games, Narine had kidney stones removed and was unable to play the final with a knee injury. But perhaps the 12th and final win is the greatest measure of how great a squad captain Keiron Pollard and Brendon McCullum have built – victory was achieved two wickets down, with 11 balls to spare, without DJ Bravo bowling or Pollard batting.
The Knight Riders had come together in the bubble, and emerged from it to achieve something truly monumental.
Sharukh Khan, Jay Mehta and Juhi Chawla, co-owners of Trinbago Knight Riders through their holding company Knight Rider Sports Pvt Ltd (KRSPL), would now be hoping for a double glory in the upcoming Indian Premier League, where their IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders will be competing.
