SEE | Shah Rukh Khan elated after Trinbago Knight Riders lift CPL 2020 title
Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday expressed his joy after the franchise from Trinidad and Tobago won the Caribbean Premier League 2020 title.
Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday expressed his joy after the franchise from Trinidad and Tobago won the Caribbean Premier League 2020 title.
Trinbago Knight Riders completed the first perfect season in franchise T20 history as they defeated St Lucia Zouks by eight wickets in the final.
Zouks then chased down the target riding on unbeaten knocks of 32 and 19 from openers Rahkeem Cornwall and Deyal in just 4.3 overs to book their maiden CPL final berth.
Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo's blistering 67-run partnership off just 37 balls propelled TKR past the 160-run mark. Bravo scored a half-century.
Tridents kept on losing wickets and ultimately for the third time in this year's CPL, they failed to make three figures as a team and ended their 20 overs at 89/9.
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The scale of Dwayne Bravo's achievement can be measured by the fact that no other bowler has even taken 400 wickets in the shortest format.
Pravin Tambe had in July become the first Indian to sign for a CPL team when he was signed by TKR, a franchise who is co-owned by Shah Rukh Khan.
Asked to bat first, Zouks put on board a comprehensive total of 172/6, courtesy of opener Andre Fletcher's 33-ball 46 and Nabi's 22 ball cameo of 35 runs.
Chasing 159 against St Lucia Zouks, the Jamaica Tallawahs struggled early during their chase, losing two wickets for just 13 inside the first five overs.
