CPL 2021: Evin Lewis century propels Patriots to an eight-wicket win over Trinbago Knight Riders
The
Patriots
bowled
brilliantly
and
then
backed
that
up
with
a
dominant
batting
display
that
saw
them
knock
off
the
victory
target
with
32
balls
to
spare.
Lewis
was
the
star
of
the
show,
making
102
from
just
52
balls.
The
Knight
Riders
got
off
to
a
slow
start
in
the
face
of
some
excellent
bowling
from
the
Patriots.
They
reached
the
end
of
their
PowerPlay
at
28/2
with
both
Lendl
Simmons
and
Denesh
Ramdin
dismissed
caught
on
the
mid-wicket
boundary.
Ramdin
could
have
gone
an
over
earlier,
but
Ravi
Bopara
put
down
a
simple
chance.
Thankfully
for
the
Patriots,
this
did
not
prove
too
costly.
A
fifty-run
stand
between
Darren
Bravo
and
Colin
Munro
steadied
the
ship
and
brought
the
Knight
Riders
back
into
the
contest.
Munro
would
go
on
to
top
score
with
47
but
when
Darren
Bravo
went
for
22
the
Knight
Riders
lost
momentum
once
again.
When
Munro
and
Kieron
Pollard
went
in
successive
balls
bowled
by
Jon-Russ
Jaggesar
it
looked
as
if
the
Knight
Riders
would
set
a
sub-par
total
but
some
big
hitting
from
Sunil
Narine
took
his
team
to
159/7.
The
Patriots
innings
got
off
to
a
flying
start
thanks
to
Evin
Lewis
and
Chris
Gayle
who
was
promoted
to
open
as
a
result
of
an
injury
to
Devon
Thomas.
They
reached
67/1
from
their
PowerPlay
overs
with
Gayle
the
wicket
to
fall
for
35
from
18
balls.
When
Gayle
went
it
was
Lewis
who
took
up
the
attack,
passing
his
fifty
from
just
27
balls.
While
Narine
was
economical,
returning
figures
of
0/10
from
his
four
overs,
the
rest
of
the
Knight
Riders
bowlers
struggled
for
control
in
the
face
of
the
Lewis
onslaught.
Bopara
and
Lewis
shared
an
85-run
stand,
and
Bopara
contributed
just
seven
runs
as
the
Patriots
opener
smashed
the
ball
to
all
parts.
This
win
moves
the
Patriots
back
to
the
top
of
the
table
and
guarantees
them
a
space
in
the
semi-finals
on
Tuesday
(September
14).
Source:
CPL
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