CPL 2021: Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: Trinbago storm into semis as table-topper

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The
Patriots
got
off
to
a
steady
start
thanks
to
Joshua
Da
Silva
who
had
been
pushed
up
to
open
in
the
absence
of
the
injured
Devon
Thomas.

The
young
wicket-keeper
batsman
kept
things
steady
after
Chris
Gayle
was
dismissed
for
5
when
he
edged
a
ball
from
Ravi
Rampaul
through
to
Denesh
Ramdin.

Da
Silva
went
on
to
top
score,
making
50
from
45
balls,
but
there
was
no
really
substantial
partnership
in
the
Patriots
innings.

Sherfane
Rutherford
and
Dwayne
Bravo
both
made
25
but
just
as
it
looked
as
if
they
would
launch
in
the
death
overs
they
were
both
dismissed
in
the
midst
of
a
10
ball
period
that
saw
the
Patriots
lose
four
wickets.

Rather
than
exploding
over
the
line
the
Patriots
limped
to
147/7
with
Ali
Khan
the
star
for
the
Knight
Riders,
claiming
3/19
on
his
return
to
the
starting
line-up.

The
Knight
Riders
chase
got
off
to
a
sedate
start
as
they
reached
34/1
at
the
end
of
the
PowerPlay.
The
only
wicket
to
fall
in
the
first
six
overs
was
that
of
Lendl
Simmons
who
was
dismissed
by
a
brilliant
Fabian
Allen
catch
at
backward
point
off
the
bowling
of
Naseem
Shah.

Two
wickets
in
three
balls
pinned
back
the
Knight
Riders
innings
with
Ramdin
and
Colin
Munro
both
dismissed.
Things
changed
when
Pollard
came
to
the
crease
as
he
made
his
way
to
fifty
from
just
20
balls.

Pollard
was
dismissed
just
two
balls
after
passing
his
fifty
but
the
Knight
Riders
lower
order
saw
them
to
victory.