CPL 2021: Trinbgao Knight Riders vs St Lucia Kings: Knight Riders saunter to win

The
Knight
Riders
opened
their
innings
with
the
familiar
pair
of
Lendl
Simmons
and
Sunil
Narine
and
they
put
on
a
partnership
of
23
from
18
balls
before
Wahab
Riaz
trapped
the
former
plumb
in
front.

It
took
the
introduction
of
Tim
Seifert
for
the
Knight
Riders
innings
to
gain
impetus
after
Tion
Webster,
Narine
and
Colin
Munro
had
all
fallen
in
consecutive
overs.
Along
with
Kieron
Pollard
the
pair
put
on
78
runs
from
44
balls
to
help
post
a
competitive
total.

Just
like
the
Knight
Riders
innings,
the
Kings
struggled
to
find
any
momentum
in
the
first
half
of
their
reply
amidst
some
exceptional
and
parsimonious
bowling
from
Sunil
Narine
and
Akeal
Hosein
that
left
them
needing
an
unlikely
82
runs
from
36
balls.

Despite
Andre
Fletcher’s
unbeaten
81
from
55
balls,
three
wickets
by
the
tournament’s
top
wicket
taker
Ravi
Rampaul
ensured
no
one
was
able
to
stick
with
him
to
chase
down
the
Knight
Riders
total.
However,
Knight
Riders
will
have
to
face
stiff
competition
from
in-form
St
Kitts
and
Nevis
Patriots,
who
were
occupying
the
top
slot
in
table,
to
maintain
their
No
1
position
on
the
table.