The 12th season of the Caribbean Premier League is going on. Its third match was played on 31 August between Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. In this match, Trinbago's team defeated St Kitts and Nevis by 44 runs. St Kitts and Nevis captain Andre Fletcher won the toss and chose to field. His decision proved to be very fatal. Sunil Narine, who came to open for Trinbago, wreaked havoc as soon as he came. He started raining sixes and fours, which continued even after his dismissal. After his departure, Nicholas Pooran and Casey Carty thrashed fiercely. In response, the batsmen of St Kitts and Nevis also hit 31 boundaries, but they were not enough for victory.

Storm of Puran and Naren

Like IPL, Sunil Narine also opened the innings in CPL. He started the innings with a bang and scored 38 runs in 19 balls at a strike rate of 200. In this innings, he hit 3 fours and 4 sixes. When he got out in the fourth over, Nicholas Pooran came to the crease. Pooran did not let the absence of Narine be felt.

Puran also batted explosively and scored 97 runs in 43 balls at a strike rate of 225. During this, he hit 7 fours and 9 sixes. In this way, both the batsmen together hit a total of 23 boundaries. Apart from Puran and Narine, Casey Carty batted explosively. He scored 73 runs in 35 balls at a strike rate of 208, which included 9 fours and 3 sixes. In this way, the Trinbago team scored a mountain-like score of 250 in 20 overs. This is the third highest score in CPL history.

St Kitts lost even after hitting 31 boundaries

The team of St. Kitts and Nevis, which came out to chase a huge target of 251 runs, also tried to make a fast start. However, in this effort, it lost 2 wickets in the second over itself. Despite this, its batsmen did not lose courage and continued their efforts. Evin Lewis, Michael Lewis and Tristian Stubbs together hit 14 fours and 7 sixes. At the same time, the rest of the batsmen hit 4 sixes and 6 fours. Despite this, the entire team could score only 206 runs. Sunil Narine also did wonders in bowling and gave only 24 runs in 4 overs in this high scoring match. He also took 2 important wickets.