CPL 2018, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders: 5 reasons why SNP lost

The 23rd match of CPL 2018 was a clash between St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and Trinbago Knight Riders. Chris Gayle put Knight Riders in after winning the toss.

Knight Riders got off to a poor start. However, Munro and McCullum got some big hits going. Also, a cameo from DJ Bravo powered TKR to a score of 199 runs from their allotted overs.

Anderson Phillip and Fawad Ahmed were the star performers with the ball. As a result, SNP stumbled to a score of 153 of their 20 overs.

Let us have a look at the five reasons why St Kitts and Nevis Patriots lost the contest.

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#1 Middle order collapse

The extraordinary collapse in the middle order of Patriots ensured that they could manage to score 153 runs off their allotted overs.

Devon Thomas struggled, while the big-hitting Anton Devcich and Ben Cutting did not trouble the scorers much. Rassie van der Dussen had an unforgettable debut for the team.

#2 Strange batting order

SNP's management wanted to experiment with their batting order. Bangladeshi batsman Mahmudullah was made to bat at No.9. He had scored all his runs batting at No. 4 or 5 and looked out of sorts batting lower down the order. Brandon King also came in too low down the order.

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#3 Complete bowling performance from Knight Riders

Trinbago Knight Riders have the swing of DJ Bravo, the pace of Ali Khan and Phillip, the right-arm spin of Ahmed and the variations of Narine. All of them clicked in today's game.

Fawad Ahmed managed to pick van der Dussen and Devcich. Sunil Narine had an economy of 5.5 in his four-over spell. The skipper managed to dismiss Brathwaite. Ali Khan picked up the crucial wicket of Devon Thomas.

Anderson Phillip was the star performer with the ball as he picked up the crucial wickets of Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis and Brandon King.

#4 Munro's heroic knock

While wickets were falling at the start, Munro kept his cool. He played an unbeaten 76 off 50 balls. He won the Man of the Match award for this knock.

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#5 Bravo's cameo innings

Dwayne Bravo scored 30 runs off Alzarri Joseph in the 19th over which helped to ease nerves in the Knights' dugout and shifted the momentum of the match completely.

A 66-run partnership between Colin Munro and Dwayne Bravo lifted Knight Riders to a competitive total of 199 for four.