4 wickets for 24 runs…after this successful run chase of over 200…such incidents are rarely seen on the cricket field. Recently this feat has been achieved by the team of St. Lucia Kings in the Caribbean Premier League. With the help of Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Tim Seifert’s dashing half-centuries, the team managed to win, however despite this, none of these two players got the Player of the Match award. Yes, in this match, the Player of the Match award was taken by the batsman of the losing team, Kyle Mayers. Let’s know how the match was-
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The St Kitts and Nevis Patriots team, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. Captain Andre Fletcher was run out on the third ball of the match. After this, Kyle Mayers, who came to bat, shared a 199-run partnership for the second wicket with opener Evin Lewis to take the team to a big score.
The team of St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots managed to put 201 runs on the board for the loss of 3 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Evin Lewis scored the first century of CPL 2024 and played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs with the help of 7 fours and 9 skyscraper sixes in 54 balls. However, despite this innings, not him but Kyle Mayers got the Player of the Match award.
Batting at number three, Mayers scored 92 runs in 62 balls with the help of 6 fours and 7 sixes.
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Chasing a target of 202 runs, St Lucia Kings’ start was no less than a nightmare. The team, including captain Faf du Plessis, lost their first 4 wickets in the powerplay at a score of just 24. Despite this, the pair of Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Tim Seifert did not let the pressure get to them. Bhanuka Rajapaksa played an unbeaten innings of 68 runs with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes in 35 balls. At the same time, Tim Seifert scored 64 runs with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes in 27 balls. In the end, David Visa completed whatever was left by playing an innings of 34 runs in 20 balls.
At one point, the St Lucia Kings team, which had lost 4 wickets for 24 runs in 3.5 overs, chased this target of 202 runs in just 17.2 overs. Yes, in the end they had 5 wickets and 16 balls left in hand.
This is one of the most thrilling and memorable chases in the history of the CPL.