St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021 title by defeating St Lucia Kings by 3 wickets in a thrilling match. In the final match played on Wednesday, Patriots team won the last ball and won the CPL title for the first time. The hero of Patriots' victory was Dominic Drax. Dwayne Bravo-led Patriots chased down the target of 160 runs on the back of Dominic's all-round performance.
Dominic Drakes played a stormy inning of 48 runs in 24 balls. Batting first, St Lucia Kings after winning the toss scored 159 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. For Kings, Rahkeem Cornwall scored 43 runs in 32 balls and Roston Chase scored 43 runs in 30 balls. Apart from this, Keemo Paul played a stormy inning of 39 runs in 21 balls. Fawad Alam and Naseem Shah took 2 wickets each for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. Apart from them, Dominic Drakes and John-Russ-Juggesar took one wicket each.
Chasing the target of 160 runs, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots had a poor start. Chris Gayle, who rocked the semi-finals, was dismissed for 0 and Evin Lewis scored 6. After this Joshua de Silva and Sherfane Rutherford took over the innings. De Silva scored 37 and Rutherford made 25. After this, Dominic Drakes played a stormy inning of 48 runs to make St Kitts and Nevis Patriots the champions of CPL 2021. Dominic Drakes hit three fours and three sixes in his 48-run knock.
