CPL 2019: Best XI of the tournament
The Tridents became champions for the second time while the Warriors slumped to their fifth defeat in the final out of seven seasons.
Lendl Simmons (Trinbago Knight Riders)
Lendl Simmons came into the TKR setup as a replacement of Colin Munro, who missed the first three games due to international commitments. But he retained his spot as Dwayne Bravo was ruled out owing to a finger injury.
The right-hander started with two low scores, but a 38-ball 63 over Daren Sammy’s St Lucia Zouks kick-started his campaign. There was lo looking back for Simmons ever since. He backed up that inning with scores of 86 and 90 and 60. In the Eliminator versus the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Simmons scored 51.
The knock helped the Knights chase down 126 on a tricky surface at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. The 34-year-old Trinidadian ended the tournament with 430 runs in 12 matches with five fifties at an average of 39.09 and an impressive strike-rate of 150.04.
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