St. Lucia Kings lost the match. (Photo- Instagram/ST Lucia Kings/PTI)
Preity Zinta is the co-owner of Punjab Kings in the IPL. At the same time, his ownership of St. Lucia Kings plays in the Caribbean Premier League. This team suffered a defeat in CPL 2025 qualifier-1 match. In this match played against Gayana Amazon Warriors, the team of St. Lucia Kings flopped completely and lost the first chance to reach the final. Now he will have to play qualifier-2, where he will get another chance to make it to the finals.
Gayana Amazon Warriors batsman shines
In this match, Defending Champion St. Lucia Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be wrong. Gayana Amazon Warriors got a good start. The opening pair of Ben McDermot and Quentin Sampson added 45 runs for the first wicket. Ben McDermot scored 34 runs and Quentin Sampson scored 17 runs. After this, Shai Hope also contributed 32 runs. At the same time, in the end Dwayne Pritorius scored 17 runs and Romio Shepherd scored 21 runs to reach 155 at the loss of 9 wickets.
On the other hand, Tabrez Shamsi was the most successful bowler for St. Lucia Kings. He took 3 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Timle Mills, Aljari Joseph and David Visay also managed to make 2-2 successes. Apart from these, Roston Chase also took 1 wicket.
St. Lucia King’s batsman flopped
Chasing the target of 156 runs, St. Lucia Kings’s batting was quite bad. Both openers Tim CIFT and Johnson Charles returned to the pavilion on a score of 1–1. With these initial jerks, the team of St. Lucia Kings could not emerge in the entire match. Acim August could also score 9 runs. Roston Chase lost 18 runs and Aaron Jones lost his wicket by scoring 10 runs. After this, Tim David also returned to the pavilion without opening an account on the first ball. Captain David Visé also could not move beyond 3 runs. Khari Pierre played a combative innings of 50 runs, but it was not enough to win and the entire team was all out for 143 runs. Let me tell you, 6 batsmen of St. Lucia Kings failed to touch the double figure in this match, which was the biggest reason for the defeat.