The catch was missed on 1 run, then Quinton de Kock created havoc and won the match, raining runs with 23 sixes in CPL 2024

The one player whose name is resonating the most in CPL 2024 is Quinton de Kock. Quinton de Kock is the reason behind the success of Barbados Royals in the current season of the Caribbean Premier League and it's becoming the table topper. Now when the team won the match against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots on 17 September and hit a sixer of victory in the league, Quinton de Kock dominated with the bat in that too. This opening batsman is not only facing the first attack of the opponent's match after match for Barbados Royals but is also preparing the base for victory by destroying it. On many occasions, de Kock is returning after finishing the match, as happened in the sixth victory of Barbados.

Barbados Royals won the match against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 9 wickets. The big thing is that they won this match with 52 balls i.e. 8.4 overs remaining, which will have a direct impact on the team's run rate. This is Barbados Royals' sixth win in 6 matches played so far in CPL 2024. At the same time, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots have lost their 7th match in 8 matches played so far.

De Kock played brilliantly after missing the catch.

To win the match, Barbados Royals had got a modest target of 111 runs from St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots, which they won in no time due to the stormy batting of Quinton de Kock. However, Quinton de Kock would not have been able to create havoc with the bat if Evin Lewis of St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots had not dropped his catch when he was on just 1 run. But, what was the use of that lifeline as if de Kock had got the license to play another powerful innings?

Quinton de Kock remained unbeaten till the end and scored 59 runs in just 38 balls at a strike rate of 155.26, which included 2 fours and 4 sixes. During this inning, he added 57 runs with Kadim Aliyan for the first wicket and 56 runs with Alick Athanje for the second wicket and led his team to victory.

Rained runs with 23 sixes in CPL 2024

With the 4 sixes he hit in the innings against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Quinton de Kock has hit a total of 23 sixes in the 6 matches played so far in CPL 2024, which is the most by any other batsman. With these 23 sixes, he has scored 367 runs at a strike rate of 170.69. He has scored these runs with the help of 1 century and 2 half-centuries hit so far in CPL 2024.

Rahkeem's havoc before de Kock

However, there was a stir in the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots camp even before Quinton de Kock's explosive innings, when Rahkeem Cornwall, giving the best performance of his career in T20 cricket, took 5 wickets for just 16 runs. The result of that was that St Kitts and Nevis Patriots could not even play 20 overs and were all out for 110 runs in 19.1 overs. Rahkeem was chosen as the Player of the Match for his performance.