Hit the most sixes in CPL 2024, broke partnership record with Faf du Plessis, and did wonders in 40 balls to make the team win.

There was a rain of sixes on the evening of 24 September on the pitch of CPL 2024. A 35-year-old batsman hit so many sixes in this match that he became the batsman who hit the most sixes in this season of CPL. The name of this batsman playing for St Lucia Kings against Trinbago Knight Riders was Johnson Charles. 35-year-old Charles is an explosive batsman by nature. And, he played in the same style in this match. Apart from raining sixes, he also broke the partnership record for St Lucia Kings in this match with his captain Faf du Plessis.

St Lucia Kings batted first.

After winning the toss in the match, Trinbago Knight Riders sent St Lucia Kings to bat first. But, this move backfired because St Lucia Kings captain Faf du Plessis and Johnson Charles, who came to open, settled down on the wicket. Runs started raining from both ends of the wicket. And, when this happened, the script of a record partnership was written.

Record partnership between Du Plessis and Charles

Faf du Plessis and Johnson Charles together broke the old record of 139 runs of St. Lucia Kings for the opening wicket. Du Plessis and Charles added 145 runs for the opening wicket against Trinbago Knight Riders. This pair broke when Johnson Charles's strong and amazing innings of 40 balls came to an end.

Dhamaal on 40 balls, most sixes hit in CPL 2024

Johnson Charles scored 89 runs in 40 balls with 8 sixes and 7 fours. After hitting 8 sixes in this innings played at a strike rate of 222.50, Johnson Charles has become the batsman to hit the most sixes in CPL 2024. He now has 25 sixes to his name. With this, Charles has surpassed Quinton de Kock who has hit 24 sixes so far.

Du Plessis's half-century, St Lucia Kings scored 218 runs.

Faf du Plessis also hit a half-century and scored 59 runs in 43 balls. Apart from these two, Tim Seifert scored 30 runs. In this way, St. Lucia Kings managed to score 218 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.

Trinbago Knight Riders remained 80 runs short of victory.

Now Trinbago Knight Riders had a target of 219 runs. But, despite having players like Pollard, Russell, and Pooran in the team, this team remained 80 runs away from chasing the target. Apart from this, the Trinbago team could not even play 20 overs. The whole team was all out after scoring 138 runs in 17.5 overs. Noor Ahmed was the most successful bowler from St. Lucia, who took 3 wickets. Johnson Charles was chosen as the Player of the Match for his brilliant innings.