In the year 2015, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots appeared for the first time by replacing Antigua Hawksbills. After that, their terrific play in the previous five seasons was blended at the best but in the last three leagues, they were able to show their consistency level.
In 2015 as well as 2016 editions, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots ended the tournaments by placing sixth on the points table, in 2018 3rd and 2019 editions, 4th. They performed their best in the 2017 edition when they became the runner-up.
Can they come back in a powerful way and win the 2020 CPL title? Let’s take a dig on the complete details find out by Stumpsandbails.
1. Strength
In 2020 CPL, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will appear in the well-formed squad. Maybe, they can match Jamaica Tallawahs and Barbados Tridents in terms of strength. They have powerful openers like Evin Lewis and Chris Lynn. When it is needed, Rassie van der Dussen, Ben Dunk, Coin Archibald, Denesh Ramdin can showcase their power. Apart from the batting department, their bowling unit is really noteworthy. With Alzarri Joseph, Rayad Emrit, and Sheldon Cottrell, their batting department is super strong while veteran pacer Sohail Tanvir of Pakistan can add an extra advantage to it. Ish Sodhi is an experienced player across the tournaments and his leg-spin will come very handy for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
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Weakness
Apart from Dunk, Lynn, Ramdin, and Lewis, the batting department of Patriot is not that strong. In case they dismiss, then the pressure couldn’t be manageable. Also, they have lost the support of experienced Fabian Allen, who might have provided them another spin option apart from Sodhi. He missed the scheduled flight from Jamaica to Barbados.
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The Squad
Chris Lynn, Evin Lewis, Ben Dunk, Fabian Allen (ruled out player), Sohail Tanvir, Rassie van der Dussen, Ish Sodhi, Denesh Ramdin, Sheldon Cottrell, Rayad Emrit, Alzarri Joseph, Dennis Bulli, Joshua de Silva, Colin Archibald, Dominic Drakes, Jon Russ Jaggesar, Sunny Sohal.
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Stars to watch
Chris Lynn, Evin Lewis, Sheldon Cottrell, Alzarri Joseph.
5. Prediction
According to the analysis, we can expect that the Patriots can again be a contender for the Qualifiers.
