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CPL 2026: 11 wickets taken… Pakistan bowler broke the record, Jamaica Kingsmen defeated Trinbago Knight Riders
Samira Vishwas | August 30, 2026 3:24 PM CST

In the 20th match of CPL 2026, Jamaica Kingsmen defeated Trinbago Knight Riders. This match was decided by Duckworth-Lewis rule due to rain. Trinbago Knight Riders, playing first in the match, scored 180 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, there was rain disruption during the innings of Jamaica Kingsmen. In view of the rain, Jamaica Kingsmen maintained the pace of their innings from the beginning, which gave them the advantage and the result of Duckworth-Lewis rule went in their favour.

Jamaica Kingsmen won the match with DLS

Rain disrupted the Jamaica Kingsmen’s innings twice. First time in the 9th over of his innings and second time in the 15th over. When rain again interfered, Jamaica Kingsmen’s score was 127 runs for 3 wickets in 14.4 overs, which was 7 runs more than the requirement under DLS. Jamaica Kingsmen have also moved from fourth to second in the points table after defeating Trinbago Knight Riders.

Hunain Shah broke Andre Russell’s record

Now the question is who shone in the victory of Jamaica Kingsmen? His two bowlers were the ones who helped him win against Trinbago Knight Riders, one of which was Pakistan’s fast bowler Hunain Shah. Like his brother Naseem Shah, Hunain is also a great bowler. As a result of that, he has now become the highest wicket taker for Jamaica Kingsmen. In this matter he has broken Andre Russell’s record.

Highest wicket taker for Jamaica Kingsmen

Against Trinbago Knight Riders, Hunan took 2 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. With these 2 wickets, he now has 11 wickets in 8 matches played for Jamaica Kingsmen. In this matter, he has left behind Russell, who has taken 9 wickets in 6 matches for this team. Both these players have performed this in the current season only.

This 19 year old bowler became the player of the match

Apart from Hunain Shah, 19 year old wrist spinner Vital Laws gave a strong performance in the match by bowling triple wicket maiden over. He took 3 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs, which was his best performance in T20. For this he was also given Player of the Match.


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