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In CPL 2026, Antigua and Barbuda Falcons won the match against Trinbago Knight Riders by 8 runs. The player who became the hero in this victory of Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, is 6.5 feet tall and is the heaviest cricketer in the world. We are talking about Rahkeem Cornwall, who did his job very well in the match. He played a short but explosive innings while batting first. Then the bowling went as per the plan and took so many wickets in 3 overs that it gave its best performance in CPL 2026.

Rahkeem took 2 wickets in the very first over

When Trinbago Knight Riders came out to chase the target of 184 runs set by Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, they stopped 8 runs short of the target. They scored 175 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Rahkeem Cornwall played an important role in keeping Trinbago Knight Riders away from victory, who bowled the second over of the powerplay as per the plan and took 2 wickets one after the other in the same over. Both these wickets belonged to the openers of Trinbago Knight Riders. He first dismissed Colin Munro, who was playing his 100th CPL match, and then dismissed Sunil Narine.

Hunted Puran, took so many wickets in 3 overs

Rahkeem Cornwall did not stop here. After this, he bowled the sixth over of the innings for Trinbago Knight Riders and took another wicket on his third ball. This time his victim was Trinbago captain Nicholas Pooran. Rahkeem Cornwall took 3 valuable wickets of Trinbago Knight Riders by giving 17 runs in 3 overs.

POTM received for best performance was named after his son.

Rahkeem Cornwall gave his best performance in CPL 2026 by taking 3 wickets for 17 runs. For this strong performance, he was chosen Player of the Match, which he named after his son. Rahkeem told that September 3 is his son’s birthday and this award is for him.

Whatever work was done was done – Rahkeem

Before this, Rahkeem’s batting was also tremendous. Along with Evin Lewis, he added 40 runs for the opening wicket. Rahkeem’s contribution was 20 runs in 7 balls, which included 5 fours. Regarding this inning, Rahkeem said after the match that his job is to give the team a fast start in the powerplay and the inning of 20 runs was like that.