Guyana Amazon Warriors have suffered their first defeat in the 2024 season of the Caribbean Premier League. This defeat came from Barbados Royals, who won by 32 runs. Many players played a role in the victory of Barbados Royals. But Quinton de Kock, who played the biggest innings for him on the CPL pitch, played an important role in it. Apart from de Kock, Jason Holder and Keshav Maharaj also managed to make Barbados Royals win and make them number one.

Quinton de Kock played the biggest innings

Barbados Royals batted first in the match. Quinton de Kock, who opened for Barbados, played a massive innings of 115 runs in 68 balls.

This innings, adorned with 9 sixes and 8 fours, is the biggest innings from the bat of any Barbados Royals batsman in the history of CPL. Earlier this record was in the name of Carter, who had scored 111 runs for Barbados Royals.

Jason Holder scored runs at a strike rate of 280

If De Kock performed well in the top order, then Jason Holder came in the last overs and scored runs with the bat. Playing at a strike rate of 280, he scored unbeaten 28 runs in just 10 balls, which included 3 sixes. Thanks to De Kock's century and Holder's short but explosive innings, Barbados Royals scored 205 runs in 20 overs.

Holder and Maharaj wreaked havoc with the ball, Guyana's team lost

Jason Holder had done his job with the bat. Now it was time to make an impact with the ball. And, he was successful in this too. Holder targeted 2 batsmen of Guyana Amazon Warriors who came out to chase 206 runs. He took 2 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs. Apart from Holder, Keshav Maharaj took 3 wickets for 42 runs in 4 overs. The result of their impact with the ball was that Guyana Amazon Warriors could not cross the threshold of 200 runs and could only score 173 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.