One ground, two new names
For a second season the tournament was confined to one territory. Saint Kitts and Nevis took all thirty-three matches at Warner Park in Basseterre, a ground with a capacity of about eight thousand, over three weeks in late August and September. Travel between islands was still difficult and the arrangement had worked in Trinidad the year before.
Two of the six teams arrived with new names. Barbados Tridents were bought into the Royals Sports Group, owners of Rajasthan Royals, and became Barbados Royals. St Lucia Zouks, who had been the Stars for two seasons and the Zouks again for two more, were acquired by the ownership of Punjab Kings and became Saint Lucia Kings. The competition now had four of its six franchises tied to Indian Premier League owners.
An even group stage
No side dominated. Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won six of ten, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Saint Lucia Kings five, Jamaica Tallawahs four, Barbados Royals three. Faf du Plessis made 120 for the Kings, the highest score of the tournament; Roston Chase, also of the Kings, made 446 runs, more than anyone, and was named player of the tournament. Ravi Rampaul took 19 wickets for the Knight Riders. David Wiese took five wickets in an innings twice for the Kings, an unusual feat in Twenty20.
Both semi-finals were played on 14 September. Saint Lucia made 205 for 4 and beat the Knight Riders by 21 runs, Wiese taking the award. The Patriots chased 179 against Guyana with thirteen balls left, Evin Lewis taking the award.
Basseterre, 15 September
Saint Lucia batted first in the final and made 159 for 7. The Patriots, at home, lost seven wickets in the chase and needed to score off the last ball to win. Dominic Drakes, whose 48 not out from 24 had held the innings together, hit it. The Patriots won by three wickets.
It was St Kitts and Nevis Patriots' first title in seven seasons, won at the ground that had hosted the whole tournament, and it made them the fifth of the six franchises to have won the competition. Only Guyana Amazon Warriors, by then beaten in four finals, had not.