Port of Spain: Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel crowned themselves the new champions of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) when they produced a clinical all-round performance to beat title-holders Barbados Tridents by 20 runs in the final here.

Playing in front of a sold-out crowd at Queen's Park Oval on Sunday night, Red Steel successfully defended their 178/5, stifling the Tridents' dangerous batting line-up to take their first ever CPL title in the third edition of the regional Twenty20 tournament, reports CMC.