Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Trinbago Knight Riders
Jamaica Tallawahs
Trinbago Knight Riders
Jamaica Tallawahs
Man of the Match: Sunil Narine
?Trinbago Knight Riders defeated St. Kitts and Nevis patriots by 11 runs in their opening match this season.
?Jamaica Tallawahs have won CPL twice (2013 & 2016) and Trinbago Knight Riders (2015, 2017 & 2018) have won the CPL title three times
?Tallawahs defeated Knight Riders in the last season chasing 224 runs successfully
?Andre Russell scored 121 runs in 49 balls against Knight Riders last season
CRICBETTINGBUZZ prediction is Trinbago Knight Riders to win!
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Caribbean Premier League started in good fashion with the defending champions Knight Riders defeating the Patriots in a close encounter in the opening match.
Trinbago Knight Riders suffered a big blow after their regular skipper Dwayne Bravo was injured last minute and Kieron Pollard took over the captaincy responsibilities. Knight Riders successfully defended a score of 152 runs on the back of strong performances of Mohammed Husnain and Jimmy Neesham.
Jamica Tallawahs will open their campaign in this match against Knight Riders. They are lead by none other than the self-proclaimed Universal Boss Chris Gayle. They have some big West Indian names such as Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Oshane Thomas, and Jerome Taylor. They ended in 4th position in the last season after bowing out in the eliminator clash against the patriots. Tallawahs and Knight Riders are the top two successful teams in CPL history with 5 title triumphs between them in a total of 6 seasons.
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Knight Riders started the title defense with a 11-run victory over the Patriots in the opening game. Their top order failed to put a good show and was struggling at 20/3. Jimmy Neesham, Kieron Pollard, and Denesh Ramdin came up with some vital cameos to take their team to a respectable score of 152 runs in their 20 overs. Skipper Kieron Pollard top scored with 47 runs off 32 balls. Mohammed Hasnain, Khary Pierre, and Jimmy Neesham stood up to the task of defending the target with 8 wickets between them. Sunil Narine came well with an economical spell of 4-0-21-0 in the middle overs. Their bowling bowled out the opposition for 141 runs and finished the match in their favor.
Key Players:
Jimmy Neesham – Neesham produced a good all-round show in the last match scoring crucial 33 runs with the bat and then taking 3 wickets with the ball. He was adjudged Man of the Match for his all-round performance.
Kieron Pollard – Pollard came in after mini- resurgence by the Neesham - Ramdin pair. He played the big shots and scored runs at a good strike rate. His 32-ball 47 provided the additional 10 runs to the total with a late burst.
Kieron Pollard, Tion Webster, Denesh Ramdin, Sunil Narine, Khary Pierre, Javon Searles, James Neesham, S Prasanna, LMP Simmons, Mohammad Hasnain, Ali Khan
Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), James Neesham, Seekkuge Prasanna, Tion Webster, Khary Pierre, Anderson Phillip, Javon Searles, Mohammad Hasnain
Jamaica Tallawahs are one of the most consistent teams in CPL with two victorious campaigns in the year 2013 & 2016. They never missed to enter play-offs in all the six seasons so far. Their Skipper Chris Gayle has some mind blowing records in T20 circuit such as most runs, most centuries, highest individual score, most CPL runs, most sixes, etc and the list goes on. Rovman Powell and Glenn Philips did the bulk of scoring in the last season and are looking to repeat their performance this year too. Destructive all-rounder Andre Russell is expected to set the stage on fire after his impressive showing in various T20 leagues. Oshane Thomas and Jerome Taylor will the lead pace attack and look to trouble the opposition batsmen early in the match. They lack in spin bowling department with the absence of proven performers.
Key Players:
Chris Gayle – Gayle is one of the most consistent performers in the T20 history. He is the leading run-scorer in CPL with a tally of 2111 runs so far. He will look to add more runs to this tally and his team to win in this season.
Oshane Thomas – Oshane Thomas has grown in stature from the last season playing international cricket and IPL T20 matches. He will look to bring all his experience into use here in this season.
Chadwick Walton, Jerome Taylor, Shamar Springer, George Worker, Glenn Phillips, Rovman Powell, Christopher Lamont, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, Chris Gayle, Steven Jacobs
Chris Gayle (C), Andre Russell, Xavier Marshall, Rovman Powell, Oshane Thomas, Jerome Taylor, Shamar Springer, Glenn Philips, George Worker, Steven Jacobs, Zahir Khan
Port is Spain helped pace bowlers with good pace and carry and the batsmen failed to put big runs on board. The average score in this pitch will be around 160 runs. The weather looks bright and sunny and we can expect a full match with no interruptions.
Teams batting first have won 4 out of the 5 matches played here last season and the last match was won by team defending a small target of just 152 runs only.
Both the teams Knight Riders and Tallawahs have a lot of big hitters who are capable of winning the match on their own with the likes of Gayle, Pollard, Russell, and Neesham. But Knight Riders have a slight advantage due to inexperienced bowling attack of Tallawahs with no big names in spin department especially.
We predict Trinbago Knight Riders to win!
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