St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders, Caribbean Premier League T20 2020, Today Match Prediction 06 Sep 2020

sknp vs tkr Match Prediction & Analysis

Caribbean Premier League is almost into the business end of the tournament with the last day of league games. Four teams have qualified for the finals and we have our semi-finalists confirmed. Trinbago Knight Riders have won all their matches and are looking unbeatable by long distance so far. Knight Riders will look to finish the league phase unbeaten and build momentum towards the knockouts. On the other side, St. Kitts and patriots are out of competition and this will their last match of the league. They will look to end their season on a high and will be more delighted to break the Knight Riders unbeaten streak. Despite being a dead rubber both teams have a lot to play for in this contest.

TEAMS PREVIEW

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Preview

Patriots openers started off with an attacking 46-run partnership inside the powerplay before rain halted the match. Chris Lynn looked good for his 26 runs off 15 balls with 2 sixes for the first time this series. Evin Lewis, Joshua De Silva, and Ben Dunk have done the most of run scoring for their team this year.  

Their bowling unit has not threatened the opposition batsmen owing to absence of wicket-taking bowlers. Rayad Emrit has been the best bowler this season with 10 wickets at an economy rate of 6 RPO. Sheldon Cottrell and Alzarri Joseph failed to live up to the expectations made on them this season. Imran Khan and JR Jaggesar performed decent roles in spin bowling department and never looked menacing like other team spinners.

Top players to bet on:

Evin Lewis – Evin Lewis has 223 runs at a strike arte of 131 this season. He is the second highest six-hitter with 17 sixes to his name behind Kieron pollard. We expect Evin Lewis to win perform well and end the season on a high.

Rayad Emrit – Rayad Emrit has 10 wickets at an economy rate of less than 6 RPO. He has failed to take a wicket in the last 2-3 matches and will look to end this year with a couple of scalps in this match.

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Predicted Playing XI:

Evin Lewis, Chris Lynn, Joshua Da Silva, Ben Dunk, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Colin Archibald, Rayad Emrit (c), Alzarri Joseph, Imran Khan, Sheldon Cottrell, Jon-Russ Jaggesar

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Actual Playing XI:

Colin Archibald, Denesh Ramdin, Chris Lynn, Imran Khan, Joshua Da Silva, Sheldon Cottrell, RR Emrit, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Evin Lewis, Alzarri Joseph, Ben Dunk

Trinbago Knight Riders Preview

Knight Riders posted a massive score of 175 runs on board last night. Darren bravo anchored the innings with his fifty while Tim Seifert (33 runs) and Akeal Hossain (20 runs) batted around him to build the platform. Kieron Pollard`s 21-ball 42 runs gave the impetus to the team`s scoring in the last 5 overs. .

Knight Riders spin duo of Akeal Hossain and Sikander Raza kept the opposition in check with their combined economical spell of 7-0-35-0. Kieron Pollard picked up 3 wickets while the Dwayne Bravo and Jayden Seales chipped in with 2 wickets each to restrict the opposition to 152 runs. We expect Sunil Narine to return to the playing XI in this match.

Top players to bet on:

Kieron Pollard – Pollard is improving as every match is progressing. He scored 42 runs and picked up 3 wickets last night.  He has 207 runs at a strike arte of 200+ with 20 sixes to his name this season so far.

Akeal Hossain – Akeal Hossain has taken up the role of bowling in the powerplay and has taken 4 wickets at an economy of just 5.7 RPO in his 4 matches so far.  

Trinbago Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI:

Lendl Simmons, Tion Webster, Darren Bravo, Tim Seifert (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Khary Pierre, Jayden Seales, Sikander Raza, Fawad Ahmed/Sunil Narine

Trinbago Knight Riders Actual Playing XI:

Amir Jangoo, Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Anderson Phillip, Sikandar Raza, Tim Seifert, Fawad Ahmed, Pravin Tambe, Tion Webster, Ali Khan

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Tarouba weather forecasters predicts 50-60% chances of rain and rain has made its appearance in the last two day games and we expect to comeback into action in this match too. But we predict it will be just passing showers with no damage to the game.

Venue Details

The pitch at Brian Lara Stadium has been good for batting for the last leg of the tournament with true bounce and pace on offer. Spinners are still preferred over the pacers owing to the dryness of the pitch. We can expect the scores to in the range of 160-180 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing is the best option in T20 matches as the pitch remains the same throughout the match mostly. Batsmen can time their innings to chase down the target here.