Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Caribbean Premier League T20 2020, Today Match Prediction 02 Sep 2020

tkr vs sknp Match Prediction & Analysis

Caribbean Premier League is entering the crucial phase with the last 2-3 matches of the tournament where teams fight out for their place in qualification. The two teams in contention in this match are having completely opposite fortunes in the tournament so far and are placed at the two extremes of the points table.  Trinbago Knight Riders have won all their matches so far and looking dangerous at the moment. St. Kitts and patriots are currently at the bottom of the points table and their chances of qualification looks bleak and they depend on the results of other teams too. One more loss will officially knock the Patriots out of the tournament. To add to their agony Patriots will be facing unbeaten Knight Riders twice in their last 3 matches.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Trinbago Knight Riders Preview

Sunil Narine announced his comeback into the playing XI in a grand fashion scoring 29 runs off 11 balls. Colin Munro anchored the inning around him scoring 65 runs off 54 balls with Kieron pollard taking on the role of aggressor with his 16-ball 33 knock. Knight Riders finished with 184/4 in their 20 overs.

Knight Riders spin quartet of Sunil Narine, Khary Pierre, Akeal Hossain, and Fawad Ahmed bowled 15 overs between them for bowling figures of 5/87. Dwayne Bravo bowled well in the final overs to never allow the opposition any slip up to seal the match their favor by a comfortable 19 runs margin.

Top players to bet on:

Kieron Pollard – Pollard has scored 132 runs at a strike arte of 200+ with 5 boundaries and 14 sixes so far. His 70% of runs have come in the final 5 overs of the match and he will look to finish their innings on a high with yet another blistering knock.  

Khary pierre – Pierre has 6 wickets at an economy of just 6.16 RPO this season. He will look to continue his good form in the middle overs to disturb the opposition`s momentum by choking the run flow.  

Trinbago Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI:

Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Darren Bravo, Tim Seifert (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Khary Pierre, Jayden Seales/Ali Khan, Fawad Ahmed

Trinbago Knight Riders Actual Playing XI:

Amir Jangoo, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Colin Munro, Sikandar Raza, Anderson Phillip, Khary Pierre, Tim Seifert, Pravin Tambe, LMP Simmons

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Preview

Patriots batting unit fared better in their last match with vital contributions from Joshua De Silva (59 runs) and Denesh Ramdin (33 runs). They stitched a 68-run partnership to take their team to a good total of 150 runs. Evin Lewis, and Ben Dunk have played some vital cameos but are yet to make a mark with an impact innings.

Their bowling unit started the match in promising note claiming 3 wickets inside the powerplay.  But the momentum swung towards the opposition as Nicholas Pooran teared apart the Patriots bowling attack. Rayad Emrit has been their bright spot in the bowling attack for the team. Spinner JR Jaggesar and Imran Khan have performed well in tandem with tight overs and wickets.

Top players to bet on:

Joshua De Silva – De Silva will be high on confidence after his fighting fifty in tough conditions to bat on. He was in and out of the team in the tournament so far and wioll look to seal his place with impact performances.

Rayad Emrit – Rayad Emrit has 10 wickets at an economy arte of less than 6 RPO. The skipper has been let down in the bowling department by the fellow pacers. He will look to continue his good showing to keep his team in the hunt.

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Predicted Playing XI:

Evin Lewis, Kieran Powell, Joshua Da Silva, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ben Dunk, Sohail Tanvir, Rayad Emrit (c), Dominic Drakes, Imran Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Jon-Russ Jaggesar

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Actual Playing XI:

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

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Tarouba weather has 50-60% chances of rain but we expect rain to stay away form this contest owing to the 10AM start.

Venue Details

The pitch at Brian Lara Stadium has improved a lot better for the second 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 move up in the range of 160-180 runs in the upcoming matches.

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.