Not that they did a lot wrong against the Jamaica Tallawahs- contributions from Chris Lynn (46), Colin Munro (61) and Brendon McCullum (56) propelled the Knight Riders to a formidable score of 223 before their bowlers led by Ali Khan (3/24) reduced the Tallawahs to 41/5. But the all-round brilliance of Andre Russell on his captaincy debut proved too hot for TKR to handle as he first took a brilliant catch to send back a dangerous looking Chris Lynn, secured the first hat-trick of the season in the 20th over of TKR’s innings and then smoked a 49-ball 121 to complete a scarcely believable win for the Tallawahs.
It promises to be a closely-contested match with an interesting sub-plot: the battle between the captains Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle, who are the leading wicket-taker and run-scorer respectively in T20 history.
Match Details
Date: August 11, 2018
Time: 8:00 pm Local; 05:30 am IST (Aug 12); 12:00 am GMT (Aug 12)
Venue: Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Head-to-head
Overall: TKR 6 - 2 SNP
At Queen’s Park Oval: TKR 2 - 0 SNP
Team News
The Knight Riders are expected to remain unchanged, though they might contemplate adding another death-overs specialist in Kevon Cooper.
Trinbago Knight Riders (likely): 1) Chris Lynn 2) Sunil Narine 3) Colin Munro 4) Brendon McCullum 5) Darren Bravo 6) Denesh Ramdin [wk] 7) Dwayne Bravo [c] 8) Javon Searles/Kevon Cooper 9) Fawad Ahmed 10) Shannon Gabriel 11) Ali Khan
If available for selection, Mahmudullah could serve as a useful addition to boost a faltering middle-order for the Patriots.
St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots (likely): 1) Chris Gayle [c] 2) Evin Lewis 3) Tom Cooper 4) Anton Devcich 5) Brandon King/Mahmudullah 6) Ben Cutting 7) Devon Thomas [wk] 8) Carlos Brathwaite 9) Sheldon Cottrell 10) Sandeep Lamichhane 11) Alzarri Joseph
Quotes
Full Squads:
Trinbago Knight Riders: Dwayne Bravo [c], Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Colin Munro, Khary Pierre, Ronsford Beaton, Javon Searles, Kevon Cooper, Nikita Miller, Anderson Phillip, Hamza Tariq, Amir Jangoo, Shannon Gabriel, Fawad Ahmed, Terrance Hinds
St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Chris Gayle [c], Evin Lewis, Ben Cutting, Carlos Brathwaite, Mahmudullah, Anton Devcich, Tom Cooper, Sheldon Cottrell, Brandon King, Devon Thomas, Hayden Walsh, Fabian Allen, Shamarh Brooks, Sandeep Lamichhane, Jeremiah Louis, Alzarri Joseph, Ibrahim Khaleel, Javelle Glen.
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