CPL 2021 | TKR vs GAW: Two teams on different trajectories seek similar results

While Trinbago Knight Riders made a comeback from the loss against Saint Lucia Kings from the two sides’ first meeting and won the second game comprehensively to get back to the winning ways. They would be looking to repeat the feat against a battered Guyana Amazon Warriors, who, after winning their first encounter against the Knight Riders lost momentum and lost back to back games against Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots.

Thus it is two different teams that are seeking two different types of goals with the same result to get their trajectories in different directions.

For Amazon Warriors to come back, their batters need to do a bit more than they have been doing so far. They need to score a big and score quick. Another change could be in decision-making and playing a settled XI according to the conditions of the wicket instead of experimenting with it every time.

Knight Riders on the other hand would hope that their skipper continues the form he is in and so does veteran Ravi Rampaul as he is picking wickets for fun and is currently the leading wicket-taker in the league. Their combination is solid and they do not like changing it much, hence they would most likely be going in with the same team.

Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors

Match Number: 11

Date and Time: September 01, 2021, 07:30 pm IST, 10:00 am Local, 02:00 pm GMT

Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre

Broadcast: Star Sports

Live Stream: Fancode

Pitch Report

The pitch has slowed down considerably from the first week of action and it now seems that 160 is a winning total given that the defending team has the right kind of bowlers who could bowl slower one and back of the hand deliveries forcing the batsman to apply his strength and into the wind, it is really becoming hard to clear the boundary lines.

Weather Forecast

The weather at Warner Park will remain hot and humid with humidity decreasing to 72% from touching 80 in the last week. The temperatures would remain in the lower thirties with the moderate breeze blowing. A captain winning the toss would look to bowl first, but losing a toss wouldn’t be a bad thing either as batting first or second, would hardly matter in the day game.

Probable XI

Trinbago Knight Riders

Lendl Simmons, Tion Webster, Colin Munro, Kieron Pollard (c), Tim Seifert, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Sunil Narine, Isuru Udana, Jayden Seales, Ravi Rampaul, Akeal Hosein

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Brandon King, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Mohammad Hafeez, Shimron Hetmyer, Shoaib Malik, Nicholas Pooran (c), Odean Smith, Naveen-ul-Haq, Imran Tahir, Nial Smith, Romario Shepherd

Dream XI Fantasy Team

Wicketkeepers Nicholas Pooran, Tim Seifert

Batters Lendl Simmons, Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King

All-rounders Keiron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Odeon Smith

Bowlers Imran Tahir, Ravi Rampaul, Jayden Seales

Vice-Captain Shimron Hetmyer

Captain Keiron Pollard

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