Cricket
The CPL 2020 will witness the 23rd game on Wednesday and it features the Trinbago Knight Riders taking on the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at the Brian Lara stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad. Trinbago Knight Riders are unbeaten in CPL 2020 so far while St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are at the bottom.
Updated : Sep 02, 2020, 02:15 PM IST | Edited by : Siddharth Vishwanathan
The Caribbean Premier League 2020 enters the final week of the league stages. Trinbago Knight Riders are currently unbeaten in the tournament while St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are at the bottom of the table. Trinbago Knight Riders’ unbeaten run has put them in a great position to secure the CPL title this year while on the other hand, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots’ season is over and all they can do is ensure that they spoil the momentum of the other teams
Total matches played: 14
Won by St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: 3
Won By Trinbago Knight Riders: 10
Tied: 1
Trinbago Knight Riders have a power-packed side and they showed it in the game against Jamaica Tallawahs. Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine are all capable all-rounders who can change the course of the match with both bat and ball. Darren Bravo and Colin Munro make up a powerful batting. For St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, they will be hoping that both the batting and the bowling come together as a unit.
Teams:
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (Probable XI): Evin Lewis, Kieran Powell, Joshua Da Silva, Denesh Ramdin(w), Ben Dunk, Sohail Tanvir, Rayad Emrit(c), Ish Sodhi, Imran Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Jon-Russ Jaggesar
Trinbago Knight Riders (Probable XI): Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard(c), Tim Seifert(w), Dwayne Bravo, Khary Pierre, Jayden Seales, Ali Khan, Fawad Ahmed
STATS
Most runs for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: 2147 Denesh Ramdin
Most runs for Trinbago Knight Riders: 198 Colin Munro
Most wickets for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: 10 Rayad Emrit
Most wickets for Trinbago Knight Riders: 6 Khary Pierre
TKR vs SKN PREDICTION
On paper, the Trinbago Knight Riders are in superb form and they will be hard to beat, especially with the likes of the Bravo brothers, Pollard and Narine in superb form. Trinbago Knight Riders victory over Jamaica Tallawahs confirmed that they are firm on winning the CPL. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, though, have been undone by inconsistency with only Evin Lewis contributing but that was only during one match. On paper, on current form, the Trinbago Knight Riders are favorites to make it eight out of eight.