Match details
Series/tournament name: Caribbean Premier League 2019
Venue: Port of Spain
Date: 5 September, 2019
Time: 4:30 a.m. IST
Preview:
Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will clash in the Caribbean Premier League 2019 season opener in Port of Spain on Wednesday. Both teams will be looking to kick start their campaign with a positive result, therefore, a feisty contest is expected. In the previous five meetings between both teams, it is advantage Knight Riders as they have registered three wins compared to Patriots' two victories.
Weather report:
The weather is expected to be cloudy throughout Wednesday in Port of Spain with little chances of a passing shower late in the evening hours.
Pitch report:
The ground is not famous for high scores in a T20 contest with an average first inning score of 152 only. Therefore, the pitch is expected to be on the slower side on Wednesday and will help the spinners as the match will go on.
Injuries and replacements:
Dwayne Bravo out, Lendl Simmons in
Probable Playing XI
Trinbago Knight Riders:
Knight Riders have suffered a major blow in the buildup of the match as regular captain Dwayne Bravo has been ruled out for the major part of the competition after suffering a finger injury. Therefore, in his absence, the team will be led by explosive all-rounder Kieron Pollard.
Lendl Simmons, Tion Webster, Sunil Narine, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard (captain), Denesh Ramdin (wicketkeeper), Jimmy Neesham, Seekkuge
Match details
Series/tournament name: Caribbean Premier League 2019
Venue: Port of Spain
Date: 5 September, 2019
Time: 4:30 a.m. IST
Preview:
Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will clash in the Caribbean Premier League 2019 season opener in Port of Spain on Wednesday. Both teams will be looking to kick start their campaign with a positive result, therefore, a feisty contest is expected. In the previous five meetings between both teams, it is advantage Knight Riders as they have registered three wins compared to Patriots' two victories.
Weather report:
The weather is expected to be cloudy throughout Wednesday in Port of Spain with little chances of a passing shower late in the evening hours.
Pitch report:
The ground is not famous for high scores in a T20 contest with an average first inning score of 152 only. Therefore, the pitch is expected to be on the slower side on Wednesday and will help the spinners as the match will go on.
Injuries and replacements:
Dwayne Bravo out, Lendl Simmons in
Probable Playing XI
Trinbago Knight Riders:
Knight Riders have suffered a major blow in the buildup of the match as regular captain Dwayne Bravo has been ruled out for the major part of the competition after suffering a finger injury. Therefore, in his absence, the team will be led by explosive all-rounder Kieron Pollard.
Lendl Simmons, Tion Webster, Sunil Narine, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard (captain), Denesh Ramdin (wicketkeeper), Jimmy Neesham, Seekkuge Prasanna, Akeal Hosein, Anderson Phillip, Mohammad Hasnain
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots:
Patriots will be going in the match as firm favourites because of their team composition which is full of stars in the shorter format of the game. The team will be led by West Indies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite who will be accompanied with experienced campaigners likes Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez, countrymen Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis and Englishman Laurie Evans. However, the team's spin department is clearly the weaker link and a lot will be depending on leg-spinner Usama Mir to produce the goods.
Aaron Jones, Evin Lewis, Devon Thomas (wicketkeeper), Laurie Evans, Mohammad Hafeez, Jason Mohammed, Carlos Brathwaite (captain), Alzarri Joseph, Rayad Emrit, Sheldon Cottrell, Usama Mir
Top picks:
Wicket-keeper: Denesh Ramdin
Dinesh Ramdin is a seasoned campaigner in West Indies cricket. The 34-year-old has played 194 T20s in his career where he has scored 2,415 runs at a decent average of 23 and with the strike-rate of 120.44, which included 11 half-centuries as well.
Batsman: Evin Lewis
Evin Lewis is an established T20 player for a while now. The 27-year-old is famous for his hard hitting at the top of the order in the shortest format of the game. Lewis has played 129 T20's in his career where he has scored 3,665 runs at an average of 30.79 and with a strike-rate of 143.05, which included 4 centuries and 25 fifties.
All-rounder: Kieron Pollard
Kieron Pollard is one of the star performer in the shortest format of the game. The 32-year-old has played 478 T20's in his career where he has scored 9,431 runs at an impressive average of 30.22 and with a strike-rate of 149.86, which included one century and 47 fifties. That's not it as Pollard also has 261 wickets to his name.
Bowler: Sheldon Cottrell
Sheldon Cottrell is now cementing his place in the cricketing world as a more than decent left-armer in all formats of the game. The 30-year-old has played 69 T20s in his career where he has 99 wickets to his name at a strike-rate of just 15 and with an economy-rate of 7.39.
Captaincy options: Kieron Pollard, Mohammad Hafeez, Carlos Brathwaite
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