Caribbean-T20 League 2024

Match 20: TKR vs ABF

Preview

The 20th match of the ongoing Caribbean T20 League will be played between Trinbago Knight Riders and Antigua and Barbuda Falcons on Friday, September 20, at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad. 

TKR performed well as expected in this edition of the Caribbean T20 League 2024. They are the second-best-performing team with four wins in five games so far. The Knights’ previous match was against Guyana Amazon Warriors by a margin of 5 wickets. Their key players are in good form, which indicates that they will perform well in this match.

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons haven’t found their rhythm so far and have failed to give their best performance in this tournament. They have participated in eight matches with two wins in six matches so far. The Falcons have lost six of their eight games and are in second place from the bottom of the league table. Their previous game was against Saint Lucia Kings which they lost by a massive margin of 26 runs. 

TKR’s only loss in this edition of the Caribbean T20 League is against no one other than ABR. The Knights faced the Falcons in the 8th match of this season in which ABR batted first to put forward a defendable total of 176 runs. The openers Fakhar Zaman and Justin Greaves gave their side a huge boost by scoring 38 and 37 runs respectively. Imad Wasim scored 46 runs off just 29 deliveries coming off the middle order. Fabian Allen came as a perfect finisher and pounded 25* runs off 11 balls to add to the total. Out of the 5 wickets that fell, two apiece were picked up by Sunil Narine and Waqar Salamkheil, the remaining was taken by Terrance Hinds. Later on, in the second innings of the game, opener Andries Gous (39 off 33) scored the most along with three other batters smashing 30-plus scores but all went in vain as they lost the match by 6 runs. Fabian Allen (3) and Roshon Primus (2) were the chief architects in the bowling guild who guided the Falcons to a narrow win in this nail-biting thriller. 

Match Details

Match: TKR vs ABF, Match 20, Caribbean-T20 League 2024

Date: Friday, September 20, 2024

Time: 04:30 AM

Venue: Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Pitch and Weather Report

The pitch at Queens Park Oval in Trinidad has always been a batting-friendly surface when it comes to white-ball cricket format. The skipper winning the toss will choose to bat first and aim to post a huge total against the opponents.

The weather at Trinidad will be around 27 degrees Celsius on the match day. The sky will be a little cloudy but with no chance of rain. It is expected to be a sweltering day with the humidity level around 88%. 

TKR vs ABF Squads

TKR: Shaqkere Parris, Sunil Narine, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Keacy Carty, Kieron Pollard (c), Tim David, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Terrance Hinds, Waqar Salamkheil, Jason Roy, Jayden Seales, Andries Gous, Chris Jordan, Mark Deyal, Joshua Little, Nathan Edwards

ABF: Justin Greaves, Kofi James, Sam Billings, Jahmar Hamilton (wk), Imad Wasim, Shamar Springer, Chris Green (c), Fabian Allen, Roshon Primus, Mohammad Amir, Kelvin Pitman, Brandon King, Jewel Andrew, Hassan Khan, Teddy Bishop, Hayden Walsh, Joshua James

TKR vs ABF Probable Playing XIs

TKR: Jason Roy, Nicholas Pooran(w), Kieron Pollard(c), Akeal Hosein, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, Joshua Little, Andries Gous, Tim David, Jayden Seales

ABF: Fakhar Zaman, Teddy Bishop, Kofi James, Sam Billings (wk), Jewel Andrew, Imad Wasim, Fabian Allen, Chris Green (c), Roshon Primus, Shamar Springer, Mohammad Amir

Match Prediction

As we can see Antigua and Barbuda Falcons aren’t in their best of form and are on the verge of elimination. On the other hand, Trinbago Knight Riders are on a winning roll which makes them a favourite to win this match and take sweeter revenge for their loss in the reverse encounter. 

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