Caribbean-T20 League 2024

Match 22: SLK vs BAR

Preview

The Saint Lucia Kings will square off against Barbados Royals in the 22nd match of the ongoing Caribbean T20 League. The game is scheduled to be played at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Saturday, September 22. 

In their previous meeting during the last season of the tournament, the Kings dominated the Royals by winning the match by a massive margin of 90 runs. While batting first the Kings with their tremendous performance put up a total of 195 runs for 6 wickets. In the second innings,  the Royals struggled with their batter’s performance and couldn’t cope with the huge burden of runs. 

So far in the current season, SLK with 4 wins and 2 losses are placed in the 3rd position on the points table. On the other hand, BAR have 5 wins in their 6 games which makes them sit at the top spot with 10 points. 

Match Details

Match: SLK vs BAR, Match 22, Caribbean-T20 League 2024

Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024

Time: 07:30 PM

Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana

Pitch and Weather Report

The surface at the Providence Stadium in Guyana has been assisting the bowlers as the match progresses and the surface becomes slower. The spinners usually get the upper hand throughout the game and the pacers will need to scrap timbers early on in the match. The par score is 149 runs for the team batting first but in order to win a match here one needs to target a score of 180-190.

The weather in Guyana will be a part cloudy with chances of light showers. The temperatures will be around 29 degrees Celsius during the matchtime. 

SLK vs BAR Squads

SLK: Johnson Charles, Faf du Plessis (c), Tim Seifert (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Ackeem Auguste, Sadrack Descarte, Roston Chase, David Wiese, Khary Pierre, Alzarri Joseph, Noor Ahmad, Matthew Forde, Khari Campbell, Mikkel Govia, Johann Jeremiah, McKenny Clarke, Aaron Jones

BAR: Quinton de Kock (wk), Kadeem Alleyne, Rahkeem Cornwall, Alick Athanaze, Rovman Powell (c), David Miller, Jason Holder, Nyeem Young, Obed McCoy, Maheesh Theekshana, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ramon Simmonds, Isai Thorne, Kevin Wickham, Nathan Sealy, Keshav Maharaj, Rivaldo Clarke

SLK vs BAR Probable Playing XIs

SLK: Johnson Charles, Faf du Plessis (c), Tim Seifert (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Ackeem Auguste, Sadrack Descarte, Roston Chase, David Wiese, Khary Pierre, Alzarri Joseph, Noor Ahmad

BAR: Quinton de Kock (wk), Kadeem Alleyne, Rahkeem Cornwall, Alick Athanaze, Rovman Powell (c), David Miller, Jason Holder, Maheesh Theekshana, Obed McCoy, Maheesh Theekshana, Naveen-ul-Haq

Match Prediction

It will be a tough fight between two powerful sides of the Caribbean T20 League 2024. There are very few differences between the two sides. Both teams have equally balanced departments but the table-toppers Barbados Royals have a slight edge over their opponents in terms of confidence. Thus we predict BAR to win this match and stay at the top of the league table. 

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