Match Details
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After being put to bat first, the Knight riders opened with the debutant, Leonardo Jullen and the experienced Lendl Simmons. The youngster had a hard time on the crease but Simmons took most of the load from him and did the bulk of the scoring in the powerplay. At the end of the powerplay, the Riders were 36/0 and lost the wicket of Jullen soon after the powerplay when it was time to accelerate. Munro failed to get going as well as his misery was ended by some smart bowling from Imad Wasim.
The spinners were exceptional in the middle-overs with their economical spells and Brathwaite, Russell used the slower ones quite effectively. Simmon’s well-worked 42 from 39 was ended by a slower one from Brathwaite and once again the burden was laid on the shoulders of Pollard. He did extremely well under pressure alongside Seifert to deal some massive blows at the death. TKR scored 63 runs from the last 3 overs to take the score to 167.
The Tallawahs top and middle-order produced flopped once again as Ali Khan rattled the top order with his extra pace and bounce. He was the star man with the ball in hand, ending the match with the figures of 4/6 in just 3 overs. Narine, Akeal and Pierre were exceptional in the middle-overs tying up the scoring rate and picking wickets at regular intervals as well. Rampaul and Ali Khan came back at the death and finished the job for the defending champions as the Tallawahs crumble at just 92 runs on the board.
Another comfortable victory for the reigning champions as they go two in two against Jamaican Tallawahs. They fail to chase 167, bundling out at just 92 runs losing the game by 75 runs. With this victory, TKR move to the second spot taking over St. Lucia Kings and are now just two points behind the Patriots.