0
0
W
0
6
1
= 7
Match Details
BR vs TKR 19th Match, CPL 2023
BR
166-720.0
Trinbago Knight Riders won by 42 runs 🏆
TKR
20.0208-6
Player of the Match
Nicholas Pooran
Trinbago Knight Riders102(53)
BR - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 58 | 46 | 10 Over | 85 | 68 | 15 Over | 116 | 115 |
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TKR - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 48 | 49 | 10 Over | 84 | 80 | 15 Over | 122 | 119 | 20 Over | 179 | 208 |
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So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj, my co-commentator, Ayan Chatterjee and our scorer, Ashok. There will be a couple of days in the CPL but we will return with a double-header on Saturday. Until then, it is a warm good-bye.
Kieron Pollard (Trinbago Knight Riders Captain): "Total team effort. The way we batted to get over 200+ and then the way we fielded was amazing. Much better effort from the boys. We knew what to do and getting the last 5 overs runs was amazing. Pooran batted well and want to see this kind of innings on a consistent basis. We know how he can be dangerous and he showed his prowess. I recommend the bowling line up and congratulate it. The spinners did well for us. I hope we will do well in the coming games. It's all about momentum and looking forward to rest a bit and relax and come back stronger. Hope to entertain the fans as always and look to do well for my team. No practise session for the next two days and hope to see at the Lara Academy over the weekend."
Rovman Powell (Barbados Royals captain): "210 would always be a difficult total. If it was 185 or 190, we would have backed ourselves. It definitely has an impact. The crowd definitely provides a lot of support to the team. Kyle Mayers batted well, Qais also bowled nicely."
Nicholas Pooran (Player of the Match): "First of all thanks to Jesus. Return to form and I am happy that I am doing well and contributing to the team's luck. I had luck today with the run out and thanks to Polly that I got a reprieve. Happy to contribute to the team. I had to be responsible for my team and made up for my team. Everything happens for a reason and I wanted to take the game deep. Couple of close calls. It was all about doing what should work and what is not working for me. It was all about taking responsibility and help my team get two points. Glad we got the win and climb upwards in the table."
Mayers carried on with his show at end and got to his first fifty of the season but the match had gone out of the Royals’ hands by then. The Royals’ skipper Rovman Powell also departed in the 13th over off Waqar’s bowling to signal the final nail in the coffin. Mayers produced a few more big shots before his 70-run knock was brought to an end by Ali Khan. In the 16th over, Jason Holder struck a couple of big hits before Sunil Narine castled him. But Holder got a reprieve as Narine had over-stepped. Eventually, Narine did finish with a wicket as Alick Athanaze swept the ball straight to the man at deep backward square-leg. A couple of overs later, Andre Russell also joined the party as Nyeem Young holed out to Pollard at cover-point. TKR continued to chip away with Holder being stumped off Akeal Hosein’s bowling in the penultimate over. In the end, Roelof van der Merwe had some fun with a few big hits but it was TKR who emerged victorious by a big margin.
So, a superb comeback from TKR as they post a 42-run victory after going down to Guyana Amazon Warriors yesterday. Chasing a massive 209 for victory, Barbados Royals needed a terrific start but Rahkeem Cornwall was deceived by Akeal Hosein in the third over. Thereafter, the duo of Kyle Mayers and Laurie Evans managed to get a decent end to the Powerplay with the Royals moving to 46/1. However, the pair of Waqar Salamkheil and Sunil Narine produced dot balls and increased the pressure on the batters. Eventually, Waqar managed to get Evans to sky one to mid-wicket and the keeper completed an easy catch.
OVER 20
Barbados Royals
166/7
Qais Ahmad
4(4)
Roelof van der Merwe
20(9)
Jayden Seales
0-32(3.0)
19.6 J Seales to R van
1 Last ball of the match. A low full toss here, Roelof drills it down the ground to long-on for a single to end the over and the match. So, that's the end of the game as TKR wins this game by 42 runs to climb upwards in the points table.
19.5 J Seales to R van
4 FOUR MORE! Some late runs in the end here. Short and wide, Roelof cuts it away over backward point as the ball races away to the third man fence for a boundary. Poor bowling from Seales and he gets the treatment here.
19.4 J Seales to R van
4 FOUR! Short and wide with pace off the ball, Roelof carves it away over the point region as the ball races away to the third man fence for a boundary.
19.3 J Seales to Q Ahmad
1 Full toss here, Ahmad drills it down the ground to long-off for a single.
19.2 J Seales to Q Ahmad
2 Fuller length around off, Ahmad lofts it straight up in the air. Two fielders converge and almost we have a collision as the catch is not taken. Two runs taken.
19.1 J Seales to Q Ahmad
0 Back of a length outside off, Ahmad plays and misses to the keeper.
OVER 19
Barbados Royals
154/7
Roelof van der Merwe
11(6)
Qais Ahmad
1(1)
Akeal Hosein
2-21(3.0)
18.6 A Hosein to Q Ahmad
1 Fuller length around off, Ahmad swings wildly and gets it to mid-on for a single to end the over.
18.5 A Hosein to J Holder
W WICKET! STUMPED! Tosses it up here, Holder comes down the track and gets beaten in the flight. He runs past it as the ball goes to the keeper. Tucker does the rest as he whips off the bails. Holder departs for a quick 19 as the 7th wicket goes down for 153 in the 19th over.
18.4 A Hosein to R van
1 Short of a length, Roelof flat bats it to covers for a single.
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