Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will face off in the Caribbean Premier League at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain in Trinidad. Said match excite cricket fans since everyone wants to know if Trinbago Knight Riders will get another win. Sports enthusiasts a looking forward to this annual tournament where the top cricket players and their teams show their best prowess in the field.
Before the game starts, predictions were released by various outlets. This will not only make fans more excited, but this will also serve as a betting guide. Let us take a look at the predictions of the upcoming match between Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
Cricket Match Predictions and Betting Tips
Predictions reveal that St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will win the toss, but Trinbago Knight Riders will win the game. The top batsman would be Kieron Pollard of Trinbago Knight Riders and Evin Lewis of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. Meanwhile, Sunil Narine of Trinbago Knight Riders) and Sheldon Cottrell of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will be the top bowlers based on wickets taken.
Aside from being the man of the match, Kieron Pollard will also get the most sixes for Trinbago Knight Riders and Laurie Evans for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. As for the team scores batting first, Knight Riders will get 175+ while the Patriots, which is the match handicap, will get 160+. Whether these predictions will happen or not, cricket enthusiasts will soon find out.
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The First Match
Knight Riders is considered the most successful team after getting three victories in the last four years. The defending champion grabbed last year’s title after beating Guyana Amazon Warriors. The team has an impressive history in the CPL, never failing to qualify for the playoffs of CPL’s six edition. They also managed to grab winning titles in 2015, 2017, and 2018.
Comprised of a power group of all-rounders Dwayne Bravo, Ali Khan, Darren Bravo, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin, and Colin Munro. Star player Kieron Pollard, New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham, and Pakistani express bowler Mohammad Hasnain also joined the team.
On the other hand, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots debut in 2015 but unlike Knight Riders, they had a tough start. In 2015 and 2016, they ended up with a wooden spoon, but they eventually made it to the finals in CPL 2017. However, their luck didn’t last long since they lost against Trinbago Knight Riders.
Last year, the team made it to Qualifier 2 where the Knight Riders once again proved to be their adversary. Sheldon Cottrell will be the team’s leading bowler while Evin Lewis and Mohammad Hafeez will be the key men. Carlos Brathwaite is also part of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots with his bat and ball. Everyone is now looking forward to a change in fate for the Patriots. Will they manage to bring down the Knight Riders?
About the Caribbean Premier League
The 2019 Caribbean Premier League, which is the seventh season of the CPL with matches played in six countries including Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Guyana. The tournament was initially scheduled to start on August 21, 2019, but it was pushed back to September 4, 2019. The schedule was moved to avoid clashing with India’s tour to the West Indies.
CPL is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament that is held in the Caribbean. It started in 2013 replacing the Caribbean Twenty20 as the premier Twenty20 competition in the area. Currently, it is sponsored by Hero MotoCorp. Due to their sponsorship, it is now officially named as Hero CPL. During the finals of the inaugural tournament, Jamaica Tallawahs defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
The usual format of the CPL involves six teams who will compete in the tournament. The teams are divided into a group stage and knockout stage. There are also six stadiums which are home fields for the team. For the group stage, each team will play ten matches overall sending home three teams. To determine the winner of the tournament, there are two semi-finals and one final as part of the playoff stage.
