Barbados Tridents started the 2020 Caribbean Premier
League (CPL) with a six-run victory over the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.
However, after losses to the St Lucia Zouks and Trinbago Knight Riders, Jason
Holder and Co find themselves at the bottom-half of the points table. They will
now be facing the Patriots on Tuesday, August 25, this time at the Queen’s Park
Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Having already beaten them earlier, the Tridents will
again be fancying their chances. The Patriots, on the other hand, need to find
a way to halt their losing streak. In all their three online fantasy games, they had their
moments, but couldn’t capitalise on the same. Rayad Emrit’s men have the apt
blend of youth and experience, and have to stitch together some wins before
things get out of hand for them.
Pitch and Conditions
The pitch at the venue is known for producing some
high-scoring affairs. But being the first game to be played this season, it
remains to be seen how the track behaves. Teams may like to field first and see
the nature of the strip when the opposition bats on it. Spinners are likely to
play an important part. There are no chances of rain with the temperature
around the 31 degrees Celsius mark.
Playing Combinations
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
The Patriots have found run-scoring tough. Evin Lewis
and Chris Lynn, two of the world’s most explosive batters, have played at
strike-rates of 126.78 and 116.66 respectively. Ben Dunk and Denesh Ramdin have
scored 68 runs each, but both of them have strained with strike-rates as well.
Joshua Da Silva has 42 runs and he has to improve on
his scoring rate. In bowling, Emrit has been their standout performer with six
wickets at an economy of 5.54. Jaggesar has been hard to get away as well.
Sohail Tanvir and Sheldon Cottrell have done their bit, picking up four and
three wickets.
Predicted XI
Chris Lynn, Evin Lewis, Joshua Da Silva, Denesh Ramdin
(wk), Ben Dunk, Kieran Powell, Sohail Tanvir, Rayad Emrit (C), Ish Sodhi,
Sheldon Cottrell, Joss-Russ Jaggesar
Barbados Tridents
The Tridents have mostly depended on Jason Holder and
Charles in the batting department with 99 and 91 runs respectively. Even as
Charles has performed in the powerplay, the Tridents’ skipper has been taking
charge in the death overs. Hope has 58 runs, but at a terrible strike-rate of
95.08.
It’s time for the rest of their batting to step up.
Among their bowlers, Rashid Khan has tasted the most success with four wickets,
though he went wicketless against the Knights. Spinners Mitchell Santner and
Hayden Walsh Jr haven’t bowled much in the last two games, raising a lot of
eyebrows.
Predicted XI
Johnson Charles, Shai Hope (wk), Corey Anderson, Kyle
Mayers, Jonathan Carter, Jason Holder (C), Ashley Nurse, Raymon Reifer,
Mitchell Santner, Rashid Khan, Hayden Walsh Jr
Probable Top Performers
Rayad Emrit– St Kitts and Nevis Patriots| Rashid Khan– Barbados
Tridents
Broadcast Details
Match timings – 10:00 AM local time, 07:30
PM IST
TV – Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 1 Hindi,
Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 2 HD, and Star Sports 1 HD Hindi.
Live Streaming – The match can be streamed
online at Fancode.
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