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CPL 2020 Match 9: TKR vs BT Preview Dream11 Possible Playing 11 Pitch Report | TKR vs BT Dream11 Prediction Today | Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Tridents Key Players | Tarouba Pitch Report

The defending champions Barbados Tridents will lock horns with the Trinbago Knight Riders in what has the potential to be a blockbuster clash. TKR is the table toppers with two wins from two games, while Barbados is fifth with one win and one defeat.

The Trinbago Knight Riders are in excellent form with both bat and ball. Their bowling, which doesn’t look that great in the death overs on paper, has performed well so far. Jayden Seales and Ali Khan have given outstanding performances with Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, and Fawad Ahmed also contributing. Sunil Narine in particular has been outstanding; he has scored 103 runs in two games, striking at 156.06, along with three wickets at an economy rate of just 4.75.

With Colin Munro also in good touch, the final piece of the top order puzzle for TKR would be for Lendl Simmons to find form. Skipper Kieron Pollard and DJ Bravo haven’t got many chances but you expect them to perform when needed. Also, Darren Bravo played a good knock in the first game and took them over the line with some late finish along with his brother DJ.

Barbados Tridents are having some problems in the batting department due to the unavailability of some of their star batters because of COVID-19. They are losing wickets in clusters towards the back end of the innings. Johnson Charles played aggressively in the last game, but they’ll want Shai Hope, Corey Anderson, and Jonathan Carter to step up in this game.

Captain Jason Holder, batting at five, can work wonders with a good platform as he has played nicely in both games. However, will BT look to send Rashid Khan higher up the batting order (i.e. 6 or 7), as 10 is too low? It will be a big test for the Tridents bowlers against TKR, so the batsmen need to deliver.

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Key Players to Watch/Key Stats

• The Bravo brothers are leading the batting charts in TKR vs BT games. DJ Bravo has 260 runs which is the highest, followed by 247 runs from Darren Bravo.
• Colin Munro has 185 runs against the Tridents. Also, he has started CPL 2020 in promising fashion with 66 runs in two games, including an unbeaten 49 last game against Jamaica Tallawahs.
• Lendl Simmons has had a slow start to CPL 2020 (0 and 17). However, could this be the game he fires? He scored 430 runs in 2019 (second-most).
• Johnson Charles has 148 runs against the Knight Riders. He averages 49.33 against them. His scores were 35, 55, and 58 against TKR in 2019.
• Sunil Narine, who is in great form with the bat, strikes at 169.51 against Barbados. Also, Narine has hit back-to-back fifties in CPL 2020, striking at 156.06.
• Dwayne Bravo is leading the bowling charts as well with 14 wickets when these two sides play.
• Jason Holder has 11 wickets against TKR. An important player for his team with both bat and ball.
• Hayden Walsh Jr. has nine wickets against TKR, including a five-for.
• Ashley Nurse blasted 24 off 9 and took two wickets against TKR in the 2019 Qualifier 2. Can he impact this game?
• Raymon Reifer and Fawad Ahmed have five wickets each against each other’s teams.

Stats and Facts

• Head-to-Head: 15 Matches, 8 TKR, 7 Barbados.
• Barbados were victorious in the only game played between these two sides at The Brian Lara Stadium.
• Teams chasing are winning in this season but Barbados likes to defend. So it will be a toss-up between their bowling and TKR’s batting.

Squads and Possible Playing 11

Barbados Tridents: Rashid Khan, Jason Holder, Corey Anderson, Shamarh Brooks, Mitchell Santner, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Hayden Walsh Jr, Ashley Nurse, Jonathan Carter, Raymon Reifer, Kyle Mayers, Joshua Bishop, Nyeem Young, Justin Greaves, Keon Harding, Shayan Jahangir.

Playing 11: 1. Johnson Charles, 2. Shai Hope (wk), 3. Corey Anderson, 4. Kyle Mayers, 5. Jason Holder (c), 6. Jonathan Carter, 7. Raymon Reifer, 8. Rashid Khan, 9. Ashley Nurse, 10. Mitchell Santner, 11. Hayden Walsh Jr.

Trinbago Knight Riders Squad: Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Fawad Ahmed, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Khary Pierre, Tim Seifert, Sikandar Raza, Anderson Phillip, Pravin Tambe, Jayden Seales, Amir Jangoo, Tion Webster, Akeal Hosein, Muhammad Ali Khan.

Playing 11: 1. Lendl Simmons, 2. Sunil Narine, 3. Colin Munro, 4. Darren Bravo, 5. Kieron Pollard (c), 6. Tim Seifert (wk), 7. Dwayne Bravo, 8. Fawad Ahmed, 9. Ali Khan, 10. Khary Pierre, 11. Jayden Seales

Tarouba Pitch Report and Conditions

This will be the ninth game at The Brian Lara stadium. The pitch will clearly assist the spinners in this game as it’ll be played during the day time when there’s no dew around. Teams chasing have won most of the games here.

There is a chance of thunderstorms in the late morning/early afternoon.

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Match Prediction

Both sides have played well but Trinbago is the favorites in this match. Barbados’ batters will need to step up and provide a good score for their bowlers to defend. As mentioned above, TKR likes to chase and Barbados is known for defending totals. So, we are in for a great contest between Tridents bowling and TKR’s batting.

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Written by Robin Rounder – follow Robin on Twitter today.

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