Match Details
The Final of the Caribbean Premier League 2020 will be played between the Trinbago Knight Riders and the St Lucia Zouks at the Brian Lara Stadium, Trinidad.
The scheduled time for the match is 10:00 AM Local Time (07:30 PM IST). This series will be live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD in India. Live streaming is available on Fan Code.
Preview
After crushing Guyana Amazon Warriors by 10 wickets in the semifinal match, St Lucia Zouks will look to end Trinbago Knight Riders’ winning streak in the grand finale. Both the semifinal matches proved to be lopsided encounters. Zouks bowled out Warriors for just 55 runs, while the Knight Riders also won their match by 9 wickets.
St Lucia Zouks had lost to the Knight Riders twice in the league stage. First, they lost by six wickets (D/L Method), and then suffered a 23-runs loss recently. The Knight Riders start as the favourites but St Lucia also have momentum by their side and will want to lift the title.
Weather Report
Light rainfall is predicted during the match time. The temperature is expected to be 27 degrees Celsius.
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Brian Lara stadium has assisted the bowlers, particularly the spinners. Since it is a high-stakes match, the captain winning the toss might look to bat first and put runs on the board.
Average 1st innings score: 138 (Last 5 matches considered)
Record of Chasing Teams: Won – 3, Lost – 2, Tied – 0
Injury & Availability News
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Probable Playing XIs
Trinbago Knight Riders:
Sunil Narine, Lendl Simmons, Tion Webster, Tim Seifert (wk), Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard (c), Dwayne Bravo, Ali Khan, Khary Pierre, Fawad Ahmed, Akeal Hosein.
Bench: Amir Jangoo, Pravin Tambe, Anderson Phillip, Jayden Seales.
St Lucia Zouks:
Rahkeem Cornwall, Mark Deyal, Andre Fletcher (wk), Roston Chase, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Daren Sammy (c), Javelle Glen, Kesrick Williams, Zahir Khan, Scott Kuggeleijn.
Bench: Saad Bin Zafar, Kavem Hodge, Chemar Holder, Kimani Melius, Leniko Boucher, Obed McCoy.
Top Picks
Sunil Narine will be the prime choice for captaincy in this match. He has immense experience of playing T20 cricket and even though he failed to make a big impact semifinal, he can be backed to perform well against St Lucia. He scored 144 runs and picked up 5 wickets thus far in 6 matches.
Lendl Simmons will have the onus of leading Trinbago Knight Riders’ batting unit. He has an average of 30.22 in the competition, while his strike rate has been 112.39.
Scott Kuggeleijn will be the player to look out for from St Lucia Zouks. The Kiwi fast bowler has picked up 16 wickets from 10 games and is the joint-highest wicket-taker in the tournament.
Roston Chase has not allowed easy runs in the competition. He has an economy rate of 4.88 in ten matches and has picked up 8 wickets. Since he has a solid batting technique as well, he could prove to be a differential in this contest.
Captain and Vice-Captain Options
Captain Options – Sunil Narine, Roston Chase
Vice-Captain Options – Lendl Simmons, Mohammad Nabi, Scott Kuggeleijn
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Tim Seifert
Batters – Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Mark Deyal, Rahkeem Cornwall
All-Rounders – Sunil Narine (c), Mohammad Nabi (vc), Kieron Pollard
Bowlers – Akeal Hosein, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ali Khan
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Andre Fletcher
Batters – Lendl Simmons (vc), Darren Bravo, Tion Webster, Mark Deyal
All-Rounders – Sunil Narine, Mohammad Nabi, Roston Chase (c)
Bowlers – Fawad Ahmed, Akeal Hosein, Zahir Khan
Expert Advice
Since the pitch will help the spinners, Mohammad Nabi could be the ‘X-factor’ player of the match and can be the multiplier in your Dream11 Fantasy team. Like Sunil Narine, he has a lot of T20 experience under his belt. He has the big-hitting abilities as well, which could help him score many points.
Probable Winners
Trinbago Knight Riders are expected to win this match.
