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Match Details
BR vs TKR, 16th T20, CPL 2025 live
TKR
179-3(17.5)
Trinbago Knight Riders won by 7 wickets 🏆
BR
(20.0)178-6
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P'ship : 30(17)
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So that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Saptak Sanyal as we wrap up the coverage of this fixture. A note of thanks to our scorer, Raju Khariya as well. Do stay tuned to our network and join us for a lot more cricketing action later today.
Nicholas Pooran (Trinbago Knight Riders Captain): "Couldn't have asked for anything better. Today, we faced some challenge. Felt Barbados batted very well. As batters we had to take the responsibility. Very proud of the guys. Thought it is the right time to get into the tournament. Crucial home leg, every game from now is very important. Not to jinx it but we have been playing very good. As senior players, we are taking responsibility. It is a honour to be part of this team. I am sure the fans don't want to leave. Hopefully, we can rest and put on a show for the fans tomorrow."
Rovman Powell (Barbados Royals Captain): "I think it's been a difficult start. Trinidad is a difficult team to beat at home. From our batting stand point, we batted fairly well. After the start we got some runs in the powerplay but it is good to get 178.
We need to sharpen our bowling plans. We were at the tentative stages of the game. As a captain, I gave them an idea but it didn't pay off.
I think we have five games in Barbados. I hope the people come up to show their support for us. We would like to have a few little sessions to gear up ourselves before the next game."
We need to sharpen our bowling plans. We were at the tentative stages of the game. As a captain, I gave them an idea but it didn't pay off.
I think we have five games in Barbados. I hope the people come up to show their support for us. We would like to have a few little sessions to gear up ourselves before the next game."
Colin Munro (Player of the Match): "My hand is okay. Not too bad at the moment. It is better than rolling your ankle.
My first opportunity was for this franchise and it is going well. This is a very good team to be honest. The good thing is that now I know what I have as my strength. This team is so talented that we know that we have the power to make up for anything. I may get a slow start or off to the flyer.
We spoke about it. We may not have the aura as we came leaving it 4-5 years ago. The teams playing here are very good. We were a bit ahead on pen and paper. Tomorrow is another exciting encounter against the Guyana and I hope it will be a great one. Fantastic atmosphere."
My first opportunity was for this franchise and it is going well. This is a very good team to be honest. The good thing is that now I know what I have as my strength. This team is so talented that we know that we have the power to make up for anything. I may get a slow start or off to the flyer.
We spoke about it. We may not have the aura as we came leaving it 4-5 years ago. The teams playing here are very good. We were a bit ahead on pen and paper. Tomorrow is another exciting encounter against the Guyana and I hope it will be a great one. Fantastic atmosphere."
Player of the Match: Colin Munro
Most Career Runs in T20 Cricket:
14562- Chris Gayle
14000- Kieron Pollard
13950- Alex Hales
13595- David Warner
13571- Shoaib Malik
14562- Chris Gayle
14000- Kieron Pollard
13950- Alex Hales
13595- David Warner
13571- Shoaib Malik
09:24 AM IST, 11:54 PM Local Time: What a dominant performance from TKR as they continue their prolific record at the Brian Lara Academy with a 7-wicket win over the Barbados Royals. Fifties From Colin Munro and Nicholas Pooran ensured that TKR made easy work of the 179-run chase.
The duo of Munro and Alex Hales ensured a fantastic start to
the chase as they put up a fifty-run stand. Barbados Royals’ left-arm pacer
Ramon Simmonds had Munro dropped in the 4th over but he got some
compensation in the final over of the Powerplay when he had Hales caught at
covers. Keacy Carty also didn't last long as Jomel Warrican struck off his first ball with Kadeem Alleyne taking a stunning catch at short third.
The two quick breakthroughs didn't really push back TKR as Munro smacked a couple of sixes off Green before getting to his fifty off 30 balls in the 8th over. Soon, Pooran also joined in on the fun and smacked three consecutive sixes off Rovman Powell's bowling in the 10th over. At the half-way stage of the innings, TKR sat comfortably needing only 60 off 60 balls. There was a lull in the scoring after that until the 15th over when Pooran struck a six to bring up his 14th CPL fifty. At the end of the same over though, Munro was run-out with Sherfane Rutherford firing a good throw to the batter's end.
The game didn't last for long after that as Kieron Pollard took a liking to Jomel Warrican's bowling with the 17th over going for 16 runs. Eventually, TKR got home with 13 balls to spare.
Earlier in the match, Ali Khan dismissed Quinton de Kock early in the piece but the duo of Brandon King and Kadeem Alleyne came together a 50-run partnership. The partnership was broken by Andre Russell in the 11th over as he sent back King. After that, Alleyne slowed down big time but Sherfane Rutherford kept the Royals afloat with a flurry of big hits. Alleyne's struggle came to an end when he holed out to deep point off Mohammad Amir's bowling in the 15th over.
A couple of overs later, Russell had Rutherford caught at long-on but skipper Rovman Powell took over and produced a quick-fire 31 off 15 balls to help the Royals finish with 178/6.
OVER 18
Trinbago Knight Riders
179/3
Kieron Pollard
19(9)
Nicholas Pooran
65(40)
Ramon Simmonds
1-28(3.5)
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