Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Royals T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, CPL 2023
Match 20 of the 2023 Caribbean Premier League sees Trinbago Knight Riders take on Barbados Royals on Wednesday evening. The Knight Riders have seven points on the board from six matches. Barbados Royals have won three of their opening seven games in the tournament. Read on as we preview this match. The game begins at 19:00 at the Port of Spain.
Trinbago Knight Riders posted 172-8 at this venue on Tuesday evening but it wasn’t enough to win the game. A few improvements with both bat and ball are required to come out on top in this match.
Barbados Royals had a big win in their last game and are now one win away from the top places in the group. They are yet to win back to back matches this season but could change that in this fixture.
Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Royals T20 Live Streaming
TV channels: This game will be broadcast on Willow TV and BT Sport
Live Streaming: You can live-stream the match on FanCode.
TKR vs BR Match Toss Prediction
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss on Tuesday evening and chose to field first on their way to victory. Whichever skipper wins the toss, we predict they will choose they will decide to field first in this match.
TKR vs BR Pitch Report
It was the pace bowlers who had the most joy on this pitch in the first match of this phase of the 2023 CPL. We expect to see another quick surface with the ball coming onto the bat nicely.
Trinidad Weather Report
There is likely to have been some rain earlier in the day at the Port of Spain but dry conditions are forecast during this match. The humidity levels will climb above 80% before the end of the game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Royals, Caribbean Premier League 2023
Trinbago Knight Riders Team News & Playing 11
TKR Team News
Kieron Pollard announced one adjustment to his team ahead of Tuesday evening’s clash with Guyana Amazon Warriors. Terrence Hinds came in for his first CPL appearance of the season with Kadeem Alleyne dropping out of the team.
TKR Key Players
- Lorcan Tucker - The Irishman is developing as a player at both franchise and international level. He hit five fours on this surface in the last game.
- Kieron Pollard - The captain has hit many valuable lower order runs throughout the CPL 2023. His 25 runs came at a strike-rate of 208.33 in the last fixture.
- Andre Russell - The fast bowler is now level with Jason Holder with 10 wickets in the tournament. He dismissed both openers in Tuesday evening’s game.
TKR Team Form
After winning all of their previous three games, Trinbago Knight Riders now need to start another winning run.
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Trinbago Knight Riders Predicted Playing 11
Martin Guptill, Mark Deyal, Nicholas Pooran, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Andre Russell, Kadeem Alleyne, Akeal Hosein, Sunil Narine, Ali Khan, Waqar Salamkheil
Barbados Royals Team News & Playing 11
BR Team News
The experienced all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite came into the Barbados Royals side for the first time this campaign in the win over St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. Although he was expensive with the ball, we expect him to retain his place in the team for this match.
BR Key Players
- Rahkeem Cornwall - After struggling for runs earlier in the tournament, the all-rounder took the Player of the Match Award after hitting 102 not out and taking 2-27 against the Patriots.
- Rovman Powell - The skipper pushed himself up the batting order to number four in the last game and will be full of confidence after scoring 49 not out from only 26 balls.
- Jason Holder - The bowling all-rounder went wicketless in the last fixture but he has been in excellent form with the ball across this competition.
BR Team Form
Barbados Royals won by 8 wickets on Sunday and have won two of their last three matches.
Barbados Royals Predicted Playing 11
Kyle Mayers, Rahkeem Cornwall, Laurie Evans, Rovman Powell, Alick Athanaze, Jason Holder, Carlos Brathwaite, Nyeem Young, Rivaldo Clarke (wk), Roelof van der Merwe, Qais Ahmad
Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Royals Head to Head
Trinbago Knight Riders lead the overall head to head 12-10 against Barbados Royals and thrashed them by 133 runs when they met earlier in the tournament at the end of last month.
TKR vs BR Head to Head Stats in T20s
| |
Matches Played |
TKR Won |
BR Won |
Tie |
NR |
| Overall |
22 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Last 5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Royals Betting Odds
Who will win Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Royals T20 Match?
Both sides have some top quality players and have won two of their last three games. Player for player, we have Barbados Royals as the top team in this game.
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🏆 Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Royals Prediction
This should be an excellent game between two teams in the top four who both have seven points on the board and are only two points off Guyana Amazon Warriors at the top of the table. On a quick wicket, it would be no surprise to see two high scoring innings from both sides. We think Barbados Royals have more top players in good form and are backing them to win.
Sep 07, 2023
04:30 IST / 1:00 GMT
Queens Park Oval - Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago
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