This article will talk about the probable XIs for both teams and continue with the Dream11 predictions and the winning fantasy team for the 7th match of the Caribbean Premier League between Saint Lucia Kings and Trinbago Knight Riders that is scheduled to be played on the 29th of August 2021.
The defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders(TKR) led by Kieron Pollard will take on Saint Lucia Kings at Warner Park on Sunday. Like TKR, the Lucia team led by Faf Du Plessis lost their opening encounter against the rampant Jamaica Tallahwahs.
St Lucia had a game to forget in their first match of the season. They were up against the Tallawahs who had many big guns in their ranks. Their captain Du Plessis will rue to the decision to field first as they gave away 255 runs with each of the JT’s top-3 scoring 40+ and in a very quick time. But the overall damage was done by Andre Russell who hit the fastest half-century from just 14 balls. Wahab Riaz and Usman Qadir gave away 99 runs in their 6 overs combined while other bowlers weren’t economical either. They lost by 120 runs with just Tim David scoring a 28-ball 56 runs and the rest of the batting order failing to put a fight.
After losing their first game, TKR bounced back in style to win its 2nd league game on Friday against the Barbados Royals. On the back of a stunning 5-wicket haul by Isuru Udana, the TKR bowled the Royals out for 122 before chasing the target in under 17 overs. Kieron Pollard, the skipper of TKR who struggled in the previous game made a match-winning 58 to seal the game for his team.
Match Details
Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Pitch and Weather: Likely to be a typical Caribbean pitch that will offer something to the bowlers and batsmen can score big once settled. There were several low-scoring games while in another game 250 was breached by the Tallahwahs. So it is difficult to give a range on what to expect. No rain is expected on the match-day and the temperature will be around 30 with a partly cloudy sky.
Date & Time: August 29, 10 AM Local time, 7.30 PM IST
Probable Playing XIs
St Lucia will be worried about their bowling more than its batting. Almost all their bowlers went for over 10 runs with their economy against Jamaica. Obed McCoy continued to take wickets which is a good sign. The batters in the daunting chase of 256 looked to play aggressive and lost wickets at heap. Only Tim David stood tall with an entertaining 56.
The Knight Riders had a comfortable win in their previous game over the Barbados Royals by 6 wickets and they will likely stick with the same side in this game as well. Apart from Udana taking 5 wickets, the other bowlers too chipped in with few wickets while bowling tight. However, their main concern will be with the batting form of their top-order that didn’t score much in the low-scoring game.
Saint Lucia Kings
Faf du Plessis (c), Andre Fletcher (wk), Roston Chase, Mark Deyal, Tim David, Rahkeem Cornwall, Wahab Riaz, Keemo Paul, Kesrick Williams, Usman Qadir, Obed McCoy
Trinbago Knight Riders
Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine, Tim Seifert (wk), Colin Munro, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard(c), Denesh Ramdin, Akeal Hosein, Isuru Udana, Ravi Rampaul, Jayden Seales
Match Prediction
By looking at the team’s strength and the previous match performance by each of the teams, Trinbago Knight Riders will start as favorites to win this match against St Lucia Kings
Fantasy Tips
Batsmen: Faf Du Plessis and Tim David are the 2 batsmen who can be selected from the Lucia team. Despite the fact that the former didn’t get runs in the first game, he can be entrusted to the fantasy team. Tim David continued his good form in recent times to CPL as well scoring an enterprising half-century in the last game. Lendl Simmons is a prolific run-getter in CPL and Comin Munro is among the best in T20s. So both of them can be selected.
Wicket-Keepers: Denesh Ramdin is the lone choice to be the keeper-batsman of the fantasy side. He has been scoring crucial runs for TKR in this CPL and can give points behind the stumps as well.
All-rounders: Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard are obvious picks from the TKR team as the all-rounders of the side. While Narine has been consistent with the ball, Pollard has come good with the bat last game. Along with them, Roston Chase can be picked as the other all-rounder.
Bowlers: Isuru Udana can be the other pick as he took a 5fer in the last game while is also good with the bat. Obed McCoy from Lucia Kings is another pick given the fact he is a genuine wicket-taker. Akeal Hosein is the 3rd bowler who can be selected.
Captaincy Choices
Fantasy Team: Colin Munro, Lendl Simmons, Tim David(VC), Faf du Plessis, Denesh Ramdin, Isuru Udana, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard(C), Akeal Hosein, Obed McCoy, Wahab Riaz
Captain: Kieron Pollard
TKR skipper Kieron Pollard can be made the captain. His accomplishments in this format are extraordinary and he is always a force when it comes to T20. He also made a half-century in the last game.
Vice-captain: Tim David
The young batsman Tim David is one of the best hitters going around in the world and can be made the vice-captain of the team. He made a scintillating 56 from 28 in the last game albeit in a losing cause.
Dream11 Team
