This article will talk about the probable XIs for both teams and continue with the Dream11 predictions and the winning fantasy team for Match 11 of the CPL 2021 between Trinbago Knight Riders and Guyana Amazon Warriors that is scheduled to take place on the 1st of September 2021.
Two teams, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders, that have uncharacteristically not played well thus far winning just 1 of their 3 games will take on each other for the 2nd time in this CPL. It was Nicholas Pooran led GAW which came on top when the sides met in the opening game of the season by 9 runs.
TKR will have played another game against the St Lucia Kings before coming into this contest. In their last completed game, the defending champions faced a loss by a narrow margin of 5 runs to the Lucia Kings. Bowling first, they conceded 157 with Ravi Rampaul was the pick of the bowlers for TKR taking 3/29 while Seales and Akeal Hosein took a wicket each. The response was so slow that they could make just 35 in the powerplays while a usually attacking Colin Munro struggled in his innings scoring a 46-ball 40. If not for a belligerent 16-ball 40, they would not have made 152.
Guyana Amazon Warriors too lost its previous game by 7 wickets against the Nevis Patriots. Batting first, the Warriors made 166 thanks to 70 from the veteran Mohammad Hafeez and yet another half-century by Shimron Hetmyer. But it didn’t prove to be enough as the Patriots with 4 balls to spare on the back of Sherfane Rutherford’s stunning 54 off just 38. The St Lucia bowlers barring Imran Tahir and Hafeez were a little expensive.
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 games that were in the range of 140-160 and we can see the same in this game as well. Sunny weather is expected on the match-day and the temperature will be around 28C.
Date & Time: September 1, 10 AM Local time, 7.30 PM IST
Probable Playing XIs
The batting form of TKR’s top-order will be a cause of concern for them not in terms of the runs scored but the pace at which they make. They have now lost 2 of their 1st three but will have played an extra game before they play in this contest and will likely stick to the same side.
The Amazon Warriors batsmen had a much better outing in their previous game compared to the first 2 but this time it was their bowlers who couldn’t defend 166. The spells of Naveen-Ul-Haq, debutant Nial Smith proved to be very costly for them in the end. They may bring back Ashmead Nedd in place of Smith.
Guyana Amazon Warriors
Nicholas Pooran (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Romario Shepherd/ Anthony Bramble, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Odean Smith, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Imran Tahir, Naveen-Ul-Haq, Ashmead Nedd/ Nial Smith
Trinbago Knight Riders
Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine, Tim Seifert (wk), Colin Munro, Tion Webster, Kieron Pollard(c), Denesh Ramdin, Akeal Hosein, Isuru Udana, Ravi Rampaul, Jayden Seales
Match Prediction
Having won the previous clash with the Trinbago Knight Riders, Guyana Amazon Warriors will start as favorites to win this match and make it 2 on 2 against the former in this CPL.
Fantasy Tips
Batsmen: Shimron Hetmyer played a match-winning knock in GAW’s 1st match and made a quickfire 52 in the previous game as well. So he is an obvious selection in the fantasy XI. Colin Munro is among the best T20 batsman going around currently and has consistently scored runs. Chandrapaul Hemraj has been amongst runs in this tournament, so he is the 3rd batsman on the side.
Wicket-keepers: Guyana skipper Nicholas Pooran is an obvious choice as the wicket-keeper batsman just because of his game-changing ability. The other keeper can be Tim Seifert from the Trinbago Knight Riders. The latter in particular is in rollicking form.
All-rounders: Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard are obvious picks from the TKR team as the all-rounders of the side. Another all-rounder can be Mohammad Hafeez who made a brilliant 70 at the top of the order for GAW.
Bowlers: Veteran leg-spinner from Guyana team Imran Tahir has picked 5 wickets in 3 games and is a must in the fantasy XI along with another genuine wicket-taker Ravi Rampaul representing TKR. The last slot in the bowling can go to Akeal Hosein who has picked 4 wickets and scored 22 runs this far.
Captaincy Choices
Fantasy Team: Colin Munro, Chandrapual Hemraj, Tim Seifert(VC), Shimron Hetmyer(C), Sunil Narine, Mohammad Hafeez, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Akeal Hosein, Imran Tahir, and Ravi Rampaul
Captain: Shimron Hetmyer
The destructive middle-order batsman has already scored 2 half-centuries in 3 games so far and is an obvious choice to be the captain of the fantasy team.
Vice-captain: Tim Seifert
The wicket-keeper batsman showed glimpses of his true potential with a 16-ball 40 knock in the last match on what was a difficult surface to bat. So by his current form, Seifert is the ideal pick for being the vice-captain.