Trinbago Knight Riders managed to maintain their faint qualification hopes alive with a convincing 35-run victory over the Barbados Tridents in a low-scoring sport on the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. TKR posted simply 147/6, driving on the again of Nicholas Pooran’s 59. Their defence was then led by spinners Sunil Narine and Jyd Goolie, who claimed seven wickets between them to maintain Tridents tied down to only 112. TKR’sinnings was anchored round Colin Munro after they misplaced Narine cheaply for 2, put in to bat first by Tridents. Munro made a gentle 38 off 32 ballsstitching a defninng 68-run stand with Pooran. The skipper supplied the much-needed impetus to the innings, top-scoring with a aggressive 59 off 37 balls, hitting seven maximums and a few fours.
The partnership was damaged by Mujeeb ur Rahman within the eleventh over when he cleaned up Munro. Pooran fell three overs later, and TKR’s innings by no means recovered from the dual setbacks. Kieron Pollard chipped in 15 off 13, whereas Joshua Da Silva added 10 decrease down the order to push for at the very least 150 however fell simply quick asGudakesh Motie (3 for 29) and Mujeeb (2 for 22) tied them down.
Chasing 148, Barbados received off to a disastrous begin. The transient opening partnership was damaged by Narine, who claimed Brandon King and no. 3 Quinton de Kock on successive deliveries within the third over. Narine claimed his third in fast succession, handing a four-ball duck to Rivaldo Clarke.Chris Inexperienced’s dismissal decreased Tridents to 35/4 contained in the Powerplay.
Zachary Carter and Sherfane Rutherford made 21 every, in contrasting types, however the tight overs Narine and Goolie sequeezed in by no means allowed Tridents to choose up momentum once more. Common strikes saved them in verify as nicely.Daniel Sams cleared the ropes twice, making 17 off 14 however the cameo was short-lived. Tridents have been shot down for simply 112 within the penultimate over. Narine’sgame-defining spell of 4 for 12 in 3.3 overs earned the Knight Riders a campaign-saving 35-run victory and him the Participant of the Match award.
Transient scores: Trinbago Knight Riders 147/6 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 59, ColinMunro 38; Gudakesh Motie 3-29, Mujeeb ur Rahman 2-22) beat Barbados Tridents112 in 18.3 overs ( Zachary Carter 21, Sherfane Rutherford 21; Sunil Narine 4-12, Jyd Goolie 3-20) by 35 runs
