TKR vs ABF 20th Match Highlights
TKR vs ABF 20th Match Highlights: In the 20th match of CPL 2024, the Barbuda Falcons finally won after two back-to-back losses. The thrilling game here in Trinidad was simply extraordinary, as the Falcons made sure they won by beating Trinbago Knight Riders by 6 Wickets. Justin Greaves along with Hassan Khan and Imad Wasim played a wonderful knock to guide the Falcons towards their third victory of the campaign.
Early on in the innings the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons won the toss and decided to bowl first. Trinbago Knight Riders who were in second place in the points table, were completely dominated by the lower-ranked team Falcons. Except for Pollard no one really played a valuable knock to put a good total on the board. Then with the ball also they failed to restrict a low score.
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This thrilling game gave the fans everything they wanted, as the underdog team certainly surprised the top-ranked team. This win will boost the confidence of the Falcons going into the final group stage match, even though they have nothing to gain they are currently playing for pride.
Falcons Dominate Trinbago Knight Riders With The Ball
After winning the toss they sent Knight Riders to bat, where they gave zero chance to the Knight Riders batsman as they destroyed the top order left and right. Skipper Pollard was the sole batsman from Knight Riders who played a decent innings. Pollard smashed 47 off 37 balls with two fours and four sixes.
While Tim David was the only other batter to score 20 runs as the Knight Riders went on to score 134/8 in 20 overs. To a surprise, Barbuda Falcons used eight bowlers as Fabian Allen and Shamar Springer both picked up two wickets each, while Joshua James, Chris Green, and Amir chipped in with one wicket each.
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On the Chase Falcons Made it Look Easy.
With 135 to win the Falcons tried to start aggressively, where they lost their first wicket within the first three balls. But still, Justin Greaves took the responsibility as he played a wonderful innings before unfortunately getting retired hurt, he scored 46 of 48 balls with 4 fours. Then Hassan Khan and Imad Wasim scored 36 runs each to help the Falcons guide towards victory.
Even though Knight Riders were unable to restrict the Falcons, the Knight Riders bowlers Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, and Akeal Hosein picked up one wicket each. Overall the lower-ranked team made it look easy as they cruised towards the victory with one more over to bowl.
