Published on: Aug 29, 2020 8:09 pm IST|Updated on: Aug 29, 2020 8:09 pm IST
SKN vs JAM Dream11 Prediction: This season of the Caribbean Premier League has arrived to a point where it is becoming very critical for some of the teams to start collecting points before it’s too late. Especially for the teams involved in today’s encounter – St Kitts & Nevis Patriots and Jamaica Tallawahs. Both teams are lingering down at bottom of the points table and are fighting to stay alive in the competition. We will preview the match in our Dream11 fantasy cricket.
After registering their first win against the Tridents, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots again came back to their misery in the last match. Batting first against St Lucia Zouks, all of the Patriots top 5 were dismissed on single digits. Only Ben Dunk and Alzarri Joseph resisted for a while as Mohammad Nabi ran riot with a 5-wicket haul. St Kitts and Nevis Patriots posted 110 runs which were below par even on that slow surface. In reply, the Zouks openers broke the back of the chase very early before Imran Khan picked up 3 scalps for the good of his own confidence going forward.
For Jamaica Tallawahs, this has been a very up and down CPL so far as they have failed to back up a good performance with another. Jamaica Tallawahs suffered a big blow in the form of Andre Russell ruling out before the last match against Barbados Tridents. Bowling first, spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Sandeep Lamichhane along with Fidel Edwards done well but others proved expansive as the Tridents put on 148 runs on the board. In reply, Jamaica Tallawahs could not recover from the early loss of Glenn Phillips in the first over. At one stage, they were reeling at 27-4 before Jermaine Blackwood and Nkrumah Bonner occupied the crease for a while. In the end, they remained short by a considerable margin of 36 runs.
Historically, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are marginally ahead of Jamaica Tallawahs in head-to-head records. The Patriots have won 6 matches while Jamaica Tallawahs were on the winning side for 5 occasions. After the early domination from Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis have struck back strongly by winning 4 out of last 5 matches.
This will be an afternoon match in Port of Spain and cloudy spells are expected today during that time. However, there are no showers predicted but you never know here. In terms of playing conditions, this will be the second consecutive match on the same pitch. Slower conditions are expected as we have seen so far and spinners will be the flavor of the day.
Fixture name: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Vs Jamaica Tallawahs, Match 18 CPL T20
Competition: CPL T20
Date: 29th August 2020
Time: 11:45 PM IST
Stadium: Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: 04, Jamaica Tallawahs: 01, Tie: 00
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Played- 5, Won- 1, Lost- 4, Points- 2, Standing- 6th
Jamaica Tallawahs: Played- 5, Won- 2, Lost- 3, Points- 4, Standing- 5th
Let’s go through the possible playing XIs for the both teams in today match prediction.
Rayad Emrit (C), Chris Lynn, Evin Lewis, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ben Dunk, Nicholas Kelly, Joshua Da Silva, Sohail Tanvir, Kieran Powell, Jahman Hamilton, Ish Sodhi, Sheldon Cottrell, Alzarri Joseph, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Dominic Drakes, Colin Archibald, Imran Khan
Chris Lynn
Evin Lewis
Joshua Da Silva
Denesh Ramdin (wk)
Ben Dunk
Nick Kelly
Sohail Tanvir
Rayad Emrit (C)
Imran Khan
Alzarri Joseph
Jon-Russ Jaggesar
Rovman Powell (C), Glenn Phillips (wk), Chadwick Walton, Jermaine Blackwood, Andre Russell, Asif Ali, Carlos Brathwaite, Ryan Persaud, Oshane Thomas, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fidel Edwards, Ramaal Lewis, Veerasammy Permaul, Preston McSween, Nicholas Kirton, Nkrumah Bonner
Glenn Phillips (wk)
Chadwick Walton
Jermaine Blackwood
Rovman Powell
Asif Ali
Nkrumah Bonner
Carlos Brathwaite
Veerasammy Permaul
Fidel Edwards
Sandeep Lamichhane
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
WK: Glenn Phillips Batsmen: Chris Lynn, Evin Lewis, Ben Dunk, Jermaine Blackwood All-rounders: Sohail Tanvir Bowlers: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sandeep Lamichhane, Fidel Edwards, Rayad Emrit, Alzarri Joseph
As per our Dream11 predictions, Jamaica Tallawahs are slightly favourites in this battle between bottom two teams in the table. Although the unavailability of Andre Russell will definitely hurt the Tallawahs but their spin bowling department will be a tough proposition to tackle for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in today’s clash.