TKR vs SLZ Dream11 Match Prediction Cricket Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Lucia Zouks CPL T20 5 September

TKR vs SLZ Dream11 Prediction: We are going into the last weekend of CPL group matches with semifinals teams already decided. But still there is plenty to play for as teams will be looking to avoid stronger opponents on the night of semi-final. In one of those contests, St Lucia Zouks will be trying their best to stop the Trinbago Knight Riders juggernaut in 27^th match the season. We will preview the match in our Dream11 fantasy cricket.

Trinbago Knight Riders have been unbeaten so far this year with winning all their 8 matches. In their last match against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, they found another positive in the form of Lendl Simmons. He came back to his best in the last innings with a score of 96 runs. Darren Bravo also contributed with an innings of 36 as TKR put on 174 runs on the board. In reply, the spinners had a day-out defending a comfortable total. Akeal Hosein, Khary Pierre, Pravin Tambe all bowled brilliantly and Sikandar Raza jolted the Patriots with 3 scalps. In the end, TKR won comfortably by 59 runs to accumulate another 2 points.

St Lucia Zouks are coming into this match after a loss against Guyana Amazon Warriors in the last match. Batting first, St Lucia Zouks batsmen failed to catch up with the slow pace of Tarouba pitch as they tumbled upon after losing 3 wickets early. They could not get acceleration that was needed as they posted a total of mere 109 runs. Defending a total like that against the power-packed middle order of Guyana was always going to be a tough challenge. Scott Kuggeleijn, Mohammad Nabi and Javelle Glen picked up a wicket each but Guyana sailed home by 7 wickets.

In head-to-head comparisons, Trinbago Knight Riders have been dominant against St Lucia Zouks. TKR have won 11 matches while the Zouks were good enough on only two occasions. In last 5 matches, it’s all one way traffic as TKR took 4 games while one match was washed out. In the first meeting this year, TKR beat the Zouks in a rain-curtailed game at Queen’s Park Oval last week.

Pitch and Conditions

Isolated thunderstorms are forecast for today during the match-time. We may have some interruptions due to rain and we should still be good if the rain isn’t persistent. The nature of pitches has been very slow this year and we will continue to find that today as well. Fans would be hoping for a good cricket match between both these sides but that may be a low-scoring one.

TKR vs SLZ Dream11 Teams Match Details

Fixture name: Trinbago Knight Riders Vs St Lucia Zouks, Match 27 CPL T20

Competition: CPL T20

Date: 5th September 2020

Time: 7:30 PM IST

Stadium: The Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba

Head to Head (Last 5 games)

Trinbago Knight Riders: 04, St Lucia Zouks: 00, NR: 01

Points Table Standings

Trinbago Knight Riders: Played- 8, Won- 8, Lost- 0, Points- 16, Standing- 1st

St Lucia Zouks: Played- 8, Won- 5, Lost- 3, Points- 10, Standing-3rd

TKR vs SLZ Dream11 Team Prediction

Let’s take a look at the expected playing XIs for both the teams in today match prediction.

Trinbago Knight Riders Squad

Kieron Pollard (C), Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Tim Seifert (wk), Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Fawad Ahmed, Sikandar Raza, Khary Pierre, Ali Khan, Anderson Phillip, Amir Jangoo, Tion Webster, Akeal Hosein, Jayden Seales, Pravin Tambe

Trinbago Knight Riders Team News

Trinbago Knight Riders may continue to rest their star players for this match as well before the knockout stages.
Lendl Simmons has found his form at very important juncture of this season while Colin Munro retired hurt in the last innings. It will be interesting to see whom they decide to play with if he recovers in time.
The middle order was relatively weak in the last match but they still got the job done. Darren Bravo, Tim Seifert, Sikandar Raza and Dwayne Bravo will form the middle order.
Akeal Hosein, Khary Pierre, Pravin Tambe and Anderson Phillip are likely to keep their places in the playing XI.

TKR Playing 11 (Probable)

Lendl Simmons

Amir Jangoo

Colin Munro

Tim Seifert (wk)

Darren Bravo

Kieron Pollard (C)

Akeal Hosein

Dwayne Bravo

Khary Pierre

Pravin Tambe

Anderson Phillip

St Lucia Zouks Squad

Daren Sammy (C), Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher, Leniko Boucher (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Kavem Hodge, Roston Chase, Chemar Holder, Kimani Melius, Kesrick Williams, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Obed McCoy, Javelle Glenn, Saad Bin Zafar, Mark Deyal, Scott Kuggeleijn

St Lucia Zouks Team News

St Lucia Zouks may make some changes to their playing XI for today’s match.
Rahkeem Cornwall and Andre Fletcher have not been consistent this year and have failed to put on opening stands of significant magnitude.
Leniko Boucher and Kavem Hodge played in the last match while Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi have been pretty good with the bat this year so far.
Scott Kuggeleijn, Kesrick Williams, Chemar Holder will be their fast-bowling options while Javelle Glen will take care of spin-bowling duties.

SLZ Playing 11 (Probable)

Rahkeem Cornwall

Andre Fletcher

Leniko Boucher

Roston Chase

Najibullah Zadran

Mohammad Nabi

Javelle Glen

Daren Sammy (C)

Scott Kuggeleijn

Kesrick Williams

Chemar Holder

TKR vs SLZ Dream 11 Prediction Today Cricket Match

WK: Tim Seifert
Batsmen: Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Najibullah Zadran
All-rounders: Javelle Glen, Rakheem Cornwall, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard
Bowlers: Scott Kuggeleijn, Akeal Hosein, Khary Pierre

Captain Picks

For Small Leagues

Lendl Simmons made a confidence-boosting 96 in the last innings against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and will continue to start in this clash. As he is back into his elements, he can be a reliable pick for the captaincy position.
Sikandar Raza is another option from Trinbago Knight Riders if we go by the recent form. He picked up 3 scalps in the last match and is likely to bat at higher position in the absence of some star players.
Mohammad Nabi is a straight forward choice from St Lucia Zouks. He has been among the wickets in almost all the matches this year while had some important contributions with the bat as well.

For Grand Leagues

Darren Bravo is looking in good touch during this season. He has gone about building the innings very nicely for TKR and has changed gears at the right moments.
Scott Kuggeleijn is at the top of fast-bowling charts so far while he occupies the third position in overall tally. He has picked up a total of 12 scalps from 8 innings and used his variations to the full effect. He can be a safe option for the grand leagues today.
Najibullah Zadran has not made a significant contribution after starting each innings on a promising note. But you can feel he would be desperate to have some numbers on the board before the knockout stages. A good pick on potential for the grand leagues.

Who will win TKR vs SLZ Today Match Prediction?

As per Dream11 predictions, Trinbago Knight Riders are slight favourites on paper against St Lucia Zouks. We may see both the teams meeting again in the semi-finals. So, St Lucia Zouks would still want to have the bragging rights against the best team in the competition this year.