Caribbean Premier League 2023
WATCH: Trinbago Knight Riders captain Kieran Pollard smashes four sixes in an over against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in CPL 2023
In the 12th match of the Caribean Premier League (CPL) 2023, Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) locked horns with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (SNP) on Monday, August 28, at Warner Park, in Basseterre, St Kitts. The Knight Riders won the match by six wickets and star West Indies batter, Nicholas Pooran was awarded the Player of the Match for his match-winning partnership.
While chasing, the TKR skipper, Kieran Pollard slammed four consecutive sixes against the SNP side. The West Indies all-rounder played an unbeaten knock of 37 runs off 16 balls with five massive sixes in his innings. Four out of his five sixes were of 100 meters and the last one was of 95 meters. Pollard came into bat in the 12 over of the innings. The former West Indies skipper accelerated his innings from the 15th over.
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Wowza 🤩 @KieronPollard55 SMASHES 4 💯 meter sixes in a row 🔥 #CPL23 #SKNPvTKR #CricketPlayedLouder #BiggestPartyInSport #BetBarter pic.twitter.com/qVpn0fRKA1
— CPL T20 (@CPL) August 28, 2023
It’s about understanding and knowing when to pull the trigger: Kieran Pollard
TKR chased down the target of 179 runs in the 17.1 overs with six wickets in hand. The highest scorer for the side was Pooran. He smacked 61 runs from 32 balls which included five fours and four sixes in his innigs. In the end, Andre Russell played a quicfire knock of 23 runs off just eight balls with two fours and two sixes in his innings.
“Very satisfying. The guys bowled well up until the 17th over, We just continue to play cricket as we know, we just gonna do what we are told, try to play to the best of our ability. The way we approached the chase, Pooran-Tucker partnership and we spoke about how we want to play the innings in two halves,” Pollard was quoted as saying in the post-match presentation.
“We also talked about finishing games and Russell and I were there in the end to see it off. It’s about understanding and knowing when to pull the trigger. We have been preparing very well and we speak about how we want to play and came out with a different attitude today after the loss yesterday,” the 36-year-old asserted.