CPL 2020: Match 17, Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Tridents – TKR’s first win without Bravo and Narine, Pollard’s record knock and more stats

Trinbago Knight Riders kept their winning streak intact as captain Kieron Pollard smashed a 28-ball 72 with nine maximums against Barbados Tridents to help his team pull off a 2-wicket win during a last-over thriller. The Tridents finished with 148/7 in their 20 overs after scoring 41 runs in last 3.3 overs against a bowling attack without both Ali Khan and Dwayne Bravo.

Four of TKR’s top five were dismissed for single digits as they crawled to 62/5 in 12.4 overs. Skipper Pollard walked to bat with 87 runs needed from last 44 balls. The required rate climbed up to 16.5 by the 17th over when Pollard began to free his arms. In the next 20 balls, Pollard faced 15 deliveries and smashed 54 runs with seven sixes to ease the equation.

Here are all the statistical highlights from the 6th successive win of Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL 2020:

TKR win without DJ Bravo and Narine:

1 – Trinbago Knight Riders have won as many as 53 matches in the CPL but Saturday’s win was their first without both Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine in the XI. Bravo was not part of the 2019 CPL where TKR won as many as five matches but Narine featured in all those games.

6* – The ongoing 6-match winning streak of Trinbago is their joint longest winning spree during a CPL season. They won six matches in a row during the 2017 edition and also in the 2018 season.

A narrow win for Trinbago:

2 – Only the 2nd time in the CPL that Trinbago Knight Riders won a match by a margin of as less as two wickets. They defeated Barbados Tridents in the 2017 season match while chasing a target of 153.

Pollard’s six-hitting spree:

9 – Kieron Pollard’s nine sixes are the 2nd most number of sixes in a CPL innings for the Trinbago Knight Riders. Darren Bravo struck 10 sixes during his unbeaten 94 against St Lucia in the 2018 edition.

257.14 – Pollard’s batting strike rate of 257.14 during his 28-ball 72 is the 2nd highest in a CPL inning of 50+ runs for the Trinbago team. Darren Bravo had a strike rate of 261.11 during his unbeaten 36-ball 94 over the St Lucia franchise in 2018.

72 – Pollard’s 72-run knock is the lowest individual score in the CPL came while hitting nine or more sixes. Overall, Pollard’s innings is the joint 4th lowest score in Twenty20 cricket to include nine or more sixes. Riki Wessels smashed nine sixes during his 18-ball 55 during a T20 Blast match in 2018.

Charles @ 500:

506 – Johnson Charles completed 500 runs in the CPL against the Trinidad franchise. The 506 runs by Charles now are the 3rd most CPL runs by any player against TKR behind Chris Gayle (708) and Andre Russell (515).