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Barbados Royals take on St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the second game of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.
The match is scheduled to take place at 7pm local time (midnight BST, 4.30am Friday IST) on Thursday, August 26, 2021.
Full CPL 2021 fixture list: Click here
Every game in the 2021 Caribbean Premier League is being held at Warner Park on St Kitts, in an effort to minimise the Covid-19 risk to the tournament.
There's not a lot to go on this year, given this is the first match of the competition.
In the 2020 tournament, these two sides finished in the bottom two places in the group stages.
Barbados - then named the Tridents - won three of their 10 matches to end up fifth.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots had an even worse time of it, claiming just one victory on the way to propping up the standings.
There's been enough change to encourage more optimism this year, but both teams will be desperate for a change of fortunes.
Chris Gayle has joined St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Barbados Royals batsman Glenn Phillips is ranked 17th in the T20 Player Index and has a terrific Caribbean Premier League record, having scored 1,323 runs for Jamaica Tallawahs.
Oshane Thomas has also made the same journey from Tallawahs to Royals and will be hoping to return to his best form that previously earned him an IPL stint.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots have a new-look side, starring Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo. Fabian Allen missed the tournament in 2020 after missing his charter flight into Trinidad and Tobago, while new leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed is a stalwart of the competition and took 13 wickets for Trinbago Knight Riders last time around.
Paul van Meekeren is a surprising choice as an overseas player; he spent last winter working for Uber Eats after the cancellation of the T20 World Cup left him without work.
Asif Ali is an intriguing recruit despite his mediocre performances in 2020 for Jamaica Tallawahs.
Matches played: 12
Barbados Royals wins: 4
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots wins: 8
Yes. The 10am matches at Warner Park will be played behind closed doors, with 50 per cent capacity crowds permitted inside the venue during the evening games.
What is the weather forecast?
Highs of 31 degrees Celsius, with little chance of rain. Cloud cover of approaching 50 per cent might add to the humidity.
Click here for the Accuweather forecast.
Onfield: Gregory Brathwaite, Zahid Bassarath
TV umpire: Carl Tuckett
Fourth umpire: Verdayne Smith
Barbados Royals to make a fast start, despite the presence of Chris Gayle in the opposition ranks.
Barbados Royals allrounder Jason Holder
Barbados Royals are best priced at even money with Spreadex at the time of publication. The same outlet has St Kitts & Nevis Patriots as marginal 4-5 favourites.
CPL TEAM GUIDES
BT Sport have the live broadcast rights to the competition in the United Kingdom and will be showing all 33 matches on their platforms.
For UK streamers, BT Sport will have all of the action available online and on the BT Sport app. A 30-day monthly pass is available for £25, providing access to every BT channel and the app. EE customers can access every channel for a £20 per month add-on to their phone contract.
Where can I watch elsewhere in the world?
Australia: Fox Sports
New Zealand: SKY Sport NZ
India: FanCode
South Africa: SuperSport
USA: Willow TV
Middle East and North Africa (MENA): OSN Sports Cricket
Caribbean: Coming soon
Barbados Royals: Jason Holder, Glenn Phillips, Chris Morris, Raymon Reifer, Kyle Mayers, Oshane Thomas, Ashley Nurse, Shai Hope, Thisara Perera, Justin Greaves, Joshua Bishop, Hayden Walsh Jr, Johnson Charles, Nyeem Young, Mohammad Amir, Azam Khan, Shafiqullah Ghafari, Smit Patel, Jake Lintott
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Devon Thomas, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes, Sherfane Rutherford, Chris Gayle, Rayad Emrit, Joshua da Silva, Colin Archibald, Dwayne Bravo, Mikyle Louis, Paul van Neekeren, Ravi Bopara, Fawad Ahmed, Asif Ali
Full CPL 2021 squad lists: Click here
Barbados Royals: Johnson Charles , Glenn Phillips, Kyle Mayers, Shai Hope, Jason Holder, Azam Khan, Thisara Perera, Hayden Walsh Jr, Jake Lintott, Raymon Reiffer, Oshane Thomas
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots: Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Joshua da Silva, Sherfane Rutherford, Ravi Bopara, Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Rayad Emrit, Fawad Ahmed, Sheldon Cottrell, Paul van Meekeren
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