The Trinbago Knight Riders camp was an elated one following their victory in the final of the Caribbean Premier League 2018 – an eight-wicket triumph over Guyana Amazon Warriors – which gave them their third title.
Trinbago first won the CPL in 2015 as T&T Red Steel, and have followed that up with wins in 2017 and 2018 in their present avatar.
For Guyana, the defeat will be an especially bitter pill to swallow as it was the fourth time they had made the title round but failed to cross the last hurdle – they managed just 147-9 batting first, and Trinbago chased it down with 15 balls in hand.
And that final moment. The @TKRiders win the CPL Final 2018! #cpl18 #cricketplayedlouder #biggestpartyinsport #cplfinal #GAWvTKR pic.twitter.com/9tTug13ekr
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 17, 2018
For Trinbago coach Simon Katich, it’s the team’s ‘hunger’ that motivates them. In the whole tournament, they lost only three matches – two in the group stage, and once to Guyana in the first qualifier.
And, as for captain Dwayne Bravo, it was the right result all right: “In a tournament like this, you can lose close games but we had the best team and we deserved to win,” said the all-rounder. “I am happy with the way our team played throughout the tournament. I think the first ball of the day by Ali Khan set the tone for us.
“(Luke) Ronchi got them off to a great start but Pierre showed his courage to come back. Colin Munro put an icing on the cake along with Brendon McCullum.”
