Guyana Amazon Warriors started the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a 9-run win over defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders.
Winning the toss, Trinbago Knight Riders elected Guyana Amazon Warriors to bat. In which Knight Riders set a target of 142/7.
The Knight Riders are the defending champions and have not lost a single game last season.
However, the Amazon Warriors had to put up even better bowling performances by taking wickets at regular intervals to give their campaign a winning start.
Amazon Warriors started their innings with two sixes from Chanderpaul Hemraj. But He was caught at the short third man after Sunil Narine came into the ground.
Amazon Warriors entered at number three to maximize the powerplay overs with a hard-hitting from Odeon Smith. The Amazon Warriors lost the pace of the innings when Smith fell for 24 off 15 balls, leaving them struggling at 57/3 at the halfway point.
Brief Scores: Guyana Amazon Warriors 142/7 (Hetmyer 54, Odean Smith; Narine 2-17) vs Trinbago Knight Riders 133/9 (Denesh Ramdin 28; Romario Shepherd 3-15)
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