The wild celebration of Kevin Sinclair after taking the wicket of Santner came into the headlines in the match between Barbados Tridents and Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League this season. Guyana Warriors were already in the semifinals of the tournament. Barbados Tridents had a slight chance of qualifying to the semifinals of the tournament. However, after the defeat against Guyana Amazon Warriors in this match, their hope ended for this season.
Kevin Sinclair’s ball hit the stumps directly as Santner missed the ball. Santer was struggling at the crease. He scored 18 runs in 27 balls. After taking the wicket of Santner, Kevin Sinclair tried to perform a triple summersault. He did two summersaults back to back quite perfectly. However, during the third summersault, it was not that much smoother and it could have easily caused an injury of the player in this crucial juncture of the tournament.
Guyana Amazon Warriors already cemented their place in the semifinals. At this point in time, the team management will not wish to lose an important player like Kevin Sinclair. Even, the on-air commentators also mentioned that the celebration was dangerous. The official Twitter handle of Caribbean Premier League tweeted the video of the celebration with an interesting caption.
What An Epic Celebration By Kevin Sinclair!!
Kevin Sinclair was economical in this four overs of the match. He conceded 23 runs and took the wicket of Santner. After coming to bat, Barbados Tridents never got the flow that was required. No one in the top order made any impact in the match. Because of the quick fall of wickets, the run rate could not accelerate at any point of the innings. At one point of time, Barbados Tridents were struggling with 39 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. After losing the wicket of Charles in the third over, the fall of wickets was in a continuous manner in the innings of Barbados Tridents.
In the lower middle order, Santner and Nyeem Young tried to build a partnership. However, their efforts went in vain. Imran Tahir and Romario Shepherd were two key bowlers for Guyana Amazon Warriors in this match. Both these bowlers took three wickets each. Naved Ul Haque was economical in his four overs. He conceded only 15 runs in this match. Chris Green and Kevin Sinclair took one wicket each to wrap up the innings of Barbados Tridents.
Double?? Treble?? Definitely Double Trouble in the Bubble!! What a celebration! #CPL20 #CricketPLayedLouder pic.twitter.com/3N2oKNAzRy
— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 3, 2020
The Story About The Game
While chasing, Guyana Amazon Warriors lost the wicket of Brandon King in the first over as Santner’s ball hit the stumps directly. However, the partnership between Chandrapaul Hemraj and Hetmyer was enough for Guyana Amazon Warriors to ease past their opponents. In the end, the small contribution of Ross Taylor also helped the cause. Guyana Amazon Warriors are currently at the second position in the league table of Caribbean Premier League at this moment and they are certainly one of the contenders to win the tournament this season.
The captain of Barbados Tridents, Jason Holder was very much disappointed with the performance of his side. They have failed to do much in this edition, as things did not work for them collectively.
