The Trinbago Knight Riders on Sunday grew to become the primary staff within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) historical past to be penalised with a crimson card. The Kieron Pollard-led aspect failed to finish the 19 of the 20 overs throughout the time restrict and that noticed them getting penalised. The aspect thus needed to play with 10 gamers as a substitute of 11 within the final over with a restriction of a most of two fielders outdoors the 30-yard circle. Pollard determined to ship Sunil Narine off the bottom for the final over.

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As per the brand new guidelines within the CPL, a staff can put a most of 4 gamers outdoors the 30-yard circle as a penalty if it fails to start out the 18th over in time. If the identical occurs at the beginning of the nineteenth over, one other participant must enter the circle with a most of three allowed outdoors the 30-yard zone. If a bowling staff fails to start out the twentieth over in time, the penalty forces them to carry one other participant contained in the circle with one going off the bottom.

“To be honest, it will take away the hard work everyone has done (prior to the penalties). We are like the pawns and we are going to do what we are told. We are going to play as fast as we can. If you are penalized for 30-45 seconds in a tournament like this, it is absolutely ridiculous,” a fuming Pollard stated after the match.

The penalty proved pricey for the Knight Riders as Dwayne Bravo was smashed for 18 runs from Sherfane Rutherford within the final over of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots’ innings.

Rutherford performed a captain’s knock of 62 not out off 38 balls as his aspect posted 178 for five in 20 overs. Narine was the decide of the bowlers for the Knight Riders with figures of three for twenty-four in his 4 overs.

In reply, Nicholas Pooran‘s 61 off 32 guided the Pollard-led aspect to a snug six-wicket victory.