Twitter Reactions: Openers and pacers secure second win for Jamaica Tallawahs

The drums of Windian franchise based T20 extravaganza are beating out loud as the teams are fighting it out in the Caribbean for the coveted Caribbean Premier League (CPL) trophy. On Wednesday (according to the Windian time), Shah Rukh Khan owned team and sister franchise of Kolkata Knight Riders, the Trinbago Knight Riders faced the defending champions and perhaps the most consistent team of CPL, Jamaica Tallawahs.

The Jamaican team does not have the monster Chris Gayle amongst their ranks in this edition, but Lendl Simmons and Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara are not willing to let the fans cry over it. Tallawahs secured their second win from three games, owing to the fiery spells from their pacers and a rock solid opening pair. Winning the toss, Sanga went the usual way and decided to have his wicket-keeping gloves on first.

Swashbuckling opener Brendon McCullum opened the innings with bowler-turned-all-rounder Sunil Narine. With two hard-hitting openers, the fans witnessed what they wanted at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad. After the dismissal of the Kiwi legend, another hard-hitter of the ball and Brendon’s country-mate Colin Munro carried the demolition. But the pacers, namely Santokie, Williams and Pakistani veteran Sami brought the Tallawahs back in the game.

After Darren Bravo’s dismissal, no batsman could reach even double figures as the red shirts managed to get only 147 runs after such a quickfire start. 148 was not a very difficult total to chase but it still required solidarity and who can provide it better than Kumar Sangakkara? When on one hand Lendl Simmons was taking the charge on the bowlers, Sangakkara was ensuring that he is not throwing his wicket away by playing an unnecessary shot.

Narine and Pakistani youngster Shadab Khan brought the home team back in the game but it was too late for the Riders as Shakib Al Hasan and Jonathan Foo drove the Tallawahs towards their second victory. With this, the Tallawahs are now level on points with the Riders and Patriots but they are trailing on the net run rate. The Twitter community, as usual, was very active during the nail biting match.

Here are some top tweets from the match

Knights put up a super fight but in the end @JAMTallawahs manage to scrape through to a victory in the last over.
Congratulations! ?#TKRvJT

— TrinbagoKnightRiders (@TKRiders) August 10, 2017

Knight Riders, thank you for your relentless support it will only help us bounce back stronger. ?#TKRvJT #PlayFightWinTogether pic.twitter.com/NmENyIsBx9

— TrinbagoKnightRiders (@TKRiders) August 10, 2017

Kumar Sangakkara becomes the 2nd highest run scorer among asians in professional cricket surpassing " the Asian Bradman" Z. Abbas#CPL17 pic.twitter.com/th0WzEJQwO

— AQEEB (@AAQEEEB) August 10, 2017

Kumar Sangakkara is the captain of Jamaica Tallawahs. Its a shame that he retired for Sri Lanka to play in leagues #CPL17 #CPLT20

— Krimu Views (@KrimuViews) August 10, 2017

Why @KumarSanga2 not playing for SL ?? He is too dangerous till 2019 World Cup he smash many runs in county matches league so y not for SL?

— Vijay Singh (@virjusinghh) August 10, 2017

Skipper Kumar Sangakkara was the top scorer for Jamaica Tallawahs against Trinbago Knight Riders. #CPL17 pic.twitter.com/MZMYUDHplJ

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) August 10, 2017

#CPL17 #TKRvsJT@KumarSanga2 scored 47 runs in 41 balls pic.twitter.com/N3KNg7hM7z

— 11CricketNews (@11cricketnews) August 10, 2017

Man of the match @KesrickWillz19 #CPL17 #Biggestpartyinsport pic.twitter.com/vvvWzOKDbi

— CPL T20 (@CPL) August 10, 2017

Congratulations to #KesrickWilliams @kez.willz19_60 on attaining the #ManOfTheMatch #JTVTKR #DreamWidYuhTeam #WIN #jamaicatallawahs #CPL17 pic.twitter.com/AfwDkFnybp

— Jamaica Tallawahs (@JAMTallawahs) August 10, 2017