Trinbago Knight Riders ended their five-year wait for a CPL trophy, with captain Nicholas Pooran crediting team belief over tactics for the historic win. It was Pooran’s first title in 12 CPL seasons.
Pooran on TKR’s Belief
After defeating Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final, Pooran said:
“𝑵𝒂𝒉, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇. 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇. 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 15 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒕.”
He dedicated the win to the people of Trinidad & Tobago, celebrating a strong week in national sport.
Veterans Step Up
Despite criticism for fielding an older squad, TKR’s senior players delivered. Akeal Hosein, 32, was Player of the Match, while 38-year-old Kieron Pollard claimed Player of the Tournament.
Pooran added:
“𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆.”
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