Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs – 08/09/2020

Trinbago v Jamaica – CPL Betting Tips, Latest Odds, Team News, Predictions – 08/09/2020

The Trinbago Knight Riders and Jamaica Tallawahs will play the first semi-final of the CPL 2020 on Tuesday.

Trinbago are chasing a fourth CPL title. Jamaica are in pursuit of a third. Read our CPL betting tips for information about this match.

The winner will play the St Lucia Zouks or Guyana Amazon Warriors in Thursday’s final.

Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs – Match Preview

The Trinbago Knight Riders are the firm favourites here, after beating the Jamaica Tallawahs twice already in the CPL 2020. Trinbago have actually won all of their last five matches against the Tallawahs.

Where: Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad

When: Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Start time: 14:00 GMT (19:30 IST)

Pitch conditions: Three of the last five CPL 2020 matches at this ground have been won by the team batting second. Two specialist spinners per XI will likely continue. A total of around 160 from the team batting first should be competitive.

Weather conditions: Wet weather has limited a lot of matches in the CPL 2020. Thankfully, we have a clear forecast for Tuesday in Tarouba. No rain is predicted. Temperatures will be in the high 20 degrees celsius, too.

Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs – Latest Odds

We’re big fans of Betway’s combination bets, which allow you to predict who will win the toss and the match – not just one or the other.

Betway have the Trinbago Knight Riders priced at 2.8 and the Tallawahs 4.5 in this market. Of course, you can also just bet on who will win the match. Here, the Knight Riders and Jamaica are offered at 1.5 and 2.4, respectively.

Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs – Team News

Trinbago experimented with different combination through their closing round-robin matches. They can now look to settle on a first-choice XI again.

Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo will be the first names in the XI – both are key with bat and ball.

Whether Sunil Narine plays remains to be seen. He has been sidelined for a few matches. If he doesn’t play, Sikandar Raza likely will.

Fawad Ahmed will probably be selected ahead of fellow wrist-spinner Pravin Tambe. Jayden Seales, too, has surely done enough to be picked ahead of Anderson Phillip.

Jamaica captain Rovman Powell has slipped quietly under the radar, but needs a big performance here. He hasn’t taken a wicket and is averaging under 10 in the CPL 2020.

Afghanistan Mujeeb Ur Rahman has stayed on instead of returning home for some domestic cricket. He’ll likely open the bowling again. Nepal spinner Sandeep Lamichhane can then enter the attack after the opening powerplay.

Andre Russell, Jermaine Blackwood and Glenn Phillips can carry the bulk of the run-scoring responsibilities.

Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs – Squads

Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs – Betting Tips and Prediction

Here at three expert cricket tips to help you with your predictions for this match. They are based on the players’ form, the latest cricket odds and our team’s years of experience.

Choose Jamaica to Have a Higher Score than Trinbago After Six Overs

The conservative bet here is to back Trinbago to have the highest opening powerplay score at 1.7. But we’re suggesting go with Jamaica’s longer odds of 2.15 in the same market with Unibet.

They might not get the highest total or win the match, but Jamaica have a knack for getting off to great starts via Glenn Phillips.

This could bring good value – and you’ll know the outcome of the bet a third of the way into the second innings.

Bet on Raza to Be Trinbago’s Top Bowler

Raza probably wouldn’t have had so much game time in the CPL 2020, had Narine been around more.

The Zimbabwean has grabbed his opportunity well. He has taken wickets and proved relatively economical.

Raza is priced at 6.0 to be Trinbago’s top bowler in the semi-final. We’d normally suggest an accumulator outcome with 22Bet here, but we’re the most confident about this one.

Take a Shot at a Century Being Scored

The CPL 2020 has only seen one century so far, from Nicholas Pooran of the Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Lendl Simmons got very close for Trinbago recently. Perhaps he can graduate to three figures this time.

The conditions and big occasion are primed for a ton. LeoVegas have priced any batsman to reach 100 at 8.6.

Be sure to read our best bets round-up before the match.