Pravin Tambe, a 48-year-old leg-spinner and the primary Indian to characteristic within the Caribbean Premier League, claimed a maiden wicket within the T20 franchise occasion on Wednesday. Tambe, enjoying for Trinbago Knight Riders, solely acquired one over within the rain-affected recreation in opposition to the St Lucia Zouks. Nevertheless, it was an eventful one.
Najibullah Zadran hit a 4 off him earlier than Tambe had the final snigger.
Najibullah misinterpret a googly and gave Kieron Pollard a easy catch at cowl as Tambe ended with figures of 1/15.
Tambe’s all-rounder teammate Dwayne Bravo also scripted history in the same game as he became the first-ever to bowler to pick 500 T20 wickets.
Bravo achieved this feat by dismissing St. Lucia Zouks’ Rakheem Cornwal. With this wicket, Bravo additionally grew to become the primary bowler to take 100 wickets within the CPL.
Bravo, like most of his T20 profession, was as soon as once more very economical in his spell as he returned with a powerful determine of two/7 in his three overs.
Bravo’s supremacy within the T20 format could be gauged from the truth that no different bowler has even crossed 400 wicket mark. Sri Lanka’s T20I skipper Lasith Malinga is subsequent on the record with 390 wickets. Bravo can be the quickest to achieve 300, 400 and now 500-wicket mark.
Bravo’s very good bowling within the center overs coupled with a number of rain interruptions by no means allowed Zouks to dominate the sport and so they managed solely 111/6 in 17.1 overs.
TKR acquired a revised goal of 72 to win from 9 overs, which they achieved with an over to spare, thus registering their fourth win on the trot and go on prime of the factors desk.
Promoted
TKR gained the sport by six wickets below the D/L technique. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan co-owns the Knight Riders franchise, which began its journey within the Indian Premier League as Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.
(With AFP inputs)
