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Ranchi: Taking part in the tournament without three of their star players, Caribbean champions and 2009 edition finalists Trinidad and Tobago will open their Champions League Twenty20 campaign against another depleted Australian side Brisbane Heat on Sunday.
Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean T20 winners, have come here without the big-hitting trio of Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Kevon Cooper as they are playing for IPL teams Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals respectively in the 6 million dollars tournament.
T&T still have the likes of off-spinner Sunil Narine, pacer Ravi Rampaul, batsman Darren Bravo, besides captain Denesh Ramdin and will start as favourites in the Group B match at the JSCA Stadium tomorrow. T&T still have six players who were part of 2012 T20 World Cup-winning West Indies team.
T&T will also be inspired by the presence of West Indian legend Brian Lara during the CLT20. Lara had expressed his desire to be associated with the team in the capacity as unofficial mentor and help the players out.
Big Bash League winners Brisbane Heat are even more depleted and hit by the absence of six of their star players. They are missing New Zealander Daniel Vettori, the Australian quartet of Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris and Luke Pomersbach -- their leading scorer in BBL -- and Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera.
Watson will play for Rajasthan Royals, while Johnson and Perera will feature for Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively while injury has ruled out Harris (hamstring) and Vettori (ankle). The big-hitting Pomersbach withdrew due to personal reasons.
Brisbane still have Caribbean import Kemar Roach who can be fired up with the new ball and spinner Nathan Hauritz who can be dangerous on his day.
All-rounder Dan Christian and skipper James Hopes, who has plenty of international experience and having also captained IPL side Delhi Daredevils, will have to carry the batting burden. Hauritz along with Christian, Hopes and Roach are the four players in the Brisbane squad who have been used to the Indian conditions.
The JSCA Stadium, which has successfully hosted India vs England ODI and a couple of IPL matches this year, will host five CLT20 matches from tomorrow to September 28.
Teams from:
Trinidad & Tobago: Denesh Ramdin (Capt. & wk), Darren Bravo, Adrian Barath, Lendl Simmons, Rayad Emrit, Sherwin Ganga, Jason Mohammad, Yannick Ottley, Ravi Rampaul, Navin Stewart, Samuel Badree, Shannon Gabriel, Evin Levis, Nicolas Pooran, Sunil Narine.
Brisbane Heat: James Hopes (Capt.), Daniel Christian, Peter Forrest, Cameron Gannon, Nathan Hauritz, Chris Lynn, Dom Michael, Chris Sabburg, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Mathew Gale, Chris Hartley (wk), Alex Kepm, Alister Mcdermott, Kemar Roach.
Pitch & conditions:
It has been cloudy sky and rains ever since the teams arrived on Wednesday with the Met office here saying there might be a slight improvement tomorrow.
Match facts
Sunday September 22, 2013 (day/night)
Start time 16:00 local (1030 GMT)
