TKR Arrive At Piarco

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Straight off the jumbo jet...     As TKR players touched down to a Carnival like reception at the Piarco Airport, ahead of their home leg of the Caribbean Premier League this week...     All-rounder Akeal Hosein says the momentum is with the local franchise going into the remaining CPL matches following their good results on the road...

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00:00 TKR!

00:01 Welcome to the land of the champions!

00:03 Welcome to the land of the champions!

00:05 Welcome to the land of the champions!

00:07 Invite the world to the land of the champions!

00:10 Put up a hand if you love Trinidad!

00:12 Welcome back Kyron!

00:14 What a welcome it was for the members of TKR as they arrived at Piarco International Airport on Monday morning

00:22 with Captain Kyron Pollard there in the picture.

00:24 He was followed by all-rounded Dwayne Bravo who was all smiles when he met with the fans.

00:29 There were others too that were seen making an exit including Chadwick Walton who was having some fun.

00:35 And by the food court, these folks were ready to party.

00:39 There was Andre 'Superman' Russell who was seen posing for the cell phone cameras.

00:51 It was all about having fun on the day.

00:54 TKR coach Phil Simmons was seen having a word with some of the other members.

00:58 Regarding the energy in the camp, it's second to none according to all-rounder Akhil Hossain.

01:04 The season's been good so far.

01:06 Unfortunately we had a rain out in our first match and then we lost one but that didn't dampen our spirits.

01:12 There's positive vibes in the camp and we've gone down the road in such a way where we're forcing players

01:19 or letting players know that we have to take responsibility and we can't leave it up for anyone else.

01:24 Hence the reason we got three straight wins. Positive vibes coming into the home leg.

01:29 Even though he is confident about the team's chances going into the remaining games, he has utmost respect for the other sides.

01:36 I think we're positive, we're confident. But with that being said, we're not taking anyone for granted.

01:41 I think cricket is played on the day, not on paper.

01:45 So we're just going to go there all hands on deck and make sure it's a team effort when we hit the ground running.

01:50 TKR next play Guyana Amazon Warriors on Tuesday from 7pm at the Queen's Park Oval.

01:55 Both teams are on seven points, with Guyana having a better net run rate which sees them in second position

02:02 while the Knight Riders are third.

02:04 Vinod Nawani, TV6 Sport.

02:06 export.

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