OTTIS GIBSON ON TKR

CCNTV6

The chase for a fifth Caribbean Premier League title is alive and well for the Trinbago Knight Riders, and assistant coach Ottis Gibson believes his team has the firepower to get it done.  Speaking on the Morning Edition, Gibson praised the depth and balance of the TKR squad, highlighting that there's no shortage of match-winners while praising the leadership of Dwayne Bravo.

Transcript

00:00Trinbego Knight Riders have four CPL titles with the last one coming in 2020 when they

00:07beat St. Lucia Zoox. TKR assistant coach Otis Gibson is fully aware of the situation and

00:12says his players are capable of making it number five this year.

00:15Look it's been a long time obviously, last time was 2020 I believe so you know five years

00:21without a title for the history that we have as a franchise. The players that we have in

00:28the group at the moment and we feel that we've got a legitimate claim this year to say that

00:32we could be one of the title contenders but of course we still have to go and play some

00:36really good cricket. TKR made a good start to the tournament with a win in the opener against

00:41St. Gibson Nevis Patriots. Gibson has been pleased with his team's preparations going into the

00:45CPL. Yes we had a really good camp in Trinidad before we went up to St. Gibson last week.

00:52Everybody came in you know we did a lot of really good work a lot of specific stuff for

00:57game plans and identifying roles and responsibilities for the players and then we went up to St.

01:04Case we had a good showing. Colin Monroe got a fantastic hand drill that set us off on the right foot.

01:11Dwayne Bravo played his final CPL season last year and now he's TKR's head coach. Gibson says the

01:19former West Indies all-rounder has the credentials to take the team forward.

01:22Yeah well he's never been short of confidence as he's doing you know so he's trying to instill that

01:27confidence in the team a real trust in the players give the players the freedom to go and express

01:34themselves you know he's all what I call a maverick streak in him and he encourages people to go and be

01:42that be that way you know the best version of themselves. He's full of life always full of ideas.

01:51TKR next play Antigua and Barbuda Falcons on Wednesday in Antigua Vinodna.

01:56I want to know how many teams export.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended