POORAN AND WASIM ON ELIMINATOR

After the game, TKR skipper Nicholas Pooran said more important than his knock was the fact that his side won, since the aim is to lift the trophy.

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00:00Trinbevo Night Riders have kept their chances alive for a fifth title after hammering Antigua

00:05and Barbuda Falcons by nine wickets in their Republic Bank CPL Eliminator.

00:09Captain Nicholas Puran was named man of the match for his unbeaten 90 of 53 balls.

00:14Eliminator is Eliminator.

00:15As I said in the press conference, it's different cricket, it's a playoff cricket, it's a different

00:18energy, it's a different atmosphere.

00:22In our dressing room, we know what it takes to play these games, we've been in this position

00:26before and for us, it's all about responsibility and taking it, holding each other accountable.

00:31Emotions are going to come out by the end of the day, we will do everything we need to win this game.

00:36While he was pleased with his own knock, Puran is not getting carried away.

00:40Instead, he wants to focus on what's ahead since the Night Riders are two wins away from the coveted trophy.

00:46And for me, it doesn't really matter because we got the job done.

00:49For me, I could have got all that first ball and win a different game.

00:52But again, just being there to the end, getting that point, putting this game behind us and going forward.

00:57Because again, we want to take every game as it comes, one game at a time.

01:02Obviously, we have a job to do and it's not complete yet.

01:04So we want to continue to improve, continue to get better.

01:06Falcons captain Imad Wasim was proud that his side made it this far

01:11after failing to qualify for the playoffs in their debut season last year.

01:15But looking at this game, he felt 166 was not sufficient.

01:20Look, I think the wicket was good. We had 20 runs short, I guess.

01:26I think seven wickets, eight wickets in hand, we should have gone harder.

01:30But unfortunately, that's not the case. Having said that,

01:32I think we played really good cricket throughout the tournament.

01:35The Falcons played a total of 11 matches with five wins, five losses and a new result.

01:41Vinod Nawani, Chiefs Export.