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After making it victory number five in the CPL, TKR's cricketers returned home to a heroes' welcome.

Captain Nicholas Pooran was elated after his maiden CPL, while coach Dwayne Bravo sent a message to the Doubting Thomases.
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00:00Trinnego Night Riders beat Ghana Amazon Warriors by three wickets in their Republic Bank CPL
00:05final at Providence Stadium.
00:07It's now five titles for TKR.
00:09We await the arrival of TKR at the Piaco International Airport.
00:18Upon making their way to the front, the players were greeted by the sounds of TASA.
00:23Captain Nicholas Puran was holding the coveted trophy, his first in CPL and that too as leader
00:28of TKR.
00:30Having won the 2025 Major League Cricket title with MI New York and now the CPL, he was
00:36jokingly asked if captaincy was a piece of cake.
00:38I wouldn't say it's a piece of cake.
00:41Captaincy has a lot of stress and headache, especially around CPL time.
00:45A lot of expectations as well.
00:47But these last four weeks are amazing.
00:50Our group is a really special group, mixed with a lot of youth and experience.
00:55For me, the best T20 players in the world was a part of the journey and for me it was really
00:59easy.
01:00This victory stands right at the top for Puran, who had to wait for it to happen.
01:04According to the 29-year-old cricketer, it's a special moment for the people of the Twin
01:08Island Nation.
01:09Yeah, I mean, this week is really special for Trinidad, right?
01:12With the Republic, they've been a couple of days away.
01:14Obviously, Durim and Keisha O'Gam getting medals in the World Championship and then for
01:19TKR to come and win the CPL.
01:21It's an amazing week.
01:22The first, obviously, the welcome back home has been really special for us.
01:27And I just feel like we just didn't win the CPL, but this was for the entire of Trinidad
01:31and Tobago.
01:32The games we played here, everyone came out and supported us.
01:35And this month has been really nice.
01:38Team coach Dwayne Bravo tasted success as a player in the past and now as coach.
01:43And he did have a message for the naysayers.
01:45The squad that we picked is because of the way how CPL panned out.
01:51It's a tough condition to play in Caribbean conditions and I wanted to go for experience.
01:58And if you look at the squad, you know, at the start of the season, a lot of people never
02:02give us a chance because it's an old team, a lot of the guys gone past the best.
02:06And, but yeah, all the noise I don't take on, it's, it's, it's, I'm aware of everything.
02:13You know, the Darren Bravo, the Cullen Monroe, I'm aware of everything.
02:17But these guys I bring back specifically for a reason because they have success with this
02:21franchise over the years.
02:23The TNT franchise appeared in six CPL finals and won five with the solitary loss coming
02:29in 2023 against the same opponents at Providence Stadium.
02:33Vinod Nawani, Chiefs Expo.
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