REACTIONS FROM TKR AFTER WIN

After the game, TKR captain Nicholas Pooran was an elated man after winning his first ever CPL title.

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00:00Trinbago Knight Riders are the 2025 Republic Bank CPL champions.

00:05This follows their three-wicket win against Guyana Amazon Warriors at Providence Stadium in Sunday's final.

00:10After captaining MI New York to the Major League Cricket crown earlier this year,

00:15Nicholas Puran has now led the Knight Riders to the CPL title as the franchise's newest skipper.

00:20First of all, I just want to say to the fans of Trinbago and everyone that came to support us, this is for you.

00:27It's been five years, and it's worth every, every, every second of it.

00:32We love everyone, Republic days in a couple of days, and this is a perfect way to head home.

00:36It's been 13 years I've waited for this moment.

00:39My first CPL T20 game was here against Guyana.

00:43Obviously the leading Knight Riders franchise this year, and to become successful, I can write the story better.

00:49All-rounder Karen Pollard played a crucial role by scoring 383 runs from 13 matches

00:54at an average of 54.71, and that too at the age of 38, which makes him no spring chicken.

01:01Afterwards, he had a strong message for the people of the Caribbean.

01:05There's three countries in the Caribbean where we'd have played.

01:10The booing is boring now.

01:13We are still a laughingstock of cricket in the West Indies.

01:16You have a guy who has represented the entire Caribbean over a period of time, putting him on a map in a format,

01:24but yet still we're not appreciating.

01:26I'm not bitter, but I feel sorry.

01:29Not for myself.

01:30Also praising Pollard was former teammate and close friend Dwayne Bravo, who is the new TKR coach.

01:52For the 41-year-old, it was a momentous occasion.

01:55No, I think having him here is like half of the job done, you know.

02:01To have Pollard, Pooran, Sunil, Russell, when they have players like that,

02:06the most important thing is to just keep the dressing room happy,

02:09bank on the experience, trust them as players.

02:12So I'm very happy.

02:14Just for the record, the TNT franchise has won four titles as Trinbego Knight Riders

02:19and won under the old name TNT Red Steel in 2015.

02:25Vinod Nawani, TV6 Sport.