The fifth match of the CPL 2021 is set to be played between Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots on August 28. Both the teams are coming after registering their first wins in the tournament. The match starts at 7:30 PM IST and will be held in the Warner Park Cricket Stadium in St Kitts. Look forward to getting the Pitch Report and the Dream11 Prediction for the GUY vs SKN match, in this article.
Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated the Trinbago Knight Riders in the season opener. Shimron Hetmyer excelled with the bat for the Warriors as he scored a 41-ball 54. Odean Smith played a handy knock of 24 in just 15 balls and grabbed 2 wickets with the ball. The Knight Riders could only manage 133 runs while chasing a target of 143 runs. Romario Shepherd took the maximum, 3 wickets for the Warriors.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots played their first match against the Barbados Royals, which they won convincingly by 21 runs. Sherfane Rutherford’s 53, and DJ Bravo’s 47* helped the team propel to a total of 175 runs and the Royals could only manage 154 runs in reply.
GUY vs SKN Pitch Report
The surface of the Warner Park Cricket stadium tends to please the batters. Runs come easy here at St Kitt’s as the pitch is quite batting friendly. There’s very little for the fast bowlers at the start of the match, after which it’s only the Batter’s arena. The spinners tend to find minimal help from the pitch during the mid overs.
Weather for the GUY vs SKN match: Partly cloudy. There are no chances of rain. Winds will blow ENE at 15 to 30 km/h. Humidity will be 72%. High 29ºC; Low 25ºC.
Head to Head Record of both teams
The head-to-head records suggest that GUY has had an upper hand over SKN most of the time. Out of a total of 12 GUY vs SKN encounters, GUY has won 10 times. There have been only two occasions when the SKN side managed to defeat GUY.
| Played | Won by GUY | Won by SKN | Tie | No Result |
| 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
GUY vs SKN Dream11 Prediction
Both GUY and SKN are coming after winning their opening matches of the season and would like to continue with their winning combinations. There are minimal chances of any changes in the playing XIs of both teams. The best Dream11 teams you can pick for the GUY vs SKN match are given below.
GUY vs SKN Dream11 Team 1
D. Thomas, Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, B. King, F. Allen, Mohammad Hafeez, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, D. Drakes, Naveen-ul-Haq
Captain: Shimron Hetmyer
Vice Captain: Naveen-ul-Haq
GUY vs SKN Dream11 Team 2
Nicholas Pooran, Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherford, Odean Smith, Mohammad Hafeez, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, Sheldon Cottrell, Naveen-ul-Haq
Captain: Evin Lewis
Vice Captain: Odean Smith
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Match Details
GUY vs SKN, 5th Match
Date: Aug 28, Saturday
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Live Telecast: Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD
Online Streaming: Fan code, Disney+Hotstar