Theekshana to Gurbaz, SIX, crunched! A juicy full-toss around off, Gurbaz sinks down on one knee and slog sweeps it over deep backward square leg for a maximum.

Theekshana to Gurbaz, no run, a low ful-toss drifting in

Theekshana to Gurbaz, no run

Theekshana to Azam Khan, 1 run, tossed up full ball on middle

Theekshana to Gurbaz, 1 run, full ball drifting in, Gurbaz nudges it to mid-wicket to get off the mark

Gurbaz and Azam Khan are at the crease. Gurbaz is on strike. Theekshana will open the attack

The players and the umpires make their way to the middle. The atmosphere is electrifying out there.

We have made one change to our Expert XI and we have made a captaincy change as well. Have a look at our Fantasy Handbook before locking in your teams

Pitch Report: Straight it's 75m and we are in the middle of the ground, 67m on either side. There's a bit of grass here. On the good length area, there's a bit of grass that is rolled in. So, it's going to be a bit better than the last four games

Imran Tahir:

Rovman Powell: We gonna bowl first, it looks a decent surface, it definitely looks a better surface than the day games we played on.

Teams:

Guyana Amazon Warriors (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azam Khan(w), Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Moeen Ali, Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Dwaine Pretorius, Gudakesh Motie, Junior Sinclair, Imran Tahir(c)

Barbados Royals (Playing XI): Kadeem Alleyne, Quinton de Kock(w), Alick Athanaze, Rovman Powell(c), David Miller, Rivaldo Clarke, Jason Holder, Keshav Maharaj, Maheesh Theekshana, Obed McCoy, Naveen-ul-Haq

Barbados Royals have won the toss and have opted to field

18:05 Local Time, 22:05 GMT, 03:35 IST: CPL 2024 is approaching its business end and things are heating up. The top four spots have already been locked but the race to finish in the top two is still on. The second placed Warriors take on the third placed Royals in today’s encounter in Guyana. Both the teams have equal number of points and have qualified for the playoffs but the Warriors have a superior net run-rate. The hosts have a slight advantage as they still have three games to play while the Royals only have two remaining. To add to that, the Warriors have won both their home games so far while the Royals have lost both of their games in Guyana. The Warriors are on a 2-match winning streak while the Royals have lost two games in a row. However, the Royals emerged victorious in the reverse fixture as de Kock’s scintillating ton stole the limelight. The visitors will take confidence from that fact. Can the Royals complete the double over the Warriors? Or will the Warriors continue their winning momentum? Stick around for the toss and team lineups...

Squads:

Barbados Royals Squad: Kadeem Alleyne, Quinton de Kock(w), Rahkeem Cornwall, Rovman Powell(c), Alick Athanaze, David Miller, Jason Holder, Nyeem Young, Maheesh Theekshana, Keshav Maharaj, Obed McCoy, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ramon Simmonds, Rivaldo Clarke, Isai Thorne, Kevin Wickham, Nathan Sealy

Guyana Amazon Warriors Squad: Raymon Reifer, Azam Khan(w), Gudakesh Motie, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Moeen Ali, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Dwaine Pretorius, Shamar Joseph, Imran Tahir(c), Tim Robinson, Kevlon Anderson, Nathan Sowter, Ronaldo Alimohamed, Matthew Nandu, Kevin Sinclair, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Junior Sinclair