Social Media Meltdown After Knight Riders Bounced from CPL

West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell is among hundreds who took to social media to express their displeasure with the Trinbago Knight Rider’s defeat in the Caribbean Premier League, CPL, eliminator against the Barbados Royals at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Tuesday.

In a match that saw a two-hour delay due to the outage of three of six floodlights at the venue, the Royals romped to a nine-wicket win after chasing a revised 60-run target in five overs.

The record four-time champions had progressed to 168 for three after 19.1 overs when a portion of the Providence venue was sent into darkness after Russell swung a six into the on-side.

Due to the lack of light, the players were forced off the field around 9 pm. And after the 11:04 pm restart, Royals left-hander David Miller sealed the game with a rapid half-century.

Russell on his Instagram post claimed TKR may were been “robbed.”

“I’m not the person to come on the internet and voice my opinion, but this year CPL I feel robbed,” he said, before unleashing a series expletives as he questioned the timing of the restoration of the lights and the revised 60-run target.

Nicholas Pooran, who struck 91 off 60 balls in the game, also weighed in on social media.

Former national security minister of Trinidad and Tobago Gary Griffiths described the incident as unfortunate as requested that the CPL consider a playoff to get TKR back in the tournament.