Guyana Amazon Warriors in CPL 2020

Cricket is s really funny game and the shortest format is the cruelest of them all. T20 Cricket can be really uncertain because of its nature. At one moment you are cruising at run-rate of 11 and in a blink of an eye, the whole team can just fall like a pack of cards. If there is one team in the Caribbean Premier League that has been the most unlucky of them all, it has to be Guyana Amazon Warriors.

GAW is one the teams that has not changed its name since the inaugural season of the tournament took place in 2013. From the inaugural season, Warriors has been one of the most consistent teams, conquering almost every team that came their way. The team plays games at Providence Stadium and it is located in Guyana.

Even after playing 5 out of the 7 finals that have happened in the tournament’s history, Warriors has been really unfortunate to not win any of those finals.

In 2013, the team won six out of the nine matches it played in the first-ever edition of the league and made their way through to the finals. However, they lost finals at the hands of Jamaica Tallawahs and became the runners-up. Next year, they kept the ball rolling and once again emerged victorious in six out of 10 games while one game ended in no result.

But, they once again could not take the pressure of the finals and lost the finals to Barbados Tridents. The most runs in the 2014 edition were scored Lendl Simmons (446 runs) and Ravi Rampaul picked up the most numbers of wickets (18 wickets) in that particular season.

In 2015, the management made some changes and gave Denesh Ramdin an opportunity to lead the side. They performed extremely well and reached the semi-final stage, but could get through to the finals. Since 2015, they have played three finals but sadly they could not cross the line to life their maiden title.

Some scintillating performances by Lendl Simmons and Martin Guptill with the bat have been one of the reasons for their success in the tournament.