Intensity high for Republic T20 Bash

(l-r) AYE, AYE SKIPPERS! Speedboat skipper, Ravi Bharat, Regal’s Parmanand Persaud, Mashramani Coordinator Andrew Tyndall, Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board, Anand Sanasie, Sherfane Rutherford and Shimron Hetmyer.

Today’s Golden Republic T20 Bash will be intense captains Sherfane Rutherford and Shimron Hetmyer proclaimed ahead of their high profile match billed for 18.00 hours at the National Stadium, Providence.

Speaking at the pre-match conference yesterday at the Guyana Cricket Board office the two skippers admitted that there were  talks between the two sides as to who will prevail.

Rutherford, who will lead the Renegades stated, “There has been a lot of talk especially at training because we train together and there is a lot of talk that the Hetmyer XI will walk over us and you know this is not a fete match or fun-day game, the intensity is high and the guys in my team are willing to prove a point to the Hetmyer XI even to their manager, Vishaul Singh [who] has been talking a lot so it is a lot to prove and I think it will be a good game.”