Out­raged Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers fans are now claim­ing that the CPL Elim­i­na­tor match against the Bar­ba­dos Roy­als was sab­o­taged.

TKR were bat­ting, with wick­et-keep­er bats­man Nicholas Pooran nine runs away from a cen­tu­ry, when faulty flood­lights at the Prov­i­dence Sta­di­um in Guyana de­layed the match - a break which last­ed for over two hours.

By the time the prob­lem was sort­ed and play re­sumed, TKR’s op­po­nents were giv­en five overs to score 60 runs us­ing the Duck­worth–Lewis–Stern method (DLS).

The Roy­als achieved the tar­get score for the loss of one wick­et as David Miller blazed a half-cen­tu­ry, vex­ing thou­sands of TKR fans across the Caribbean re­gion.

Se­nior TKR all-rounder An­dre Rus­sell took to so­cial me­dia yes­ter­day, ex­press­ing his dis­plea­sure with the re­sult of the match.

In a post laden with ex­ple­tives, he said, “Am not the per­son to come on the in­ter­net and voice my opin­ion but this year CPL I feel robbed.”

But Rus­sell was not the on­ly per­son who voiced con­cern about the sit­u­a­tion on so­cial me­dia.

One so­cial me­dia user stat­ed, “I am not sure how the Roy­als could feel proud of that “win”. There needs to be an in­ves­ti­ga­tion.”

An­oth­er so­cial me­dia user said, “Foul play, but Tri­ni doh for­got, es­pe­cial­ly when it comes to crick­et. Is licks for them next year and no black­out go­ing to save them. Stay strong TKR for you are the true win­ners of this year’s tour­na­ment.”

Fans are al­so ques­tion­ing the tim­ing of the re­turn of the lights for the match, as some ar­gued that it seemed pre­med­i­tat­ed, en­sur­ing the Roy­als a chance to fight for a win.

So­cial me­dia user Joe Pa­tel, said, “The lights sud­den­ly came on right at the time when the cut-off was about to hit for MY team (TKR) to move in­to the next match?”