Squads for 2021 Hero CPL announced
GROS ISLET, St Lucia — The complete squads for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) have been confirmed following the player draft.
This year’s tournament is scheduled to get underway on August 28 and run until September 19.
According to the CPL, the star-studded line-ups feature the best cricketing talent from across the Caribbean as well as some of the biggest names in international cricket.
It noted, however, that there have been a number of changes to the squads this year as Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo are teaming up at the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots with Sherfane Rutherford joining them. Meanwhile, Keemo Paul has moved to the St Lucia Zouks and Oshane Thomas will now be representing the Barbados Tridents.
The CPL said the overseas signings include Shakib al Hasan, Chris Morris, Faf du Plessis, Matthew Wade, Sandeep Lamichhane and Shoaib Malik. It added that there are spots for exciting Pakistani players Haider Ali, Azam Khan and Usman Qadir and Englishman Samit Patel who will be playing his first Hero CPL.
All 33 matches will be played at Warner Park in St Kitts.
The list of the complete squads follows:
Jamaica Tallawahs
St Lucia Zouks
Trinbago Knight Riders
Andre Russell
Andre Russell
Faf Du Plessis
Faf Du Plessis
Kieron Pollard
Kieron Pollard
Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan
Keemo Paul
Keemo Paul
Ravi Rampaul
Ravi Rampaul
Carlos Brathwaite
Carlos Brathwaite
Wahab Riaz
Wahab Riaz
Sunil Narine
Sunil Narine
Rovman Powell
Rovman Powell
Matthew Wade
Matthew Wade
Colin Munro
Colin Munro
Haider Ali
Haider Ali
Andre Fletcher
Andre Fletcher
Sandeep Lamichhane
Sandeep Lamichhane
Chadwick Walton
Chadwick Walton
Kesrick Williams
Kesrick Williams
Darren Bravo
Darren Bravo
Fidel Edwards
Fidel Edwards
Usman Qadir
Usman Qadir
Lendl Simmons
Lendl Simmons
Qais Ahmad
Qais Ahmad
Samit Patel
Samit Patel
Khary Pierre
Khary Pierre
Jason Mohammad
Jason Mohammad
Obed Mccoy
Obed Mccoy
Isuru Udana
Isuru Udana
Migael Pretorius
Migael Pretorius
Rahkeem Cornwall
Rahkeem Cornwall
Sikandar Raza
Sikandar Raza
Kennar Lewis
Kennar Lewis
Mark Deyal
Mark Deyal
Anderson Phillip
Anderson Phillip
Ibrahim Zadran
Ibrahim Zadran
Roston Chase
Roston Chase
Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin
Veerasammy Permaul
Veerasammy Permaul
Javelle Glen
Javelle Glen
Tion Webster
Tion Webster
Abhijai Mansingh
Abhijai Mansingh
Keron Cottoy
Keron Cottoy
Akeal Hosein
Akeal Hosein
Joshua James
Joshua James
Jeavor Royal
Jeavor Royal
Jayden Seales
Jayden Seales
Kirk Mckenzie
Kirk Mckenzie
Kadeem Alleyne
Kadeem Alleyne
Leonardo Julian
Leonardo Julian
Ryan Persaud
Ryan Persaud
Alzarri Joseph
Alzarri Joseph
Ali Khan
Ali Khan
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Barbados Tridents
Guyana Amazon Warriors
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo
Chris Morris
Chris Morris
Nicholas Pooran
Nicholas Pooran
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Jason Holder
Jason Holder
Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik
Evin Lewis
Evin Lewis
Thisara Perera
Thisara Perera
Imran Tahir
Imran Tahir
Fabian Allen
Fabian Allen
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Amir
Shimron Hetmyer
Shimron Hetmyer
Rassie Van Der Dussen
Rassie Van Der Dussen
Johnson Charles
Johnson Charles
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez
Anrich Nortje
Anrich Nortje
Shai Hope
Shai Hope
Brandon King
Brandon King
Sherfane Rutherford
Sherfane Rutherford
Oshane Thomas
Oshane Thomas
Naveen Ul Haq
Naveen Ul Haq
Sheldon Cottrell
Sheldon Cottrell
Kyle Mayers
Kyle Mayers
Romario Shepherd
Romario Shepherd
Wanindu Hasaranga
Wanindu Hasaranga
Hayden Walsh Jr
Hayden Walsh Jr
Waqar Salamkheil
Waqar Salamkheil
Devon Thomas
Devon Thomas
Azam Khan
Azam Khan
Chandrapaul Hemraj
Chandrapaul Hemraj
Rayad Emrit
Rayad Emrit
Raymon Reifer
Raymon Reifer
Odean Smith
Odean Smith
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Justin Greaves
Justin Greaves
Niall Smith
Niall Smith
Colin Archibald
Colin Archibald
Ashley Nurse
Ashley Nurse
Gudakesh Motie
Gudakesh Motie
Jon-Russ Jaggesar
Jon-Russ Jaggesar
Shafiqullah Ghafari
Shafiqullah Ghafari
Anthony Bramble
Anthony Bramble
Dominic Drakes
Dominic Drakes
Nyeem Young
Nyeem Young
Kevin Sinclair
Kevin Sinclair
Joshua Da Silva
Joshua Da Silva
Joshua Bishop
Joshua Bishop
Ashmead Nedd
Ashmead Nedd
Mikyle Louis
Mikyle Louis
Smit Patel
Smit Patel