4-time champions, Trinbago Knight Riders, confirmed they’ve retained 12 gamers from their squad final yr together with West Indies retirees, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, and Dwayne Bravo.
Antigua & Barbuda Falcons have confirmed the identical quantity for this yr’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Twenty20 event.
In all, the Knight Riders have confirmed 15 gamers and can fill their two rising participant spots within the participant draft in July.
Core Caribbean gamers that took TKR to the ultimate towards the champions Guyana Amazon Warriors final yr led by the West Indies T20 World Cup trio of left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran, all-rounder Andre Russell, and left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein.
The Knight Riders have three newcomers to their franchise, batsman Tim David, a member of the Australia staff, left-arm pacer Josh Little, a member of the Eire staff, each representing their groups on the T20 World Cup, and English opener Jason Roy.
In all, the Falcons have confirmed 12 gamers for the approaching season and could have 5 spots to fill through the participant draft.
The Falcons staff consists of 9 gamers from the decommissioned Jamaica Tallawahs, together with Imad Wasim and Mohammad Amir, two members of the Pakistan squad taking part in within the present ICC Males’s T20 World Cup.
Additionally, West Indies T20 World Cup batsman Brandon King, and reserves Fabian Allen and Hayden Walsh Jr. are among the many Caribbean gamers retained from the Tallawahs, together with Australian Chris Inexperienced.
Others in Falcons line-up embody Pakistan’s left-hander Fakhar Zaman, Afghan’s all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai, and Leeward Islands Hurricanes’ Jewel Andrew.
The CPL T20 event runs from Aug. 29 to Oct.6.
