CPL 2021 Draft updates & full squads of all Teams

Trinbago Knight Riders

It was St Lucia Zouks’ maiden stint in a Caribbean Premier League final, and Trinbago Knight Riders came back from behind and dashed their hopes at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad.

Back on September 2020, TKR won by eight wickets. Phew! More than eight and half months and it seems like yesterday when Darren Bravo inside-edged one off speedster Kesrick Williams and led the Knight Riders to glory. It remains a mystery as to how Kieron Pollard’s men won the trophy without losing a single match in the tournament.

The focus now shifts to the 2021 CPL and teams have already started their preparations after announcing their retentions, releases, trades and some fresh buys. The tournament starts on August 28 with all the 33 matches to take place in St Kitts and Nevis, the home of the Patriots, who finished at the bottom of the points table last season with one win from 10 matches.

With three months before action kicks off at the Warner Park, it’s time for the players’ draft on Friday, May 28, where the squads will be revealed. Fasten your seat belts as it’s gonna be a exciting journey as we take you through the squads of the six participating teams in the championship.

Here’s the list of retentions, trades, releases and direct picks for CPL 2021:

Trinbago Knight Riders

Retained– Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Khary Pierre, Sikandar Raza, Anderson Phillip, Tion Webster, Akeal Hosein, Jayden Seales, Ali Khan

Trade– Denesh Ramdin (from St Kitts and Nevis Patriots)

Players released – Pravin Tambe, Tim Seifert, Fawad Ahmed, Amir Jangoo, Dwayne Bravo

Direct Picks– Sandeep Lamichhane

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

Retained– Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Rayad Emrit, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Joshua Da Silva, Dominic Drakes

Trades– Sherfane Rutherford (from Guyana Amazon Warriors), Dwayne Bravo (from Trinbago Knight Riders)

Players released – Chris Lynn, Kieran Powell, Nick Kelly, Denesh Ramdin, Ben Dunk, Jahmar Hamilton, Sohail Tanvir, Ish Sodhi, Alzarri Joseph, Colin Archibald, Imran Khan

Direct Picks– Chris Gayle

Barbados Tridents

Retained– Jason Holder, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh Jr, Raymon Reifer, Justin Greaves, Nyeem Young, Joshua Bishop

Players released – Rashid Khan, Mitchell Santner, Corey Anderson, Shamarh Brooks, Ashley Nurse, Jonathan Carter, Keon Harding and Shayan Jahangir

Direct Picks– Mohammad Amir

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Retained– Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Imran Tahir, Brandon King, Naveen-ul-Haq, Romario Shepherd, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Odean Smith, Anthony Bramble, Kevin Sinclair, Ashmead Nedd

Players released –  Chris Green, Ross Taylor, Keemo Paul, Kissoondath Magram, Sherfane Rutherford and Jasdeep Singh.

Direct Picks– Shoaib Malik

Jamaica Tallawahs

Retained– Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Rovman Powell, Fidel Edwards, Veerasammy Permaul, Ryan Persaud

Players released – Asif Ali, Nicholas Kirton, Jermaine Blackwood, Nkumrah Bonner, Ramaal Lewis, Glenn Phillips, Oshane Thomas, Sandeep Lamichhane, Preston McSween, Mujeeb ur Rahman

Direct Picks– Shakib Al Hasan

St Lucia Zouks

Retained– Andre Fletcher, Kesrick Williams, Rahkeem Cornwall, Roston Chase, Obed McCoy, Mark Deyal, Javelle Glenn

Players released – Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Scott Kuggeleijn, Leniko Boucher, Kavem Hodge, Kimani Melius, Daren Sammy, Chemar Holder, Saad Bin Zafar, Zahir Khan

Direct Picks– Faf du Plessis