CPL 2021: Retention and trades of all the six participating teams

The preparations surrounding the 2021 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) have already gotten underway. The tournament is set to get underway on August 28 with the final to be played on September 19. All the matches will take place at Warner Park in St Kitts. The six participating teams have already named their retentions and trades ahead of the draft on May 26.

Last April, Andre Russell called the Jamaica Tallawahs the “weirdest” franchise, but he has been retained by the same team. Veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, who led the Trinbago Knight Riders to glory in the 2017 and 2018 CPL, will now be turning out for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. The Patriots, on the other hand, have traded out Denesh Ramdin to the Knights.

Chris Gayle has opted out of yet another edition of the CPL. Daren Sammy, who played for the St Lucia Zouks, won’t be a player anymore. The 2016 T20 World Cup-winning skipper would now be T20 Cricket Consultant and Brand Ambassador with the Zouks.

The Knight Riders after a loss-less campaign last time have retained as many as 12 players. Kieron Pollard has been retained as their skipper as well. The Warriors have retained 11 cricketers, on the contrary. The Tallawahs have retained the least number of players.

Here’s the list of retentions and trades 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)

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)

Barbados Tridents

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

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

Jamaica Tallawahs

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

St Lucia Zouks

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