T20 Caribbean Premier League 2024 ready to launch in Antigua

With the end of the Women’s CPL, cricket fans are ready to welcome the Men’s T20 Caribbean Premier League 2024 for its twelfth season. The new edition will be inaugurated at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday, 29 August.

The details of the Caribbean Premier League 2024 are disclosed by the officials, in which a total of six franchise-based teams are going to participate. The teams for the upcoming season are Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Saint Lucia Kings, and Trinbago Knight Riders.

The six participating teams are going to present challenges for 30 matches in the league stage. The T20 format tournament will also consist of 3 play-off matches and a final to decide the champions of 2024. The league will be played at seven venues across the Caribbean.

The venues added to the Caribbean Premier League 2024 are as follows:

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium – Home ground for Antigua and Barbuda Falcons

Kensington Oval Stadium – Home ground for Barbados Royals

Providence Stadium – Home ground for Guyana Amazon Warriors

Warner Park Sporting Complex – Home ground for Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots

Daren Sammy Cricket Ground – Home ground for Saint Lucia Kings

Brian Lara Cricket Academy and Queen’s Park Oval – Home ground for Trinbago Knight Riders

The opening match will be played between the teams of Antigua and Barbuda Falcons and Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots to inaugurate the 2024 season. The Caribbean Premier League will be continued for 39 days from the day of opening.

There will be five doubleheader days when two matches will be hosted. The season will be concluded with the final match on Sunday, 06 October. Before the start of the face-offs, the owners of the six franchise-based teams picked the names in the squads.

The known names in the cricket world are going to participate in the T20 Caribbean Premier League 2024.

The squads for the participating teams are as follows:

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons: Brandon King, Fakhar Zaman, Teddy Bishop, Imad Wasim, Fabian Allen, Chris Green, Justin Greaves, Roshon Primus, Shamar Springer, Jewel Andrew, Jahmar Hamilton, Sam Billings, Mohammad Amir, Hayden Walsh, Kofi James, Kelvin Pitman, Joshua James

Barbados Royals: David Miller, Alick Athanaze, Kevin Wickham, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Rahkeem Cornwall, Quinton de Kock, Rivaldo Clarke, Maheesh Theekshana, Naveen-ul-Haq, Obed McCoy, Keshav Maharaj, Isai Thorne, Kadeem Alleyne, Nyeem Young, Nathan Sealy, Ramon Simmonds

Guyana Amazon Warriors: Shimron Hetmyer, Saim Ayub, Kevlon Anderson, Matthew Nandu, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Dwaine Pretorius, Ronaldo Alimohamed, Raymon Reifer, Shai Hope, Azam Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Imran Tahir, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph, Kevin Sinclair, Junior Sinclair

Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Rilee Rossouw, Evin Lewis, Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Fletcher, Tristan Stubbs, Mikyle Louis, Kyle Mayers, Sikandar Raza, Odean Smith, Dominic Drakes, Johann Layne, Ryan John, Joshua da Silva, Anrich Nortje, Veerasammy Permaul, Ashmead Nedd, Tabraiz Shamsi

Saint Lucia Kings: Faf du Plessis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Aaron Jones, Akeem Auguste, Roston Chase, David Wiese, Khari Campbell, Shadrack Descarte, Khary Pierre, Mikkel Govia,  Johann Jeremiah, Heinrich Klaasen, Johnson Charles, Alzarri Joseph, Noor Ahmad, Matthew Forde, McKenny Clarke

Trinbago Knight Riders: Tim David, Jason Roy, Mark Deyal, Keacy Carty, Shaquerre Parris, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo, Nicholas Pooran, Akeal Hosein, Josh Little, Waqar Salamkheil, Jayden Seales, Ali Khan, Terrence Hinds, Nathan Edward

In the previous 11 seasons of the T20 Caribbean Premier League, the team of Trinbago Knight Riders is the most successful franchise of the tournament with 4 titles. The 2023 edition was won by the Guyana Amazon Warriors, who will start 2024 as defending champions.