Dashing West Indian Chris Gayle, ace Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan and senior South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis will characteristic within the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to be performed in St Kitts & Nevis from August 28 to September 19.
Gayle shall be again with the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, a staff he had represented in 2017 and 2018, a launch stated.
The self-styled ‘Universe Boss’ guided the Patriots to their solely Hero CPL remaining in his first 12 months with the franchise. As the main run scorer in T20 historical past, he brings with him an enormous quantity of expertise to the Patriots squad.
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Shakib, the world’s main spin all-rounder has re-joined the Jamaica Tallawahs for the 2021 season after having performed for the franchise in 2016 and 2017 earlier than transferring to Barbados Tridents in 2019 and successful the title with them.
Du Plessis shall be taking part in for the St Lucia Zouks this season. The former South Africa captain has been in great kind in current months for Chennai Super Kings on the Indian Premier League the place he made 4 consecutive half centuries, together with 95 not out in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders. This is his second stint on the Hero CPL, having performed for the Patriots in 2016.
All the 33 matches of the T20 match shall be performed at Warner Park, St Kitts in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The match was staged totally in Trinidad and Tobago in 2020, with matches performed on the Queen’s Park Oval and the Brian Lara Stadium.
The St Kitts and Nevis authorities had stated followers shall be allowed on the venue however solely 50 per cent of tickets shall be bought and all patrons should be vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
Trinbago Knight Riders gained the final version in 2020 by defeating St Lucia Zouks by eight wickets within the remaining.
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