Bridgetown, Barbados
Fans in T&T are in for a treat as big name players like Hashim Amla and Brendan McCullum will be representing the Trinbago Knight Riders at the Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament.
The Trinbago Knight Riders were represented at the draft at the Concorde in Barbados by coach Simon Helmot and CEO Venky Mysore. The Dwayne Bravo-led team includes five foreigners with McCullum being the marquee player and bagging US$130,000 in the draft. Amla, the South African run machine, was picked up at US$90,000.
The other foreigners picked were Umar Akmal from Pakistan for US$70,000, Colin Munroe the New Zealander at US$30,000 and his countryman Anton Devcich at US$15,000. The Knight Riders retained skipper Bravo at US$160,000 and under an arrangement with the Guyana Amazon Warriors, they got spinner Sunil Narine for US$110,000.
The team includes just four players from T&T. They are Bravo, Narine, Kevon Cooper who was picked up at US$60,000 and opener William Perkins at US$5,000. The defending champions lost leg-spinner Samuel Badree who went to the St Kitts Patriots for US$110,000.
Other T&T players successful at the draft were Lendl Simmons, who was chosen by St Kitts Patriots for US$160,000. Keiron Pollard was retained by the Barbados Tridents for US$160,000, while Nicolas Pooran (US$90,000), Ravi Rampaul (US$70,000), Akeal Hosein T(US$7,500), Navin Stewart (US$5,000) and Imran Khan (US$7,500) will also line up with Tridents.
Rayad Emrit went to Amazon Warriors for US$70,000, as did Steven Katwaroo (US$40,000) and Jason Mohammed (US$40,000), while Derone Davis will join St Lucia Zouks for US$15,000. The surprise pick was off-spinner Jon Russ Jaggessar who was snapped up by the Jamaican Tallawahs for US$15,000.
Barbados Tridents were able to capture the “big fish” AB de Villiers, who is their marquee player. The brilliant right handed batsman was one of nine South Africans who were drafted. CPL 2016 gets underway towards the end of June until early August.
CPL teams
Trinbago Knight Riders
Dwayne Bravo - $160,000
Brendan McCullum - $130,000
Sunil Narine - $110,000
Hashim Amla - $90,000
Umar Akmal - $70,000
Kevon Cooper - $60,000
Sulieman Benn - $40,000
Colin Munroe - $30,000
Anton Devcich - $15,000
Ronsford Beaton - $10,000
Nikita Miller - $7,500
Javon Searles - $7,500
William Perkins - $5,000
Ramnaresh Sarwan - $4,000
Amzad Tarik - $2,500
Zouks
David Miller - $160,000
Shane Watson - $130,000
Darren Sammy - $110,000
Michael Hussey - $90,000
Johnson Charles - $70,000
Andre Fletcher - $60,000
Morne Morkel - $40,000
Fidel Edwards - $30,000
Derone Davis - $15,000
Eddy Lee - $10,000
Keron Cottoy - $7,500
Shane Shillingford - $7,500
DeLorn Johnson - $5,000
Kyle Mayers - $5,000
Keddy Lesporis - $4,000
Nitish Kumar - $2,500
Patriots
Lendl Simmons - $160,000
Faf du Plessis - $130,000
Samuel Badree - $110,000
Brad Hodge - $90,000
Tissara Perriera - $70,000
Jonathan Carter - $60,000
Krishmar Santokie - $40,000
Evin Lewis - $30,000
Tabrais Shamzi - $15,000
Keiran Powell - $10,000
Jon Jon Smuts - $7,500
Devon Thomas - $7,500
Shamarh Brooks - $5,000
Tino Best - $5,000
Jeremiah Louis - $4,000
Nikhail Dutta - $2,500
Warriors
Sohail Tanvir - $160,000
Martin Guptil - $130,000
Dwayne Smith - $110,000
Chris Lynn - $90,000
Rayad Emrit - $70,000
Adam Zampa - $60,000
Jason Mohammed - $40,000
Chris Barnwell - $30,000
Veerasammy Permaul - $15,000
Olando Peters - $10,000
Assad Fudadin - $7,500
Anthony Bramble - $7,500
Paul Wintz - $5,000
Stephen Jacobs - $5,000
Steven Katwaroo - $4,000
Mohammad Ashan Ali-Khan - $2,500
Tridents
Keiron Pollard - $160,000
AB de Villiers - $130,000
Shoaib Malik - $110,000
Nicolas Pooran - $90,000
Ravi Rampaul - $70,000
David Wieser - $60,000
Robin Peterson - $40,000
Raymond Reifer - $30,000
Ashley Nurse - $15,000
Wayne Parnell - $10,000
Akeal Hosein - $7,500
Imran Khan - $7,500
Kyle Hope - $5,000
Navin Stewart - $5,000
Kyle Corbin - $4,000
Stephen Taylor - $2,500
Tallawahs
Chris Gayle - $160,000
Kumar Sangakkara - $130,000
Shakib Al Hasan - $110,000
Andre Russell - $90,000
Imam Wasim - $70,000
Lasith Malinga - $60,000
Rovman Powell - $40,000
Chadwick Walton - $30,000
Jon Russ Jaggessar - $15,000
Andre McCarthy - $10,000
Jonathan Foo - $7,500
Alex Ross - $7,500
Keswick Williams - $5,000
Nkrumah Bonner - $5,000
Garey Mathurin - $4,000
Timroy Allen - $2,500