Ravi Rampaul is finally back home as he has been picked by the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) for the 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which gets underway on August 28 in St Kitts and Nevis.
According to online cricket newspapers CricScope the Preysal resident has finally found favour with the TKR set up and will be leading the attack for Kieron Pollard’s men.
TKR, the most successful franchise in the history of the CPL, was able to pick up the right-arm fast bowler who had previous stints with the Jamaica Tallawahs and the Barbados Tridents. Shah Rukh Khan’s team was also able to pick up the Sri Lankan fast-bowling all-rounder Isuru Udana. Also coming into the fold is Nepal’s leg-spinner Sandeep Lamachanie.
The St Lucia Zouks has pulled in South African T20 specialist Faf du Plessis as well as the Australian wicketkeeper/batsman Matthew Wade. England’s Samit Patel is also in their line-up as well as Keemo Paul who is their marquee player.
Chris Gayle, who missed the tournament last year is back and is the marquee player for the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, who earlier in the month traded in Dwayne Bravo for Denesh Ramdin to the TKR.
There was talk that Andre Russell because of his links with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) was moving to the TKR which is owned by the same franchise but that did not happen. He has been retained by the Jamaica Tallawahs. The Tallawahs also made a fine acquisition by bringing in the Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. T&T’s Jason Mohammed also gets a pick for the Tallawahs.
The Guyana Amazon Warriors have stayed true to experience and they are again having the Pakistani duo of Shoaib Malik and Mahammad Hafeez. (T&T Guardian)
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