The squads for the Hero Caribbean Premier League have been confirmed with all players and coaching staff now in Trinidad & Tobago. The whole CPL cohort will be in strict quarantine for the first 14 days they are in the country.
There were three players and one coach who have not been able to travel as a result of the stringent protocols to ensure the safety of the CPL cohort and the population of Trinidad & Tobago. Every person was tested 72 hours before they traveled in order to ensure that all members of the party were travelling virus free.
One player based in Jamaica tested positive for COVID-19 and he had been training with two others so all three were withdrawn. One coach based in Australia also tested positive before he departed so he was not able to travel either.
Michael Hall, CPL Tournament Operations Director, said: “These withdrawals are a sign of the testing protocols that CPL put in place working as they should, and while it is disappointing for the players and coaches involved it is vital that CPL does nothing to compromise the safety of all those involved in the tournament and the public of Trinidad.
“There have been other changes to the squads and support staff as a result of other logistical challenges with the difficulty of travelling at the current time.”
The final squads are as follows:
| TALLAWAHS | ZOUKS | KNIGHT RIDERS |
| ANDRE RUSSELL | ROSTON CHASE | DWAYNE BRAVO |
| SANDEEP LAMICHHANE | MOHAMMAD NABI | KIERON POLLARD |
| CARLOS BRATHWAITE | DAREN SAMMY | SUNIL NARINE |
| ROVMAN POWELL | NAJIBULLAH ZADRAN | COLIN MUNRO |
| MUJEEB UR RAHMAN | ANDRE FLETCHER | FAWAD AHMED |
| GLENN PHILLIPS | KESRICK WILLIAMS | DARREN BRAVO |
| CHADWICK WALTON | SCOTT KUGGELEIJN | LENDL SIMMONS |
| OSHANE THOMAS | CHEMAR HOLDER | KHARY PIERRE |
| ASIF ALI | OBED McCOY | TIM SEIFERT |
| FIDEL EDWARDS | RAHKEEM CORNWALL | SIKANDAR RAZA |
| PRESTON MCSWEEN | MARK DEYAL | ANDERSON PHILLIP |
| JERMAINE BLACKWOOD | ZAHIR KHAN | PRAVIN TAMBE |
| NICHOLAS KIRTON | KIMANI MELIUS | JAYDEN SEALES |
| RAMAAL LEWIS | LENIKO BOUCHER | AMIR JANGOO |
| NKRUMAH BONNAR | KAVEM HODGE | TION WEBSTER |
| VEERASAMMY PERMAUL | JAVELLE GLEN | AKEAL HOSEIN |
| RYAN PERSAUD | SAAD BIN ZAFAR | MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN |
| PATRIOTS | TRIDENTS | WARRIORS |
| CHRIS LYNN | RASHID KHAN | IMRAN TAHIR |
| BEN DUNK | JASON HOLDER | NICHOLAS POORAN |
| EVIN LEWIS | COREY ANDERSON | BRANDON KING |
| NICK KELLY | SHAMARH BROOKS | ROSS TAYLOR |
| SOHAIL TANVIR | MITCHELL SANTNER | SHIMRON HETMYER |
| ISH SODHI | JOHNSON CHARLES | CHRIS GREEN |
| SHELDON COTTERELL | SHAI HOPE | KEEMO PAUL |
| DENESH RAMDIN | HAYDEN WALSH, JNR, | SHERFANE RUTHERFORD |
| RAYAD EMRIT | ASHLEY NURSE | ROMARIO SHEPHERD |
| IMRAN KHAN | JONATHAN CARTER | NAVEEN UL HAQ |
| ALZARRI JOSEPH | RAYMON REIFER | CHANDRAPUL HEMRAJ |
| JOSHUA DE SILVA | KYLE MAYERS | KEVIN SINCLAIR |
| DOMINIC DRAKES | JOSHUA BISHOP | ASHMEADE NEDD |
| COLIN ARCHIBALD | NYEEM YOUNG | ODEAN SMITH |
| JON RUSS JAGGESAR | JUSTIN GREAVES | ANTHONY BRAMBLE |
| JAHMAR HAMILTON | KEON HARDING | JASDEEP SINGH |
| SHAYAN JAHANGIR | KISSOONDATH MAGRAM |
The tournament gets underway on 18 August and will see 33 games played at two venues in Trinidad. The first match will see last year’s runners-up, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, take on the Trinbago Knight Riders. The final will take place on 10 September.
