Cricket has taken over the world by a storm. After watching the fame and success that Indian Premier League popularly known as the IPL received, many other countries are hosting their own version of domestic T20 tournaments. After the completion of Global T20 Canada 2018, now its time for the Caribbean Premier League 2018.

Caribbean Premier League 2018 will begin on 8th August and will go on till 16th September. Caribbean Premier League 2018 schedule has been released and the Best Sports Website in India is here to talk about that.

This year’s edition of the Caribbean Premier League is going to be even more epic with some big names added up in this year’s Caribbean Premier League draft.

Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo, Martin Guptill and Sohail Tanvir were all rewarded with the top salary slots and will be getting $160,000 fees.

Andre Russell who was facing the ban in 2017 due to dope violation couldn’t play last year, he will be making a comeback and will be looking forward to it.

St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots ensured the best of batting with the signing of Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis the dangerous opening pair in the second round of the auctions.

Kieron Pollard, Chris Lynn, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik and Shakib Al Hasan were also picked up in the second round.

Kieron Pollard who played for the Barbados Tridents for 4 years was picked up by St. Lucia Stars.

St. Lucia Stars didn’t stop there and went on to pick D’Arcy Short who was in the tremendous form in the Big Bash this year and smashed 572 runs in the tournament.

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Sandeep Lamichhane – the Nepalese player who became the first Nepali Player to feature in the IPL this year was a smartly picked by the Patriots.

England’s Adil Rashid, Alex Hales and Tymal Mills were also put on auction but remain unsold at there is no certainty of their availability because of the Global T20 Blast.

The Caribbean Premier League 2018 tournament starts on 8th August and we the Best Sports Website in India will bring you all the updates whether major or minor straight from the Caribbean islands.

Caribbean Premier League 2018 Squads

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Barbados Tridents

Martin Guptill, Shakib Al Hasan, Hashim Amla, Dwayne Smith, Jason Holder(c), Nicholas Pooran, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Raymon Reifer, Ashley Nurse, Roston Chase, Shai Hope, Tion Webster, Imran Khan, Shamar Springer, Sunny Sohal, Chemar Holder, Dominic Drakes

St. Lucia Stars

Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard, D’Arcy Short, Darren Sammy, Rumman Raees, Andre Fletcher, Mitch McClenaghan, Kesrick Williams, Niroshan Dickwella, Rakheem Cornwall, Qais Ahmad, Kavem Hodge, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Dasun Shanaka, Chris Lamont, Obed McCoy, Jaskaran Malhotra, Odean Smith

Jamaica Tallawahs

Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, Imad Wasim, David Miller, Ross Taylor, Rovman Powell, Samuel Badree, Kemar Roach, Glenn Phillips, Andre McCarthy, Krishmar Santokie, Johnson Charles, Steven Taylor, Kennar Lewis, Steven Jacobs, Oshane Thomas, Elmore Hutchinson, Kirsten Kallicharan

Trinbago Knight Riders

Dwayne Bravo, Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Colin Munro, Shadab Khan, Khary Pierre, Ronsford Beaton, Junior Dala, Javon Searles, Terrance Hinds, Kevon Cooper, Nikita Miller, Anderson Philip, Hamza Tariq, Amir Jangoo

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Ben Cutting, Carlos Brathwaite, Mahmudullah, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tom Cooper, Sheldon Cottrell, Brandon King, Devon Thomas, Graeme Cremer, Fabian Allen, Sandeep Lamichanne, Shamarh Brooks, Jeremiah Louis, Alzarri Joseph, Ibrahim Khaleel, Glen Javelle

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