The Caribbean Premier League is a T20 tournament that showcases the beauty and talent of the Caribbean to the world. The best cricketers that the West Indies play alongside their international counterparts, in the unique carnival atmosphere for which the Caribbean is world-renowned. The CPL draws the attention of millions of cricket fans across the globe.
The Caribbean Premier League is an annual Twenty20cricket tournament held in the Caribbean. It was created in 2013 and replaced the Caribbean Twenty20 as the premier Twenty20 competition in the Caribbean. It is currently sponsored byHero MotoCorp and is officially titled the Hero CPL. The inaugural tournament was won by the Jamaica Tallawahs who defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final
Twenty20 domestic cricket first appeared in an organized manner in the West Indies in 2006 with the privately organized Stanford 20/20. The second and last tournament of the Stanford competition was officially made part of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) calendar in 2008, after which the tournament ended when its sponsor Allen Stanford was charged with fraud and arrested in June 2009. The next organized Twenty20 competition came about with the creation of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament by the WICB. The Caribbean Twenty20 was created to fill the gap left by the end of the Stanford 20/20 and to coincide with the 2010 Champions League Twenty20tournament, which started less than two months after. The top domestic team from the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament qualified for the Champions League as the sole representative of the West Indies.
The WICB first announced the plans for the Caribbean Premier League in September 2012 when it was revealed that the board was "in the advanced stages of discussions to have a commercial Twenty20 league in the region" with an unnamed investor and hoped to conclude a deal before 30 September. On 14 September, the board met to make decisions on the structure and organization of the Caribbean Twenty20 CPL Schedule in January; to discuss the governance structure of the board and also discuss the planned commercial Twenty20 league and to finalize its structure. The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) were also to be brought in to discuss issues pertaining to players in relation to the planned T20 league. On December 13, 2012, the WICB announced that they had finalized an agreement with Ajmal Khan founder of Verus International,a Barbados-based merchant bank, for the funding of the new franchise-based Twenty20 league to be launched in 2013. It was then expected that the new Caribbean Premier League was likely to comprise six Caribbean city-based franchises as opposed to the current territorial set-up with the majority of the players are to come from the West Indies. As part of the agreement, the WICB will receive additional funding from Verus International for additional retainer contracts for players in addition to the 20 annual retainer contracts the board currently funds.
Dates for the tournament were confirmed for the 2013 Caribbean Premier League as 29 July to 26 August. The 2014 and 2015 tournaments took place between 5 July to 10 August and 21 June to 26 July respectively and the 2016 tournament is scheduled to take place between June 29 to August 7.
Format
Six teams competed in the first CPLT20 tournament in 2013 – Jamaica Tallawahs, Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, St. Lucia Zouks, Antigua Hawksbills. The CPL T20 tournament is played between six teams and is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. In the group stage, the teams each play ten matches overall, three of which are at home. This unusual format occurs because all six teams are co-located at a single playing site for five sequential matches of the tourney, then the whole tournament moves to a new location for five more games (and so on). Six stadiums are used (see Venues below), each a home field for one of the teams. The playoff stage includes two semi-finals and a final to determine the winner of the tournament. All three of the elimination playoff games will be played at Queen's Park Oval.
Teams
The tournament includes 6 franchises with 15 contracted players each, including a maximum of five international players and four players under the age of 23. Each team has one local and one international franchise player. The draft occurred on 5 June 2013.
The 2016 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is set to get under way from Wednesday (June 29) when defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders take on St. Lucia Zouks at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain. Including the play-offs and the final, a total of 34 Twenty20 (T20) games will be played in the fourth edition of the CPL, over a period of 40 days.
In the three editions so far, there have been different champions every year. Jamaica Tallawahs won the inaugural edition in 2013 while Barbados Tridents clinched the second edition, followed by Trinbago Knight Riders last year.
AB de Villiers, Brendon McCullum, Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson and Adam Zampa are some of the star players who will be featuring for the first time in the Caribbean Premier League. Kumar Sangakkara, who had helped Jamaica Tallawahs to a title win in the maiden edition, returns after missing the previous two editions.
| Caribbean Premier League | |
| Countries | West Indies |
| Administrator | West Indies Cricket Board(WICB) |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First tournament | 2013 |
| Tournament format | Group stage and knockout |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Current champion | Jamaica Tallawahs(2nd title) |
| Most successful | Jamaica Tallawahs(2 titles) Trinbago Knight Riders(1title) Barbados Tridents (1 title) |
| Most runs | Lendl immons (712) |
| Most wickets | Krishmar Santokie (33) |
| Teams | Captain | Coach | Icon Player |
| Barbados Tridents | Kieron Pollard | Robin Singh | Kieron Pollard |
| Guyana Amazon Warriors | Denesh Ramdin | Roger Harper | Dwayne Smith |
| Jamaica Tallawahs | Chris Gayle | Paul Nixon | Chris Gayle |
| St Kitts and Nevis Patriots | Marlon Samuels | Eric Simons | Faf du Plessis |
| St Lucia Zouks | Darren Sammy | Andy Roberts | Shane Watson |
| Trinbago Knight Riders | Dwayne Bravo | Simon Helmot | Brendon McCullum |
Sponsorships
Caribbean mobile network Digicel was named as the first global sponsor for the inaugural 2013 tournament and beyond in a multi-year deal. As previous sponsors of the West Indies cricket team and the Digicel Caribbean Cup the brand has considerable experience with sponsoring cricket and other sporting events throughout the Caribbean. “The CPL is a perfect fit for Digicel. We’re huge fans of West Indies cricket and this is a great opportunity for us to invest not only in what will be an amazing event, but also in the young cricketers who will benefit from around the region,” stated Digicel Group Marketing Operations Director Kieran Foley.
Following the acquisition of the Guyana Amazon Warriors franchise owner, Dr. Ranjisingh ’Bobby’ Ramroop’s New GPC Inc, specifically its Limacol brand, has assumed the title sponsorship of the CPL.
In June 2013 Courts plc announced their sponsorship of the Caribbean Premier League “CPL’s partnership with Courts is a very strategic and beneficial one to both parties, and we are thrilled about the possibilities that exist for us from a marketing perspective,” said CPL CEO Damien O’ Donohoe. “Combining our advertising and marketing programmes with that of Courts will heighten the awareness of CPL across the region, and increase fan support, which will put people in the stands at matches and customers in the aisles of Courts.”
El Dorado Rum has been named as an official partner of the inaugural tournament. El Dorado will not only be the rum of choice for this landmark event, but will also sponsor the tournament’s Catch of the Match award. This award will go to one player in each of the 24 matches who makes a thrilling catch in the game, demonstrating the spirit of the tournament and the El Dorado brand.
Barbados Tridents
| Barbados Tridents | |
| Captain: | Kieron Pollard |
| Coach: | Robin Singh |
| Colours: | Blue Yellow |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Home ground: | Kensington Oval |
| Capacity: | 11,000 |
| CPL wins: | 1 |
The Barbados Tridents are the representative team of Barbados in the Caribbean Premier League. It was one of the six teams created in 2013 for the inaugural season of the tournament. Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg has an equity interest in the team. The tridents won the 2014 CPL and qualified for the champions league. They were out of the tournament in the group stage managing to win only one of their four matches.
Squad
| Name | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Kirk Edwards | Right | Right-arm off break | |
| Shoaib Malik | Right | Right-arm off break | International franchise player |
| Neil McKenzie | Right | Right-armmedium | |
| Raymon Reifer | Left | Left-armmedium-fast | |
| Dwayne Smith | Right | Right-armmedium | |
| Kieron Pollard | Right | Right-armmedium-fast | Local franchise player |
| Jeevan Mendis | Left | Right arm Leg Spin | Replacement of Shakib Al Hasan |
| Jonathan Carter | Left | Right-armmedium | |
| Shane Dowrich | Right | — | |
| William Perkins | Right | — | |
| Steven Taylor | Right | Orthodox | |
| Ashley Nurse | Right | Right-arm off break | |
| Akeal Hosein | Left | Left-armOrthodox | |
| Ravi Rampaul | Left | Right-arm fast | |
| Rayad Emrit | Right | Right-armmedium-fast | |
| Jason Holder | Right | Right-armmedium-fast |
Guyana Amazon Warriors
| Guyana Amazon Warriors | |
| Captain: | |
| Coach: | |
| Colours: | Gold Green Red Black White |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Home ground: | Providence Stadium |
| Capacity: | 15,000 |
| CPL wins: | 0 |
The Guyana Amazon Warriors s a franchise cricket team of the Caribbean Premier Leaguebased in Providence, Georgetown, Guyana. The team is the representative cricket team ofGuyana in the Caribbean Premier League. It was one of the six teams created in 2013 for theinaugural season of the tournament.
The team will play its home games at Providence Stadium, located in Guyana and like the league's other franchises, draw the majority of its players from West Indian domestic teams. Former Guyanese cricket Roger Harper was confirmed as the franchise's inaugural coach in early February 2015.
History
The Guyana Amazon Warriors were one of the six teams created for the Caribbean Premier League's inaugural 2013 season. In 2013, they were runners up in the first tournament and were defeated by the Jamaica Tallawahs by 7 wickets at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain,Trinidad. The team was captained by Ramnaresh Sarwan which included overseas star likeTillakaratne Dilshan, James Franklin, Lasith Malinga as well as West Indian stars Sunil Narine, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin etc.Krishmar Santokie was leading wicket-taker in the season.
In 2014, they were finished second in group stage behind Barbados Tridents and were again defeated by the Barbados Tridents by 8 runs (D/L) in final played at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts. The team was captained by Sunil Narine which included overseas star likeMartin Guptill, Mohammad Hafeez, Jimmy Neesham as well as West Indian stars Krishmar Santokie, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdinetc. Lendl Simmons with his 445 runs in the season was Player of the series.
In 2015, they again finished second in group stage behind Barbados Tridents but lost to Trinbago Knight Riders in semi-final by 6 wickets played at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The team was captained by Denesh Ramdin which included overseas star likeLasith Malinga, Thisara Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Brad Hodge, Marchant de Lange, David Wiese and Umar Akmal as well as West Indian stars Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Veerasammy Permaul, Lendl Simmons, Sunil Narine etc.
For 2016 Caribbean Premier League, Amazon Warriors roped in Martin Guptill as their captain replacing Denesh Ramdin and was joined by International cricketer like Sohail Tanvir, Dwayne Smith, Chris Lynn and Adam Zampa as well as some local star like Chris Barnwell, Jason Mohammed, Rayad Emrit etc.
Squad
| Name | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Martin Guptill | Right | Right-arm off break | Captain & International Player |
| Assad Fudadin | Right | Right-arm medium | |
| Shimron Hetmyer | Left | Right-arm Legbreak googly | |
| Chris Lynn | Right | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Jason Mohammed | Right | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Orlando Peters | Left | Right-arm medium | |
| Anthony Bramble | Right | n/a | |
| Steven Katwaroo | Right | n/a | |
| Dwayne Smith | Right | Right-arm medium | |
| Christopher Barnwell | Right | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Rayad Emrit | Right | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Sohail Tanvir | Left | Left-arm medium-fast | |
| Steven Jacobs | Right | Right-arm off break | |
| Ali Khan | Right | Right-arm medium | |
| Veerasammy Permaul | Right | Slow left arm orthodox | |
| Paul Wintz | Right | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Adam Zampa | Right | Right-arm Legbreak googly |
Jamaica Tallawahs
| Jamaica Tallawahs | |
| Captain: | |
| Coach: | |
| Colours: | Green Black Gold |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Home ground: | Sabina Park |
| Capacity: | 15,600 |
| CPL wins: | 1 (2013) |
The Jamaica Tallawahs are the representative team of Jamaica in the Caribbean Premier League. It was one of the six teams created in 2013 for the inaugural season of the tournament. The Jamaica Tallawahs play their home games at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Tallawahs won inaugural tournament by defeating the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final at Queen's Park Oval. They are known for their formidable home record, winning 5 out of their 6 home games in CPL History since the end of the 2014 season. They are also the only team in CPL History to play all 11 local players in match which they did in 2013 at home against the TT Red Steel where all 11 Tallawah players were Jamaican.
Hollywood actor Gerard Butler has an equity interest in the franchise.
Squad
| Name | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Chris Gayle | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Jermaine Blackwood | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Alex Ross | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Overseas |
| Nkrumah Bonner | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | Overseas |
| Jonathan Foo | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |
| Chadwick Walton | Right-handed | n/a | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas |
| Andre Russell | Right-handed | Right medium-fast | |
| Andre McCarthy | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Timroy Allen | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| Imad Wasim | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas |
| Rovman Powell | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Garey Mathurin | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Jon-Russ Jaggesar | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Krishmar Santokie | Left-handed | left-arm medium-fast | |
| Dale Steyn | Right-handed | Right Fast | Overseas |
| Kesrick Williams | Right-handed | Right Fast |
Administration and support staff
· Owners: Manish Patel & Ron Parikh
· Coach: Paul Nixon
· Mentor: Courtney Walsh
· Manager: Andrew Richardson
· Assistant Coach: Mark O'Donnell
· Trainer: David Bernard Sr.
· Communications and Marketing Manager: Vishnu Kumar
· Physiotherapist: Khevyn Williams
· Performance Analyst: Simon Preston
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
The St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise based inSaint Kitts and Nevis, and participated in the competition for the first time in 2015. The team will play its home games at Warner Park, Basseterre, located on Saint Kitts, and, like the league's other franchises, draw the majority of its players from West Indian domestic teams.
The league's first expansion team, the new franchise was announced on 27 January 2015, supported by the Saint Kitts and Nevis government, as well as the local business community. During the 2014 CPL tournament, Warner Park hosted nine matches, played over 10 days in August and accompanied by several carnivals and other entertainments. The venue hosted the final six group-stage matches, and then the finals series, comprising two semi-finals and the final between the Barbados Tridents and the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
The Saint Kitts and Nevis franchise effectively replaces the Antigua Hawksbills franchise (based in Antigua and Barbuda), although it is intended that the Hawksbills franchise will be revived at a later date, with the CPL consequently featuring seven teams rather than six. The Hawksbills were primarily removed from the competition in order to make scheduling easier, though their poor results and lack of a private owner also contributing to their removal. Saint Kitts and Nevis nominated four previous Hawksbills players – Justin Athanaze, Carlos Brathwaite, Orlando Peters, and Devon Thomas – as their "retained players" prior to the 2015 CPL Draft. South African Eric Simons, formerly senior coach of the Delhi Daredevils in theIndian Premier League (IPL) was confirmed as the franchise's inaugural coach in early February 2015.
Squad
The Patriots' inaugural 15-man squad was assembled at the 2015 CPL Draft. Pakistani Shahid Afridi was the franchise's top pick. The four retained players for 2015 (nominated by the franchise prior to the draft) are marked with an asterisk:
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
2016 Patriots Squad
| Name | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Sharmarh Brooks | Right | Right-arm Legbreak | |
| Faf du Plessis | Right | Right-armleg-break | International franchise player |
| Nikhil Dutta | Right | Right-arm off-break | International franchise player |
| Brad Hodge | Right | Right-arm off-break | International franchise player |
| Evin Lewis | Left | n/a | |
| Kieran Powell | Left | Right-arm medium | |
| Lendl Simmons | Right | Right-arm medium | |
| Devon Thomas | Right | Wicket-keeper | |
| Jonathan Carter | Left | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Jeremiah Louis | Right | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Thisara Perera | Left | Right-arm medium-fast | International franchise player |
| JJ Smuts | Right | Right-arm off-break | International franchise player |
| Tino Best | Right | Right-arm Fast | |
| Alzarri Joseph | Right | Right-arm Fast | |
| Krishmar Santokie | Left | Left-arm medium-fast | |
| Samuel Badree | Right | Right-arm Legbreak | |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | Right | Left-arm chinaman |
Franchise & Support Staff
Team Owners: Mohammed Ansari, Uday Nayak and Nirvan Veerasamy
· Chief Operating Officer: Richard Berridge
· Head Coach: Eric Simons
· Assistant Coach: Floyd Reifer
· Physiotherapist: CJ Clark
· Trainer & Masseur: Virgil Browne
St Lucia Zouks
| St Lucia Zouks | |
| Captain: | Darren Sammy |
| Coach: | Andy Roberts |
| Colors: | Blue |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Home ground: | Darren Sammy Stadium |
| Capacity: | 15,000 |
| CPL wins: | 0 |
The St Lucia Zouks are the representative team of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean Premier League. It was one of the six teams created in 2013 for the inaugural season of the tournament. The Zouks managed to win only 4 games out of 14 in the first two seasons finishing last and second last in the tournament respectively.
Squad
| Name | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| David Miller | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas |
| Michael Hussey | Left-handed | Right armmedium | Overseas |
| Keddy Lesporis | Right | Right-arm off break | |
| Shane Watson | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Marquee player,Overseas |
| Darren Sammy | Right | Right-armmedium-fast | |
| Kyle Mayers | Left | Right-armmedium-fast | |
| Andre Fletcher | Right | Right-armmedium-fast | |
| Johnson Charles | Right | Right-armmedium-fast | |
| Morne Morkel | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas |
| Fidel Edwards | Right | Right-arm fast | |
| Shane Shillingford | Right | Right-arm off break | |
| Eddie Leie | Right | Right-arm leg break |
Trinbago Knight Riders
| Trinbago Knight Riders | |
| Captain: | Dwayne Bravo |
| Coach: | Simon Helmot |
| City: | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Owner: | Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment) Juhi Chawla, Jay Mehta (Mehta Group) |
| Founded: | 2013 |
| Home ground: | Queen's Park Oval |
| Capacity: | 20,000 |
| Chief executive: | Venky Mysore |
| CPL wins: | 1 (2015) |
The Trinbago Knight Riders (formerly the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel) is a franchise cricket team of the Caribbean Premier League based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Red Steel was one of the original six teams created for the tournament's inaugural 2013 season. Their home ground is Queen's Park Oval.
In 2015, Red Chillies Entertainment, the parent company of Indian Premier League teamKolkata Knight Riders, purchased stake in the Red Steel. The Red Steel went on to win the2015 tournament. After the season, the name was changed to Trinbago Knight Riders.
History
The Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel were one of the six teams created for the Caribbean Premier League's inaugural 2013 season. In 2015, they won the tournament for the first time, defeating the Barbados Tridents 178–158 at Queen's Park Oval.
Also in 2015, Red Chillies Entertainment, led by Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla and their families, purchased stake in the Red Steel. Red Chillies Entertainment also owns the Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders; this was the first time an IPL team has invested in a Twenty20 cricket league outside India. In 2016, Red Chillies Entertainment took over the team's operations and changed the name to the Knight Riders. The core team will remain the same in 2016, with Dwayne Bravo at the helm. However, the team's marquee foreign player will be New Zealand's Brendon McCullum, who has played for KKR in the past. Colin Munro and Sunil Narine currently play for both the Knight Riders teams.
"Forty percent of the population in Trinidad and Tobago is of Indian origin. There is a very strong connect of those people to Bollywood. They are all extremely big fans of Shah Rukh Khan. And Trinidad is among the most advanced economies in the Caribbean."
Squad
| Name | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Brendon McCullum | Right | Right-armmedium-fast | Marquee Player |
| Hashim Amla | Right | Righ-armmedium-fast | International |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | Right | Right-arm Leg Break | Local franchise player |
| Umar Akmal | Right | Right-arm off spin | International franchise player |
| Darren Bravo | Left | Right-armmedium-fast | Local franchise player/ TEMPORARY UNTIL JULY 11TH |
| Dwayne Bravo | Right | Right-armmedium-fast | Local franchise player/Captain |
| Colin Munro | Left | Righ-armmedium-fast | International franchise player |
| Kevon Cooper | Right | Right-armmedium | Local franchise player |
| Anton Devcich | left | Left-armSlow | International franchise player |
| Javon Searles | Right | Right-armmedium-fast | Local franchise player |
| Anderson Phillip | Right | Right-armmedium-fast | U-19 player |
| Denesh Ramdin | Right | Local franchise player | |
| William Perkins | Right | Local franchise player | |
| Hamza Tariq | Right | ICC Americas Player | |
| Nikita Miller | Right | Left-armSlow | Local franchise player |
| Sunil Narine | Left | Right-arm Off break | Local franchise player |
| Sulieman Benn | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Local franchise player |
| Ronsford Beaton | Right | Right-arm fast | Local franchise player |
| Yannic Cariah | Left | left-arm Leg Break | Local franchise player |
Home ground
The Trinbago Knight Riders plays their home games at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain. The QPO was also the host ground of the semi-finals and finals of 2013 and 2015 editions of the CPL. The Queen's Park Oval is one of the oldest and most historic of grounds in the Caribbean as well as having one of the largest capacities, accommodating approximately 20,000 spectators in comfort. Home of the Queen's Park Cricket Club (QPCC) since 1896, it has hosted Test matches since 1930, ODIs since 1983 and T20s since 2009. Trinbago Knight Riders official merchandise is available at Fan Zone Centre City Mall, Chaguanas - 672-6766.
CPL History
Twenty20 domestic cricket first appeared in an organized manner in the West Indies in 2006 with the privately organized Stanford 20/20. The second and last tournament of the Stanford competition was officially made part of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) calendar in 2008, after which the tournament ended when its sponsor Allen Stanford was charged with fraud and arrested in June 2009. The next organized Twenty20 competition came about with the creation of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament by the WICB. The Caribbean Twenty20 was created to fill the gap left by the end of the Stanford 20/20 and to coincide with the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which started less than two months after. The top domestic team from the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament qualified for the Champions League as the sole representative of the West Indies.
The WICB first announced the plans for the Caribbean Premier League in September 2012 when it was revealed that the board was "in the advanced stages of discussions to have a commercial Twenty20 league in the region" with an unnamed investor and hoped to conclude a deal before 30 September.On 14 September, the board met to make decisions on the structure and organization of the Caribbean Twenty20 CPL Schedule in January; to discuss the governance structure of the board and also discuss the planned commercial Twenty20 league and to finalize its structure. The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations(FICA) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) were also to be brought in to discuss issues pertaining to players in relation to the planned T20 league.On December 13, 2012, the WICB announced that they had finalized an agreement with Ajmal Khanfounder of Verus International,a Barbados-based merchant bank, for the funding of the new franchise-based Twenty20 league to be launched in 2013. It was then expected that the new Caribbean Premier League was likely to comprise six Caribbean city-based franchises as opposed to the current territorial set-up with the majority of the players are to come from the West Indies. As part of the agreement, the WICB will receive additional funding from Verus International for additional retainer contracts for players in addition to the 20 annual retainer contracts the board currently funds.
Dates for the tournament were confirmed for the 2013 Caribbean Premier League as 29 July to 26 August. The 2014 and 2015 tournaments took place between 5 July to 10 August and 21 June to 26 July respectively and the 2016 tournament took place between June 29 to August 7.
