Four Indian-born players to play in Carribean Premier League
The ongoing 2018 edition of
the Hero Caribbean Premier League has four players who fine tuned their game
skills on Indian maiden and streets.
Ibrahim Khaleel, Sunny Sohal, Saurabh Netravalkar and Jaskaran Malhotra left India for the USA under different circumstances and all of them are part of the Unites States national team.
The quartet will be turning out in the six-team T20 franchise cricket tournament which began on Wednesday and will end on 16th September in which a mixture of global and Caribbean cricketing talent will be on view.
Ibrahim Khaleel, Sunny Sohal, Saurabh Netravalkar and Jaskaran Malhotra left India for the USA under different circumstances and all of them are part of the Unites States national team.
The quartet will be turning out in the six-team T20 franchise cricket tournament which began on Wednesday and will end on 16th September in which a mixture of global and Caribbean cricketing talent will be on view.
The CPL, which first started in 2013, is a franchise-based
T20 format cricket tournament that combines two of the most compelling aspects
of Caribbean life - dramatic cricket and a vibrant Carnival atmosphere.
No Indian player will be seen
in the tournament as BCCI do not allow its registered players to join foreign T 20 leagues. The
tournament will feature 34 matches between the six franchises with each team
playing five home matches.
St Lucia Stars, Jamaica Tallawahs, Guyana Amazon Warriors, St Kitts
and Nevis Patriots, Barbados
Tridents and Trinbago Knight Riders are participating in the exciting contest.
Netravalkar had been India's junior cricketer of the year in 2010 after being the leading wicket-taker for the team in the Under-19 World Cup and a member of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team till 2014.
In that year the US call came calling not in cricket but to pursue studies. He opted to focus on studies, leaving to New York to pursue a graduate degree at Cornell University.
His cricket career got a boost through the west coast club cricket scene after moving to California to take up a job with Oracle in the Silicon Valley. Thanks in part to revised ICC eligibility guidelines that lowered the
threshold from four years to three for players to debut for their adopted country, Netravalkar was fast-tracked into the USA squad for the Cricket West Indies Regional Super50 tournament this January and
February.
And the rest is as they say is history. Guyana Amazon Warriors scooped him with their mandatory ICC Americas pick.
Sohal had a promising season for Deccan Chargers in 2011, scoring 249 runs, but Parthiv Patel's arrival the following year effectively ended his IPL career before he opted to move to the Washington, D.C. where he earned a quick reputation in club cricket as a heavy scorer in private T20 tournaments.
He had a poor start for USA, bagging ducks in his first two innings in Antigua before finishing with two half-centuries to earn selection from Barbados Tridents.
Malhotra never made it past Himachal Pradesh's age-group teams before migrating to the USA. He has been picked by St Lucia Stars.
Khaleel was earlier part of the Indian Cricket League and after the league folded, the BCCI's amnesty policy opened the door for him to latch on to Mumbai Indians wider squad without ever taking the field. By the end of the 2015 Ranji season for Hyderabad, he was in Wisconsin. Khaleel was picked
by St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.
Netravalkar had been India's junior cricketer of the year in 2010 after being the leading wicket-taker for the team in the Under-19 World Cup and a member of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team till 2014.
In that year the US call came calling not in cricket but to pursue studies. He opted to focus on studies, leaving to New York to pursue a graduate degree at Cornell University.
His cricket career got a boost through the west coast club cricket scene after moving to California to take up a job with Oracle in the Silicon Valley. Thanks in part to revised ICC eligibility guidelines that lowered the
threshold from four years to three for players to debut for their adopted country, Netravalkar was fast-tracked into the USA squad for the Cricket West Indies Regional Super50 tournament this January and
February.
And the rest is as they say is history. Guyana Amazon Warriors scooped him with their mandatory ICC Americas pick.
Sohal had a promising season for Deccan Chargers in 2011, scoring 249 runs, but Parthiv Patel's arrival the following year effectively ended his IPL career before he opted to move to the Washington, D.C. where he earned a quick reputation in club cricket as a heavy scorer in private T20 tournaments.
He had a poor start for USA, bagging ducks in his first two innings in Antigua before finishing with two half-centuries to earn selection from Barbados Tridents.
Malhotra never made it past Himachal Pradesh's age-group teams before migrating to the USA. He has been picked by St Lucia Stars.
Khaleel was earlier part of the Indian Cricket League and after the league folded, the BCCI's amnesty policy opened the door for him to latch on to Mumbai Indians wider squad without ever taking the field. By the end of the 2015 Ranji season for Hyderabad, he was in Wisconsin. Khaleel was picked
by St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.
The tournament will be played in Guyana, St Lucia, Jamaica,
St Kitts, Barbados and the USA before returning to Trinidad for the final at
the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba on 16 September.
This year’s cricketing talent includes the likes of Chris
Gayle, Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, and Lendl Simmons, alongside
international icons including Brendon McCullum, David Warner, Steve Smith,
Sohail Tanvir, Martin Guptill, Hashim Amla and Shahid Afridi.
Meanwhile, India’s
leading sports broadcaster, Star Sports, who
will show all 34 matches of the
tournament while Fox Sports announced a new partnership which will deliver Live coverage to Australian cricket fans
over the next four years.
Star Sports has 12 channels that show a range of sports with extensive cricket coverage including International Cricket Council events, the VIVO Indian Premier League and a number of international bilateral series. Now the Hero CPL will join that illustrious list.
Team squads of CPL
2018 edition:
St Lucia Stars: Lendl Simmons, Mark Chapman, David Warner, Mohammad Sami, Kieron, Pollard, Darren Sammy, Andre Fletcher, Mitch McClenaghan, Kesrick Williams, Niroshan Dickwella, Rakheem Cornwall, Qias Ahmad, KaveemHodge, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Christopher Lamont, Obed McCoy, Jaskaran Malholtra, and 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, and KristianKallicharran
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Ben Cutting, Carlos Brathwaite,Mahmudullah, Tom Cooper, Sheldon Cottrell, Brandon King, DevonThomas, Fabian Allen, Shamarh Brooks, Sandeep Lamichhane, JeremiahLouis, Alzarri Joseph, Ibrahim Khaleel, Javelle Glen, Anton Devcich, Hayden Walsh Jnr, Rassie van der Dussan
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Malik, Chadwick Walton, Cameron Delport, Rayad Emrit, Imran Tahir, Jason Mohammed, Luke Ronchi, Veerasammy Permaul, Roshon Primus, Shimron Hetmyer, Devendra Bishoo,\ Gajanand Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Saurabh Netravalkar, Akshaya Persaud
Barbados Tridents: Martin Guptill, Hashim Amla, Dwayne Smith, Jason Holder (c), Nicholas Pooran, Wahab Riaz, Raymon Reifer, Shai Hope, Ashley Nurse, Roston Chase, Tion Webster, Imran Khan, Shamar Springer, Sunny Sohal, Chemar, Holder, Dominic Drakes, Steven Smith, and Mohammad Irfan
Trinbago Knight Riders: Dwayne Bravo, Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Colin Munro, Shadab Khan, Khary Pierre, Javon Searles, Kevon Cooper, Nikita Miller, Anderson Phillip, Hamza Tariq, Amir Jangoo, Shannon Gabriel, Fawad Ahmed, and Ali Khan
Time: All the morning matches will be played at 4:00 Eastern Caribbean Team while in India morning matches will be played at 1:30 AM IST. Meanwhile, the night matches are scheduled at 8:00 PM ECT while in India, they are played at 5:30 AM IST. The final of the game will be played at 2:30 AM IST.
New Playing Conditions: Now, teams have to finish their 20 overs quota in 85 minutes, while failing at the same they face a penalty. If a side falls short by one over, 0.05 would be subtracted from their Net-Run Rate. However, with an additional penalty of .10 in NRR for every extra over. The other change in playing conditions is related to a coin toss for Super Over. In the recent past, the side that batted second in a tied game earned a chance to take the first strike in the Super Over.
Star Sports has 12 channels that show a range of sports with extensive cricket coverage including International Cricket Council events, the VIVO Indian Premier League and a number of international bilateral series. Now the Hero CPL will join that illustrious list.
Team squads of CPL
2018 edition:
St Lucia Stars: Lendl Simmons, Mark Chapman, David Warner, Mohammad Sami, Kieron, Pollard, Darren Sammy, Andre Fletcher, Mitch McClenaghan, Kesrick Williams, Niroshan Dickwella, Rakheem Cornwall, Qias Ahmad, KaveemHodge, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Christopher Lamont, Obed McCoy, Jaskaran Malholtra, and 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, and KristianKallicharran
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Ben Cutting, Carlos Brathwaite,Mahmudullah, Tom Cooper, Sheldon Cottrell, Brandon King, DevonThomas, Fabian Allen, Shamarh Brooks, Sandeep Lamichhane, JeremiahLouis, Alzarri Joseph, Ibrahim Khaleel, Javelle Glen, Anton Devcich, Hayden Walsh Jnr, Rassie van der Dussan
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Malik, Chadwick Walton, Cameron Delport, Rayad Emrit, Imran Tahir, Jason Mohammed, Luke Ronchi, Veerasammy Permaul, Roshon Primus, Shimron Hetmyer, Devendra Bishoo,\ Gajanand Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Keemo Paul, Saurabh Netravalkar, Akshaya Persaud
Barbados Tridents: Martin Guptill, Hashim Amla, Dwayne Smith, Jason Holder (c), Nicholas Pooran, Wahab Riaz, Raymon Reifer, Shai Hope, Ashley Nurse, Roston Chase, Tion Webster, Imran Khan, Shamar Springer, Sunny Sohal, Chemar, Holder, Dominic Drakes, Steven Smith, and Mohammad Irfan
Trinbago Knight Riders: Dwayne Bravo, Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Colin Munro, Shadab Khan, Khary Pierre, Javon Searles, Kevon Cooper, Nikita Miller, Anderson Phillip, Hamza Tariq, Amir Jangoo, Shannon Gabriel, Fawad Ahmed, and Ali Khan
Time: All the morning matches will be played at 4:00 Eastern Caribbean Team while in India morning matches will be played at 1:30 AM IST. Meanwhile, the night matches are scheduled at 8:00 PM ECT while in India, they are played at 5:30 AM IST. The final of the game will be played at 2:30 AM IST.
New Playing Conditions: Now, teams have to finish their 20 overs quota in 85 minutes, while failing at the same they face a penalty. If a side falls short by one over, 0.05 would be subtracted from their Net-Run Rate. However, with an additional penalty of .10 in NRR for every extra over. The other change in playing conditions is related to a coin toss for Super Over. In the recent past, the side that batted second in a tied game earned a chance to take the first strike in the Super Over.
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