As the Caribbean Premier League plans to resume on August 28, fans are hoping for a thrilling event like the previous years despite the risk that Covid-19 place. The venue of this event has been set for St. Kitts and Nevis. All 33 games will be played in the same venue as a health measure. Here’s more on the 2021 CPL.
Caribbean Premier League 2021 Schedule has been announced by Cricket West Indies, and the upcoming series will commence from August 26, and the finals are scheduled for September 15, 2021. The entire tournament will be played in St Kitts & Nevis this year with all 33 matches taking place at Warner Park. The CWI and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after a long round of deliberations have tweaked the CPL 2021 schedule to accommodate the second phase of the Indian Premier League.
Indian Premier League and Caribbean Premier League are popular T20 tournaments for players, and cricket fans worldwide and administrators of both the leagues had to synergize with each other to mitigate the risks of Covid19. Cricket West Indies is doing it's every bit to facilitate arrangements for a non-overlapping and smooth transition from one tournament to the next.
Listed below is the full schedule of CPL 2021
August 26: Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Trinbago Knight Riders at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 26: Barbados Tridents vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 07:00 PM (local time)
August 27: Jamaica Tallawahs vs St Lucia Zouks at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 27: Trinbago Knight Riders vs Barbados Tridents at 07:00 PM (local time)
August 28: Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 28: Jamaica Tallawahs vs Barbados Tridents at 07:00 PM (local time)
August 29: St Lucia Zouks and Trinbago Knight Riders at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 29: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 07:00 PM (local time)
August 31: Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Lucia Zouks at 10:00 AM (local time)
August 31: Barbados Tridents vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 1: Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 1: Jamaica Tallawahs vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 2: St Lucia Zouks vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 2: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Barbados Tridents at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 4: St Lucia Zouks vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 4: Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Barbados Tridents at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 5: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs St Lucia Zouks at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 5: Trinbago Knight Riders vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 02:30 PM (local time)
September 7: Jamaica Tallawahs vs Trinbago Knight Riders at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 7: Barbados Tridents vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 8: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 8: Guyana Amazon Warriors vs St Lucia Zouks at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 9: Barbados Tridents vs Trinbago Knight Riders at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 9: St Lucia Zouks vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 11: St Lucia Zouks vs Barbados Tridents at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 11: Jamaica Tallawahs vs Guyana Amazon Warriors at 02:30 PM (local time)
September 11: Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 12: Barbados Tridents vs St Lucia Zouks at 10:00 AM (local time)
September 12: Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Jamaica Tallawahs at 02:30 PM (local time)
September 12: St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Trinbago Knight Riders at 07:00 PM (local time)
September 14: Semi-final 1
September 14: Semi-final 2
September 15: Final
The star-studded line-ups of Caribbean Premier League 2021 feature the world-class domestic and international players from across the world. These include Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Sunil Narine and Dwayne Bravo from West Indies, Faf du Plessis and Imran Tahir from South Africa, Glenn Phillips and Colin Munro from New Zealand, and Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik and Wahab Riaz, from Pakistan.
CPL team list has been released and all six teams competing in the 9th edition of Hero CPL 2021, three are owned by the Indian Premier League. Punjab Kings owns St Lucia Kings (formerly St Lucia Zouks), Kolkata Knight Riders have acquired CPL’s most successful franchise Trinbago Knight Riders, and Rajasthan Royals recently acquired Barbados Tridents and renamed it Barbados Royals.
