The Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) franchise walked away as inaugural WCPL winners last year.
This year’s CPL tournament will run from 16 August to 24 September, with the draft date tentatively set for 5 June.
Aside from hosting the WCPL final, the Ministry of Sport and Community Development confirmed that Trinidad and Tobago will host six CPL and four WCPL matches this year.
At least four of the CPL fixtures and three of the WCPL games will feature the Trinbago Knight Riders.
“It was an opportunity we felt the group couldn’t bypass,” said Republic Group president and CEO Nigel Baptiste, as he spoke during today’s press briefing at the Queen’s Park Oval. “On every island in the Caribbean, you’ll find children of all ages playing cricket anywhere that they could actually make a cricket field, with any piece of equipment they could use to play cricket. It is that passion that Republic Bank and the Caribbean Premier League really support.
