Martin Guptill, Lendl Simmons earn big in CPL draft

Martin Guptill

The spotlight was on New Zealand opening batsman Martin Guptill and West Indies' Lendl Simmons as they got the greatest offers in the as of late closed Caribbean Premier League draft.

Sohail Tanvir (Guyana Amazon Warriors), Andre Russell (Jamaica Tallawahs), Chris Gayle (St Kitts and Nevis Patriots) and Dwayne Bravo (Trinbago Knight Riders) were altogether held by the establishments for the 2018 season in the opening round while Guptill and Simmons were picked by Barbados Tridents and St Lucia Stars.

Held players were granted USD 160,000 while Guptill and Simmons were picked at USD 90,000 and 70,000 individually.

A sum of 227 abroad players and 121 West Indian players entered the draft. With 61 players effectively held, 47 were picked from the draft procedure with each establishment having an 18-part squad.

Shahid Afridi (Tallawahs) and Shoaib Malik (Amazon Warriors), touchy openers Evin Lewis (Patriots) and Chris Lynn (Knight Riders) shaped the marquee set while Kieron Pollard, who played for the Jamaica Tallawahs for the last four seasons was exchanged to St Lucia Stars for USD 130,000.

English trio Alex Hales, Adil Rashid and Tymal Mills neglected to pull in an offer as the competition will conflict with the Natwest T20 Blast.

Squads: 

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

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

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

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

St Kitts and 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

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