The captains for the six participating franchises in the inaugural season of the Caribbean Premier League have been announced. Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies captain, will lead the T&T Red Steel team while allrounder Darren Sammy has been named the captain for St Lucia Zouks.
The captains for the other four franchises are–Chris Gayle, Jamaica Tallawahs; Marlon Samuels, Antigua Hawksbills; Kieron Pollard, Barbados Tridents; and Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyana Amazon Warriors. Sarwan, who last played a T20 for West Indies in 2010, said: "It is a great honour to have been chosen to captain the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the first ever Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament. I have the opportunity to work with and lead some of the best players in the region and the world, and I am looking forward to using my years of experience to guide the Amazon Warriors to victory."
The tournaments starts on July 30 with a match between Barbados Tridents and St Lucia Zouks in Bridgetown.