The 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) or for sponsorship reasons, Hero CPL 2021 was the ninth season of the Caribbean Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket league that was played in the West Indies. The tournament was held from 26 August to 15 September 2021, with all the matches took place in Saint Kitts and Nevis. A players' draft was held on 28 May 2021. On 14 July 2021, Cricket West Indies confirmed the fixtures for the tournament. The Trinbago Knight Riders were the defending champions.
Prior to the start of the tournament, two of the franchise teams were renamed. The Barbados Tridents became the Barbados Royals, and the St Lucia Zouks became the Saint Lucia Kings.
In the final, the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots beat the Saint Lucia Kings by three wickets to win their first CPL title.
Squads The following players were named for the tournament:
Barbados Royals Guyana Amazon Warriors Jamaica Tallawahs St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Saint Lucia Kings Trinbago Knight Riders Jason Holder (c) Johnson Charles Shai Hope Kyle Mayers Hayden Walsh Jr. Raymon Reifer Justin Greaves Nyeem Young Joshua Bishop Mohammad Amir Thisara Perera Azam Khan Oshane Thomas Ashley Nurse Smit Patel Glenn Phillips Jake Lintott
Nicholas Pooran (c) Imran Tahir Shimron Hetmyer Brandon King Naveen-ul-Haq Romario Shepherd Chandrapaul Hemraj Odean Smith Anthony Bramble Kevin Sinclair Ashmead Nedd Shoaib Malik Mohammad Hafeez Nial Smith Gudakesh Motie Rovman Powell (c) Carlos Brathwaite Chadwick Walton Fidel Edwards Veerasammy Permaul Ryan Persaud Andre Russell Haider Ali Jason Mohammed Qais Ahmad Migael Pretorius Kennar Lewis Abhijai Mansingh Joshua James Kirk McKenzie Chris Green Shamarh Brooks Imran Khan Imad Wasim
Dwayne Bravo (c) Chris Gayle Rayad Emrit Sheldon Cottrell Evin Lewis Fabian Allen Sherfane Rutherford Jon-Russ Jaggesar Dominic Drakes Joshua Da Silva Devon Thomas Colin Archibald Asif Ali Ravi Bopara Fawad Ahmed Paul van Meekeren Naseem Shah Andre McCarthy Jonathan Carter
Andre Fletcher (c) Faf du Plessis Rahkeem Cornwall Kesrick Williams Obed McCoy Mark Deyal Roston Chase Javelle Glen Samit Patel Keemo Paul Wahab Riaz Usman Qadir Keron Cottoy Jeavor Royal Kadeem Alleyne Alzarri Joseph Tim David Johnnel Eugene David Wiese Kieron Pollard (c) Denesh Ramdin Sunil Narine Colin Munro Darren Bravo Lendl Simmons Khary Pierre Anderson Phillip Tion Webster Akeal Hosein Jayden Seales Ali Khan Ravi Rampaul Isuru Udana Leonardo Julien Yasir Shah Tim Seifert
Venue Basseterre Warner Park Sporting Complex Capacity: 8,000
Points table
Advanced to the Knockout stage
League stage
Knockout stage
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Final
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Runs High score Roston Chase Saint Lucia Kings 12 446 85 Evin Lewis St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 11 426 102 not out Tim David Saint Lucia Kings 12 282 56 Faf du Plessis Saint Lucia Kings 9 277 120 not out Colin Munro Trinbago Knight Riders 11 267 47 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Most wickets Player Team Matches Wickets Best bowling Ravi Rampaul Trinbago Knight Riders 10 19 4/29 Romario Shepherd Guyana Amazon Warriors 9 18 3/15 Odean Smith Guyana Amazon Warriors 11 18 3/20 Dominic Drakes St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 11 16 3/26 Migael Pretorius Jamaica Tallawahs 10 16 4/32 Source: ESPN Cricinfo, Last updated: 15 September 2021
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo