WEST?INDIES’ captain Darren Sammy has welcomed the multi-million dollar Caribbean Premier League, calling its emergence a “special time” in regional cricket.
The CPL, which will replace the current Caribbean Twenty20, was officially launched here Monday.
It will be bankrolled by the Barbados-based merchant bank Verus International and comprise six privately-owned franchises.
“This is a special time in West Indies cricket as we launch what promises to be one of the best tournaments on the cricket calendar,” said Sammy.
“It comes at a time when we in the West Indies are kings of the Twenty20 format. We are the world champions and we have some of the best players in the world.”
Sammy hails Premier League
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