The highest-profile overseas players picked at the Caribbean Premier League 2015′s players draft, in Jamaica such as Shahid Afridi and Jacques Kallis, batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Ross Taylor, and fast bowler Lasith Malinga. Afridi, in the top grading of the 11 payment brackets at the draft, was claimed by the league’s new franchise from St Kitts and Nevis.
Kallis assigned to Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, Jayawardene to Jamaica Tallawahs, Taylor to St Lucia Zouks and Malinga to Guyana Amazon Warriors. In the draft Marlon Samuels was inside the biggest local names, several others were maintained by their franchises earlier than the draft and he was demanded by the St Kitts and Nevis. The St Kitts and Nevis Franchise, which swapped Antigua Hawksbills in the match and were permitted to maintain 4 for the Antigua team, have as well introduced that they are going to be coached by Eric Simons from South Africa, who has cooperated with Delhi Dar devils and the Indian team in coaching roles.
All the teams will be given 24 hours following the end of the draft to exchange a player with another franchise, although they can indulge in only one such switch.
Squads
St Kitts and Nevis: Shahid Afridi ($150,000), Sheldon Cotterell ($70,000), Marlon Samuels ($100,000), Sohail Tanvir ($80,000), Martin Guptill ($50,000), Carlos Brathwaite ($40,000, retained), Evin Lewis ($30,000), Devon Thomas ($20,000, retained), Raymon Reifer ($15,000), Tabraiz Shamsi ($10,000), Orlando Peters ($10,000, retained), Tonito Willett ($5,000), Nicholas Pooran ($5,000), Jacques Talyor ($5,000), Justin Athanaze ($5,000, retained)
Barbados Tridents: Kieron Pollard ($150,000, retained), Shoaib Malik ($100,000, retained), Dwayne Smith ($80,000, retained), Ravi Rampaul ($70,000, retained), Jason Holder ($50,000), Rayad Emrit ($40,000), Justin Ontong ($15,000), Ashley Nurse ($10,000), Robin Peterson ($10,000), Dilshan Munaweera ($30,000), Jonathan Carter ($20,000), Akeal Hosein ($5,000), Narvin Stewart ($5,000), Shai Hope ($5,000), Kyle Corbin ($5,000)
Guyana Amazon Warriors: Sunil Narine ($150,000, retained), Lasith Malinga ($100,000), Tilakaratne Dilshan ($80,000), Thisara Perera ($40,000), Christopher Barnwell ($30,000, retained), Brad Hodge ($20,000), Lendl Simmons ($70,000, retained), Denesh Ramdin ($50,000, retained), Veerasammy Permaul ($15,000), Ronsford Beaton ($10,000), Shivnarine Chanderpaul ($10,000), Devendra Bishoo ($5,000), Trevon Griffith ($5,000), Assad Fudadin ($5,000), Paul Wintz ($5,000)
Jamaica Tallawahs: Chris Gayle ($150,000, retained), Mahela Jayawardene ($100,000), Andre Russell ($80,000, retained), Chris Lynn ($70,000), Daneil Vettori ($50,000), Jerome Taylor ($40,000, retained), Krishmar Santokie ($15,000), Rusty Theron ($10,000), Narsingh Deonarine ($10,000), David Bernard Jr ($5,000), Nikita Miller ($30,000), Chadwick Walton ($20,000, retained), Nkrumah Bonner ($5,000), Jermaine Blackwood ($5,000), Horace Miller ($5,000)
St Lucia Zouks: Darren Sammy ($150,000, retained), Ross Taylor ($100,000), Kevin Pietersen ($80,000, retained), Johnson Charles ($70,000, retained), Shakib Al Hasan ($50,000), Andre Fletcher ($40,000, retained), Shannon Gabriel ($30,000), Henry Davids ($20,000), Fidel Edwards ($15,000), Kyle Mayers ($5,000), Keddy Lesporis ($5,000), Liam Sebastien ($5,000), Delorn Johnson ($5,000), Kemar Roach ($10,000), Shane Shillingford ($10,000)
Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel: Dwayne Bravo ($150,000, retained), Jacques Kallis ($100,000, Darren Bravo ($80,000, retained), Kevon Cooper ($40,000, retained), Kamran Akmal ($30,000), Cameron Delport ($20,000), Suliemann Benn ($15,000), Jason Mohammed ($10,000), Marlon Richards ($10,000), Miguel Cummins ($5,000), Jevon Searles ($5,000), William Perkins ($5,000), Derone Davis ($5,000), Samuel Badree ($70,000, retained), Johan Botha ($50,000)