For the upcoming season of CPL 2020, the Zouks team has signed up the most decorated batsman in the history of T20 – Chris Gayle as their marquee player. Previously, Gayle has played for the Tallawahs in the first four CPL seasons before spending 2018 and 2019 with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots team. As per the latest notifications issued by the St Lucia Zouks team, Chris Gayle won’t be able to play the 2020 season due to few “personal reasons”. Nevertheless, the Zouks has made a great effort to retain its core players, while joining some cricket debutants in their team league. On that note, here’s the updated list of St Lucia Zouks team players:

Retained: Daren Sammy, Andre Fletcher, Kesrick Williams, Obed McCoy, Rahkeem Cornwall, Kavem Hodge, and Colin Ingram (Overseas).
Signed: Kimani Melius, Rilee Rossouw (Overseas), Anrich Nortje (Overseas), and Noor Ahmad (Overseas).
Drafted: Chemar Holder, Mark Deyal, Leniko Bucher, Mohammad Nabi (Overseas), Javelle Glen, and Saad Bin Zafar (ICC Americas pick).

While joining a set of young and super talented budding cricketers, the Nevis Patriots has made a genuine effort to retain its last year’s successful core players. After the final international retention and signings, the following list of St Kitts and Nevis Patriots players are announced officially:

Retained: Evin Lewis, Alzarri Joseph, Dominic Drakes, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, and Rayad Emrit.
Signed: Denesh Ramdin, Chris Lynn (Overseas), Rassie van der Dussen (Overseas), Sohail Tanvir (Overseas), and Ish Sodhi (Overseas)
Drafted: Ben Dunk (Overseas), Sunny Sohal (ICC Americas pick), Dennis Bulli, Joshua Da Silva, Colin Archibald, and Jon-Russ Jaggesar.