The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will be the first major T20 tournament to be played since the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. The 2020 edition of the T20 tournament in the Caribbean starts today (August 18).
The CPL 2020 will run from August 18 to September 10. There will be 33 matches, including the knockouts.
The matches will be played at only two venues in Trinidad and Tobago – the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba and Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain.
All the matches will be played in empty stadiums.
Barbados Tridents, captained by Windies skipper Jason Holder, are the defending champions.
All the matches of CPL 2020 will broadcast live on Star Sports Network. Also FanCode will stream all the matches live.
Schedule (And time in IST):
Nearly half of the 33 matches will start at 7:30 PM IST to cater to the cricket starved Indian fans.
Brian Lara Cricket Academy (From August 18 to 24)
18 August, 7.30 pm: Trinbago Knight Riders v Guyana Amazon Warriors
19 August, 3 am: Barbados Tridents v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
19 August, 7.30 pm: Jamaica Tallawahs v St Lucia Zouks
20 August, 3 am: Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
20 Aug, 7.30 pm: St Lucia Zouks v Barbados Tridents
21 Aug, 3 am: Trinbago Knight Riders v Jamaica Tallawahs
22 Aug, 7.30 pm: St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v St Lucia Zouks
23 Aug, 3 am: Guyana Amazon Warriors v Jamaica Tallawahs
23 Aug, 7.30 pm: Trinbago Knight Riders v Barbados Tridents
25 Aug, 3 am: Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Zouks
Queen’s Park Oval (From August 25 to 30)
25 August, 7.30 pm: St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Barbados Tridents
26 August, 3 am: Jamaica Tallawahs v Guyana Amazon Warriors
26 August, 7.30 pm: St Lucia Zouks v Trinbago Knight Riders
27 August, 3 am: Barbados Tridents v Jamaica Tallawahs
27 August, 7.30 pm: St Lucia Zouks v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
28 August, 3 am: Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight Riders
29 August, 7.30 pm: Barbados Tridents v Trinbago Knight Riders
30 August, 3 am: St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Jamaica Tallawahs
30 August, 7.30 pm: Barbados Tridents v St Lucia Zouks
31 August, 3 am: St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Guyana Amazon Warriors
Brian Lara Cricket Academy (From September 1 to 10)
1 September, 7.30 pm: Jamaica Tallawahs v Trinbago Knight Riders
2 September, 3 am: Guyana Amazon Warriors v Barbados Tridents
2 September, 7.30 pm: Trinbago Knight Riders v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
3 September, 3 am: St Lucia Zouks v Guyana Amazon Warriors
3 September, 7.30 pm: Jamaica Tallawahs v St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
4 September, 3 am: Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors
5 September, 7.30 pm: Trinbago Knight Riders v St Lucia Zouks
6 September, 3 am: Jamaica Tallawahs v Barbados Tridents
6 September, 7.30 pm: St Kitts & Nevis Patriots v Trinbago Knight Riders
7 September, 3 am: St Lucia Zouks v Jamaica Tallawahs
8 September: Semi-final 1 (1st v 4th)
8 September: Semi-final 2 (2nd vs 3rd)
10 September: Final
Cover image credit: CPL T20
