Follow UsTrinbago Knight Riders have gathered a strong core for the Caribbean Premier League 2022 with Andre Russell now joining the likes of Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, and Nicholas Pooran to form possibly the strongest side in the league. The 2020 Champions will see Russell and Pollard playing together for the same franchise for the very first time. Currently, Pollard is turning up for Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2022 whereas Russell is playing for Kolkata Knight Riders.
In April 2020, Russell had come out scathing against Jamaica Tallawahs, calling them the "weirdest" franchise he has ever played for and announced that the 2020 season would be the last for him with the franchise but he was further retained by the franchise for the 2021 edition.
Last year’s champions, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, have retained captain Dwayne Bravo along with Evin Lewis, Sheldon Cottrell, Sherfane Rutherford, and Dominic Drakes. Their signings are Darren Bravo from the Trinbago Knight Riders and Andre Fletcher from the Saint Lucia Kings.
The Jamaica Tallawahs have retained three players from the squad in 2021, their captain Rovman Powell and their two leading run-scorers from last season, Kennar Lewis and Shamarh Brooks. The Tallawahs have signed two new players with Jamaicans Brandon King and Fabian Allen joining the team for the 2022 season. King was with the Guyana Amazon Warriors last year while Allen was on the championship-winning St Kitts & Nevis Patriots side.
The 2021 runners-up, the Saint Lucia Kings, have retained last year’s Man of the Tournament, Roston Chase, along with Kesrick Williams, Jeavor Royal, and Alzarri Joseph. The signings for the Kings are local boy Johnson Charles who joins them from the Barbados Royals and Mark Deyal who re-signs having been with the Kings in 2021. The Barbados Royals have retained their 2021 captain, Jason Holder, along with Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh, Oshane Thomas and Nyeem Young.
There were two pre-draft windows for the 2022 season. In the first window, each team could retain up to five Caribbean players with a maximum of two from the top five salary spots. In the second window, teams were then given an opportunity to sign two more local players. These could be new signings from those who were not retained by other teams or players who appeared for that team in the previous season.