Cannot wait to play for Jamaica Tallawahs, says star Windies all-rounder

The 2018 edition of the Caribbean Premier League is promising to be a big affair this season. Recently, the fixtures for the upcoming season were announced. The build up to the T20 league has already commenced. The likes of Jason Holder and Andre Russell have started talking about it to show their excitement for the league this year. The 2018 edition of the CPL will kick off in August.

This season, three matches will be played at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida. The defending champions, Trinbago Knight Riders, will take on the St. Lucia Stars in the first game of the tournament. As per the recent quotes in the Hindustan Times, the Windies Test and ODI skipper Jason Holder expressed his excitement to be playing the CPL again.

He noted that leading the Barbados Tridents in the competition will be a great experience for him. Also, he is looking forward to playing alongside big international names like Martin Guptill and Hashim Amla.

“It feels great! To come back home to play for the Barbados Tridents, it’s a pleasing feeling for me. And it’ll be my first time leading in T20 cricket and I’m really looking forward to it, I think it’s something that will help improve my captaincy on a whole,” Jason Holder quoted.

“So, it will be good to mingle with guys like Hashim Amla and Martin Guptill. We’ve got overseas stars that will lend their experience and help me along the way as well so I’m really looking forward to that and hopefully Barbados Tridents could again be very, very successful in the CPL,” he added further.

Andre Russell back on the CPL roster

Last season, star Windies all-rounder Andre Russell could not play the tournament owing to his ban. This year, he is ready to be back with the Jamaica Tallawahs. He expressed his excitement to be back on the CPL roster. Andre Russell has been in a fine striking form and was a star performer for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 edition of the IPL.

“I cannot wait to be back playing for Jamaica Tallawahs. It will be great to link up with all the players at the Tallawahs and hopefully we can play some exciting cricket again this year and bring the CPL trophy back to Jamaica in 2018,” Andre Russell remarked.

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