Narine, Pollard and Bravo to feature for T&T in CLT20 – Cricket News Update
Anil http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 will play for T&T in the upcoming Champions League T20 this October.
All three players are associated with Indian Premier League teams, with Narine debuting for Kolkata Knight Riders in the recently concluded fifth edition, while Pollard and Bravo featured for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians and Chennai Super Kings respectively.
"We want the best team. Some of the Indian teams, the owners are obviously a bit upset because they would love to have http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, Pollard and Bravo but I told them quite upfront that we are being professional, that we are not holding anything in secret.
We are not going to wait until the last minute and then steal the players from under them," Roberts said.
"So while they may be upset, I tell them I am very sorry they are upset, but the [T&T] population wants our best players, the government wants our best players,” he added further.
However, Kolkata Knight Rider’s franchise's chief executive, Venky Mysore, had revealed, via Twitter, that Narine would play for the reigning champions in the CLT20. KKR’s success was largely attributed to Narine’s superb bowling display, where the player
bagged 24 wickets at under six runs per over, en route to becoming the Player of the Tournament.
As for Pollard and Bravo, both are key players for their respective IPL franchises and played key roles to help their teams reach the knock out phase – Pollard took 16 wickets for MI, while Bravo grabbed 15 representing CSK - before Chennai Super Kings eventually
beat the Mumbai Indians in the first eliminator.
The rules of CLT20 has freed players to pick any side they want to play for however, Roberts asserted that the inform trio have made a unanimous call to represent their domestic franchise. In return, T&T has promised to compensate the players the amount
that they would have earned representing their IPL franchises.
Roberts concluded by saying that he wanted the best team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472o play for T&T, as it was in the best interest of the players and fans. The tournament begins with a knock out phase on October 9.
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