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Fabian Allen ruled out in the CPL 2020

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Players have often missed tournaments due to injuries, national duties or personal commitments. However, in a startling development, West Indies all-rounder Fabian Allen is all set to miss the  Caribbean Premier League  (CPL) after missing his flight. Fabian Allen was to board a flight from Jamaica to Barbados - a chartered flight that had been arranged to fly into Trinidad, where all players, staff and officials were to be quarantined on arrival. Unfortunately though, Fabian Allen missed his flight from Jamaica. Under Trinidad and Tobago's tight lockdown rules with cricket betting tips nobody is allowed to come in or out of the country other than on chartered flights, which essentially rules Fabian Allen out of the CPL. Fabian Allen's absence another blow to the Patriots Fabian Allen has performed quite well with the bat in the last two seasons, scoring 337 runs at a strike rate of 181.18. He made handy contributions with the ball too and was a live wire in the field as well...

CPL is the biggest T20 league in the world says Chris Gayle

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  Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the domestic Twenty20 cricket league of the West Indies, is one of the biggest and oldest T20 competitions in the world. With the inaugural season being played in 2013, not a single season has failed to live up to the expectations of its fans. Every season has entertained its spectators to the fullest. And therefore, it came as a big relief to its fans when the West Indies Cricket Board finally confirmed the hosting of the league amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The eighth season of the CPL is all set to begin on August 18 with Trinbago Knight Riders taking on Guyana Amazon Warriors. The tournament will take place across three weeks and the final is scheduled to be played on September 10. Like most of the other sporting events happening around the world at the moment, CPL 20 will also be played behind closed doors and only two venues (both in Trinidad and Tobago) would be used for the tournament. The Brian Lara Cricket Academy will host the first set of...