Vincy T10 Premier League 2020: Schedule, Timing, Live streaming, Teams & Squad

The Vincy T10 Premier Leaugue,a six-team tournament which will be played from May 22 to 31 at the Arnos Vale Sporting Complex in St Vincent. Amid the covid-19 pandemic, this will be the first tournament since March when the lockdown was announced.

Cricket fans around the world will finally get to see some action on the field amid the coronavirus pandemic with the beginning of the Vincy T10 Premier League (VPL) 2020 tournament later this month.

Vincy T10 League tournament format :

The VPL will have 30 matches and 72 players have been drafted in by six teams through a draft held on May 11. There were some familiar names like fast bowler Kesrick Williams, opening batsman Sunil Ambris and left-arm pacer Obed McCoy.

Vincy T10 League Timing :

The tournament, which will be streamed live, will run from May 22 to 30 and will start at 6 PM IST and will end at 11.30 PM IST. It’s 8.30 AM EST at St Vincent and the organisers said they were adopting this rather unusual time for the VPL keeping the Indian audience in mind. Dream11 is the main partner of the event and they have a wide base in India.

Teams’ details :

Botanic Gardens Rangers: Kesrick Williams (Marquee player); Nixon Mclean (coach).
Grenadines Divers: Obed McCoy (Marquee player); Ian Allen(coach),
Salt Pond Breakers: Sunil Ambris (Marquee player); Olanzo Jackson (coach).
La Soufriere Hikers: Desron Maloney (Marquee player); Irvin Warrican (coach).
Dark View Explorers: Lindon James (Marquee player); Bertram Stapleton (coach).
Fort Charlotte Strikers: Keron Cottoy (Marquee player); Kenroy Martin (coach).

Fans Allowed but Players can’t use saliva to shine the ball

This will be the first time since March a Full Member of ICC hosting a cricket match and that too including several international players, mainly from the West Indies. This will also be the first tournament that will not allow the use of saliva to shine the ball, the raging debate of recent days after the Coronavirus outbreak. However, there will be no restrictions on fans as they will be allowed inside the stadium maintaining the health protocols.

“No player would be allowed to use any saliva on the ball,” “Of course, we will be having different dedicated, assigned spaces around the players’ pavilion for teams so that they are not necessarily crowded together. All teams would have their own space where they could practise physical distancing,” Dr Shallow said.

The VPL ( Vincy Premier T10 League) will be hosted by St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association (SVGA), whose president, Kishore Shallow, is also the vice-president at Cricket West Indies (CWI)