Top 5 Twenty20 cricket leagues in the world

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4. Caribbean Premier League (CPL / CPLT20 – West Indies)

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Caribbean Premier League of West Indies

This is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament held by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), established in 2013. The major source of funding comes from Verus International and the first tournament was sponsored by Limacol.

The league has six teams and the fixtures are divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. Each team has one local player, one international franchise player of non-Caribbean origin, and four players under the age of 23. They play ten games in all in the group stage, with three home games.

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, Pakistan players Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez, Sri Lanka’s retired spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan and New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor participated in the inaugural tournament. Sponsorships have also come in from the WICB’s former partners Digicel and Courts plc.

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