West Indies’ Carlos Braithwaite walks off the fi eld after he was caught out during a Twenty20 international
cricket match against Bangladesh, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, in Lauderhill, Fla. Associated Press / Lynne Sladky, File
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By Azad Ali
West Indies Twenty20 Captain
Carlos Braithwaite attracted the
highest price for a West Indies
player at the recent Indian Premier
League (IPL).
Braithwaite, 30, was picked
up by Kolkata Knight Riders for
US$709,000 after the two-time
champions won a bidding war with
King XI Punjab.
Big-hitting Shimron Hetmyer
and Nicholas Pooran also landed
contracts worth US$596,000, with
21-year-old Hetmyer going to Royal
Challengers Bangalore and Pooran,
23, heading to Kings XI Punjab.
They were among six West Indies
players snapped up in the recent
draft, with all-rounders Sherfane
Rutherford and Keemo Paul, along
with fast bowler Oshane Thomas,
also finding buyers.
Overall, West Indies players represented
six of the 20 overseas
players bought in the auction.
West Indies stars Andre Russell
and Sunil Narine were signed up
by KKR.
The explosive West Indies opener
Chris Gayle has been picked by
Kings XI.
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WI qualify
for Twenty20
World Cup
By Azad Ali
The West Indies team has automatically
qualified for the 2020 International
Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup
in Australia by virtue of their seventh
ranked in the latest ICC Twenty20 rankings.
Top-ranked Pakistan, India, England,
Australia, South Africa and New
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Queen honors
ex-WI cricketer
By Azad Ali
Former West Indies batsman Alvin
Kallicharan has been named on a list
of 1000 people who will receive awards
from Queen Elizabeth II.
A total of 1,148 people have been
recognized on the Queen’s New Year’s
honors list, to become Members of the
Most Excellence Order of the British
Member (MBEs), Offices of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire
(OBEs), Knights, and Dames.
Kallicharan has been awarded a British
Empire Medal (BEM) for services to
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IPL
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Kolkata Knight Riders
pay highest price for
Carlos Braithwaite
West Indies’ Keemo Paul, third right,
celebrates with teammates the dismissal
of India’s captain Rohit Sharma
during the third and last Twenty20
international cricket match
between India and West Indies in
Chennai, India, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018.
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