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The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament is all set to begin from August 18 in the Trinidad and Tobago as the local authorities and government have given a go-ahead to conduct the tournament.
For the first time since March, people will fly into the country as travel restrictions were in place. There have been 133 total cases in T&T so far with 117 recovered as well.

“All teams and officials will be housed in one hotel and everyone will be subject to strict quarantine protocols for the first two weeks they are in the country. Everyone travelling from overseas will be tested for COVID-19, before departure and then again on arrival in Trinidad. Teams and officials will be put into “households” where social distancing will need to be in place. There will be smaller clusters within each household where these measures can be relaxed. However, if any member of this cluster display signs of COVID-19 at any time during the tournament all members of that cluster will be expected to self-isolate for a period of 14 days from the time that a member of that group first shows symptoms,” said a statement from CPL.
The CPL is the first T20 league to begin post the COVID-19 break and renowned West Indian stars along with overseas players like Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Ross Taylor, Chris Lynn among others are all set to grace this year’s edition.
However, T20 great Chris Gayle will miss this year’s edition citing personal reasons.
Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.
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