National under-19 batsmen, Mavindra Dindyal and Rampertab Ramnauth are among six newcomers as the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) revealed their contracted players after the 2023/2024 Cricket West Indies Professional Cricketers Draft. Also among those receiving contracts for the first time with the reigning West Indies Championship title holders are fast bowler, Shamar Joseph, off-spinner Junior Sinclair, opening batsman Matthew Nandu and wicketkeeper, Kemol Savory. Of the lot, Dindyal, Ramnauth and Sinclair have not made their first-class debut. Dindyal will lead Guyana at the under-19 regional tournament next month with Ramnauth among the ranks. Both of them have represented West Indies at the under-16 level.
According to the GCB, “The respective Territorial Board Franchises drafted five additional players from a poll of roughly 90 to add to the ‘Protected 10’ players submitted to CWI prior to the draft for their squads ahead of the new season which features the CG United Super50 Cup and the West Indies Championship 4-day first-class tournament.”
Former West Indies youth batsman, Kevlon Anderson was awarded a contract with the franchise following his stint as a West Indies Emerging Player last season.
Among the lineup include West Indies players, Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul, Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Kevin Sinclair while the likes of Ronsford Beaton, Nial Smith, Tevin Imlach and Antony Adams complete the list of contracted players. Notably missing from the list of contracted players are regular wicketkeeper batsman, Anthony Bramble and Chandrapaul Hemraj.
Eagles will be in search of a new skipper with Leon Johnson retiring after last season.
The GCB did not state anything relating to high-profile players in Keemo Paul, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd and Shimron Hetmyer.
