A total of 66 players were picked up from a pool of 200 during the Caribbean Premier League draft for the 2015 edition of the tournament in Kingston, Jamaica last evening. Among the ones chosen by six different franchises, Shahid Afridi, Mahela Jayawardene, Lasith Malinga, Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor were some of the big overseas names. West Indies batting mainstay Marlon Samuels was also drafted in, while veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was snapped up as well.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors picked up as many as three Sri Lankan players in the draft while three South African players made it to the Trinidad and Tobago side.
Squads after the draft
Barbados Tridents:
Retained players – Kieron Pollard, Shoaib Malik, Dwayne Smith, Ravi Rampaul
Picked up in the draft – Jason Holder, Rayad Emrit, Dilshan Munaweera, Jonathan Carter, Justin Ontong, Ashley Nurse, Robin Peterson, Akeal Hosein, Navin Stewart, Shai Hope, Kyle Corbin
Guyana Amazon Warriors:
Retained players – Sunil Narine, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin, Christopher Barnwell
Picked up in the draft – Lasith Malinga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thisara Perera, Brad Hodge, Veerasammy Permaul, Ronsford Beaton, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Devendra Bishoo, Trevor Griffith, Assad Fudadin, Paul Wintz
Jamaica Tallawahs:
Retained players – Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Jerome Taylor, Chadwick Walton
Picked up in the draft – Mahela Jayawardene, Chris Lynn, Daniel Vettori, Nikita Miller, Krishmar Santokie, Rusty Theron, Narsingh Deonarine, David Bernard jr., Nkrumah Bonner, Jermaine Blackwood, Horace Miller
St Kitts & Nevis Team:
Retained players – Carlos Brathwaite, Devon Thomas, Orlando Peters, Justin Athanaze
Picked up in the draft – Shahid Afridi, Marlon Samuels, Sohail Tanvir, Sheldon Cottrell, Martin Guptill, Ewin Lewis, Raymond Reifer, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tonito Willett, Nicolas Pooran, Jacques Taylor
St Lucia Zouks:
Retained players – Darren Sammy, Kevin Pietersen, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher
Picked up in the draft – Ross Taylor, Shakib Al Hasan, Shannon Gabriel, Henry Davids, Fidel Edwards, Kemar Roach, Shane Shillingford, Kyle Mayers, Keddy Lesporis, Liam Sebastien, Delorn Johnson
Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel:
Retained players – Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Samuel Badree, Kevon Cooper
Picked up in the draft – Jacques Kallis, Johan Botha, Kamran Akmal, Cameron Delport, Sulieman Benn, Jason Mohammad, Marlon Richards, Miguel Cummins, Javon Searles, William Perkins, Derone Davis