MEMBERS of the USA U19 cricket team are to be embedded with a number of Hero CPL squads as the league, working closely with the ICC Americas looks to offer as many developmental opportunities as possible to the cricketers while the tournament is in Lauderhill, Florida for four regular season matches on August 5 and 6.
The players will be immersed with squads during the buildup to the tournament’s matches in South Florida and during the games themselves.

They will serve as net bowlers, act as 12th men during the matches, sit on the bench during games and be fully integrated into the dressing room for them to experience the atmosphere of a world-class squad in action.
Awais Mubarak and Gaurav Patanker will be assigned to the Barbados Tridents, while Karthik Gattepalli and Keshav Pabbisetty will embed with the Guyana Amazon Warrriors. Meanwhile, Motak Buch and Raymond Ramrattan will spend time with the defending champions Jamaica Tallawahs.

The St Kitts & Nevis Patriots will take on Sahil Patel and Sam Das.
“This is an exciting opportunity to have some of the best bowlers from the USA U19 team, who recently participated in the World Cup Qualifier in Toronto last month, to develop their skills and be around some of the best players in the world,” said Ricardo Powell, USA Chairman of Selectors.

Pete Russell, Chief Operating Officer of the Hero CPL is excited about the initiative.
“The Hero CPL is firmly committed to supporting the development of cricket in North America and we see this is another example of that. We really hope that these young and exciting USA players get a huge amount out of this developmental opportunity,” he said.