Hats off to Limacol/ NEW GPC INC

Hats off to corporate citizen, Dr Ranjisinghi Ramroop, for his genuine support to the first Caribbean Premier League (CPL) as franchise owner! NEW GPC INC, through its Limacol brand, has taken the title sponsorship of the CPL. This impressive Caribbean cricket tournament will now be called the Limacol CPL. The Limacol Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 will be a spectacular cricket championship in the Caribbean. This first genuine, most attractive and well organised tournament will bring to the Caribbean quality cricket at its best.
The franchise superstars from around the world will be playing with the Caribbean’s best. The very young cricketers with their potential and talent will have a well-deserved opportunity to play in the same team and against some of the best in the world.
Euphoria
Oh! It will indeed be a delightful euphoria to see the likes of Ricky Pointing, Ross Taylor and Muttiah Murlitharran playing with our Caribbean stars in the same team.
The first-ever Caribbean Premier League is coming after the well-established Indian Premier League, Big Bash in Australia and other Twenty20 leagues in Bangladesh and elsewhere.
However, our Caribbean cricketers are known for their special calypso type cricket and after all we in the Caribbean are fully aware of the nostalgia when our own “Super Cat” Clive Lloyd lifted the first two World Cups.
The West Indies cricket team has achieved greatness and our cricketers are world class players.
India can boast that they are the richest cricketing country with an abundance of world class players and money. Hence, the thousands of spectators who fill the huge stadiums across India and the millions who watched their television stations and the further millions, who listened to radio commentary, certainly help to bring peace, tranquility and satisfaction to a greater part of the Indian population.
Diaspora
Scores of Guyanese in the diaspora are already calling and requesting information about returning home to see the matches that will be played at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence. Hundreds of Guyanese from North America, UK and other parts of the world will be coming home to share in our Emancipation Day activities and will seize the opportunity to witness the CPL matches at Providence.
The NEW GPC sponsorship is a multi-year agreement which will be in all aspects of the tournament, from branding, uniforms, advertising, marketing and production.
Above all, NEW GPC is the franchise owner of our country’s pride, Guyana Amazon Warriors.
The Guyana Amazon Warriors is really a very good team. Ramnaresh Sarwan was the first captain to win the first ever Twenty20 tournament in the Caribbean. He was the Man-of-the-Series in the 2004 Champions Trophy tournament when West Indies won.
Sarwan is known as the batsman who can walk to the wicket at number three and play through the innings.
Most significantly is the fact that Ramnaresh Sarwan is a great finisher. The Amazon Warriors includes the number one bowler in the world Sunil Narine, New Zealand’s in- form batsman Martin Guptill, Pakistan’s solid allrounder, Mohammed Hafeez.
Team strength
The batting will further be strengthened by the dependable and experienced Narsingh Deonarine, Lendl Simmons and the West Indies wicketkeeper/ batsman Denesh Ramdin.
Hence, it cannot be denied that the Amazon Warriors are extremely strong in batting.
The bowling will benefit from the speed of Ronsford Beaton, who will receive valuable support from Krishmar Santokie and James Franklyn. Narine will receive support from Hafeez and Veerasammy Permaul.
Young Christopher Barnwell, Trevon Griffith and William Perkins are players who can impact on the tournament.
Dr Ramroop is very optimistic about the future of cricket in the Caribbean.
He said, “Guyana Amazon Warriors represents an investment we have in the CPL, in the sport, in the players. Caribbean cricket is part of our culture.”
He added, “We believe in the transformative potential of CPL for the Caribbean region.
Not only does it promise to completely rejuvenate and revitalise cricket in the Caribbean, it has the potential to provide a tremendous economic and social boost as well. We feel it is important for the major corporate houses of the region to support this landmark initiative and intend to set an example by taking the title sponsorship of the event.