CPL: Barbados Royals Announce David Miller As Captain For 2022 Season

Barbados Royals on Wednesday announced the appointment of South African batter, David Miller, as captain for the 2022 season of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Shouldering the added responsibility, the 32-year-old will be working closely with head coach Trevor Penney and Royals' Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara, with whom he has played under during his time at the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.

Having previously represented Barbados' partner franchise Rajasthan Royals in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, the swashbuckling finisher has close ties with the Royals and is delighted to be returning to one of their franchises as a leader of the group.

"During my time at the Royals in the IPL, I always felt very valued and have been able to establish a deep connection with the team. It is an exciting time for me to come to the Barbados Royals, and a privilege to have been appointed as the Captain. It is a team that has an abundance of young and experienced talent from the Caribbean and I am looking forward to working with the entire group to get down to achieving our objectives for the 2022 season," said David Miller in a statement.

Miller returns to the CPL after a hiatus of three seasons, having last represented Jamaica Tallawahs in 2018 and St Lucia Zouks in 2016. The middle-order batter has accumulated 332 runs in 15 innings in the CPL, at a strike rate of over 146. In the 2022 season of the IPL, Miller was in stunning form, scoring 481 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of 142.73.

"Having worked with David (Miller) before at the Rajasthan Royals, we knew he has a cricketing brain which not only reads situations very well on the field but is also very passionately involved off the field. He is someone who helps in creating