In August 2025, it was reported that the tournament will feature an expanded roster of seven teams following the highly anticipated return of a Jamaica-based franchise. In February 2026, it was confirmed that the tournament will return to Jamaica, ending a seven-year absence of the tournament from one of cricket’s most storied outposts. In March 2026, it was announced that
Jamaica Kingsmen will officially participate in the 2026 edition.
Draft Each team is allowed to build a squad of 17 players. The squad composition consists of nine West Indian players, five overseas players and three breakout players. All the six teams part of
2025 season get four Right to Match Options (RMO) to protect players from previous season where three can be used on any salary slot and one can be used on salary slot 7 to 17 and should be player in the team's home territory. While
Jamaica Kingsmen will get the first three picks in the draft where they can select only Jamaican players but can select only one player from existing teams and the other teams cannot use RMO. Kingsmen will get one RMO which can be exercised on Jamaican player and if player played in 2025 season, he should be in salary slot 7 to 17. Any team which loses player to Kingsmen will get an additional RMO. The overseas players can be directly negotiated with a maximum of four players allowed in a match. One breakout player has to be included in every match. == Teams ==