Nyeem Young, the promising all-rounder, was picked up by Barbados Tridents © Getty

Barbados Tridents and Trinbago Knight Riders have signed Nyeem Young and Jayden Seales respectively from the Cricket West Indies Emerging Player Pool for the upcoming season of the Caribbean Premier League.

"This pool of players have been selected by CWI and represent the best cricketers aged under 23 across the region," is stated in a CPL release. Each squad will have two of these players and each team must give a minimum of five games to an emerging player, either one player taking the field five times or a combination of appearances between the two players.

"The rules and regulations for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League gives each team the option to sign a player from the Cricket West Indies Emerging Player Pool who is from their home territory ahead of the draft," it further read.

The deadline for making these early signings has passed and four teams - including Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Lucia Zouks, who have signed Kevin Sinclair and Kimani Melius respectively - have signed cricketers before the draft.

In addition to the option to sign a home territory player, the teams were also given the opportunity to retain their any of their emerging players from last year. St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, who signed Dominic Drakes, and Trinbago Knight Riders, who signed Amir Jangoo , exercised this option.

"There is so much cricketing talent across the Caribbean and we want to make sure that our tournament plays it's part in creating the next generation of West Indies stars," Pete Russell, COO of CPL, said. "We were delighted with how well these young players did in 2019 and we are really excited to see this group of talented cricketers during the 2020 tournament. The sky is the limit for these young men, and we want to see them succeed at CPL and beyond."

There are still six available spots for teams to fill in the Emerging Player category, which will be filled at the draft. The 2020 edition of the tournament is scheduled to be played from August 19 to September 26.