Jason Holder

As a youngster he received the Lord Gavron Award in 2009, an honour reserved for an outstanding Barbados Under-19 player. At the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand he took 13 wickets, more than any other West Indies bowler. He was called into the ODI squad for a 2012 tour of Bangladesh as cover for the injured Tino Best, but his international debut came in 2013 against Australia. His Test debut came in the third Test of a home series against New Zealand, where he took two wickets and made a half-century as his side lost.

Holder was handed the captaincy after the 2014 India tour was abandoned over a payment dispute and Dwayne Bravo was removed from the post. His leadership drew criticism early on, notably when South Africa piled up 439 at the Wanderers, but chief selector Clive Lloyd backed him for the 2015 World Cup, and he remained in charge until 2020, including at the 2019 World Cup. A high point came in England in 2017, when the West Indies chased a record 322 at Leeds for their first Test win in England in 17 years, although they lost the series 2-1.

In 2019 he made an unbeaten 202 against England at home in a Test the West Indies won by 381 runs, their biggest home victory by runs, and later that year he reached 100 Test wickets against India. A hat-trick against England in 2022 helped earn him a place at that year's T20 World Cup.

His IPL career has been uneven. After limited outings for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders, he took 14 wickets in 7 games on his return to the Sunrisers in 2020 and 16 in 8 the next season. Lucknow Super Giants paid INR 8.75 crore for him in 2022, and Rajasthan Royals bought him for INR 5.75 crore in 2023.