Peter Della Penna for CricInfo:-
A notable omission was 20-year old offspinner Nikhil Dutta, who was Canada’s best bowler at the Americas qualifier in May, and later won a CPL contract with St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.
Dutta had pulled out from the national squad for the World T20 qualifier to play in the CPL. And Cricket Canada responded by revoking their No Objection Certificate. Since then a dispute has risen between the two parties….
The shortlist to phase two of the trial in Indianapolis was decided based on the players’ performances at the Americas qualifier and the World T20 qualifier, and recommendations from each country’s board. Since Cricket Canada did not nominate Dutta, Tom Evans (ICC Americas high performance consultant) said his status for the trial is on hold.
“They are working through a process with Nikhil given what happened at the CPL,” Evans told ESPNcricinfo. “We hope that can be rectified and he can then be included straight into phase two, but if not we hope that he’ll come to phase one and would make it through. We hope he and Cricket Canada can work through some of their issues and we see him involved in this process because he’s an exciting talent.”