[2] The West Indies Emerging Team won the previous edition of the competition.
[4][5] The draft took place across two rounds,[6][7] with each team signing a minimum of fifteen players.
[14] The second semi-final saw Guyana beat the Windward Islands by 95 runs to join Trinidad and Tobago in the final.
[24] Guayana's Trevon Griffith also tested positive for COVID-19,[25] and was replaced by Kemol Savory.
[26] On 18 February 2021, the tournament's Technical Committee announced that Kyle Hope and Shai Hope would replace Dominic Drakes and Keon Harding in the Barbados team, and Kofi James replaced Nino Henry for the Leeward Islands.