ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Almost all the participating cricket team of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2021 have released their squads for the elite tournament. International Cricket Council (ICC) had, earlier, asked all the cricket boards to unveil their respective T20 World Cup squads by 10th September.
The showpiece event is slated to be held in the UAE and Oman, starting on 17th October. Initially, qualifier matches will be held before the top eight teams of ICC rankings will take on each other.
As per the rules and regulations prescribed by the ICC, all the cricket boards can only name a 15-men squad for the T20 World Cup along with three stands by players. Although the last date of squad submission was 10th September, the boards can make changes to their squads by 10th October.
T20 World Cup Squads of participating teams:
India T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami.
Reserve Players: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur.
Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 squad: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Asif Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Khushdil Shah, Sohaib Maqsood.
Reserve Players: Fakhar Zaman, Usman Qadir, Shahnawaz Dhani
Australia T20 World Cup 2021 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins (vc), Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Ashton Agar, Kane Richardson, Matthew Wade, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa.
Reserve Players: Dan Christian, Nathan Ellis, Daniel Sams.
England T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Jonathan Bairstow, Sam Curran, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, David Willey, Sam Billings, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
Reserve Players: Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, James Vince
New Zealand T20 World Cup 2021 squad: Kane Williamson (c), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Todd Astle, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Adam Milne (injury cover).
South Africa T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Temba Bavuma (c), David Miller,Quinton de Kock (wk), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, W Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi,Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Heinrich Klaasen,Kagiso Rabada, Rassie van der Dussen.
Reserve Players: George Linde, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams.
Bangladesh T20 World Cup 2021 squad: Mahmud Ullah (C), Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Kumer Das, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naim Sheikh, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Shaif Uddin, Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain.
West Indies T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Kieron Pollard (C), Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Obed McCoy, Nicholas Pooran (vc), Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh jr.
Reserve Players: Darren Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein
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Afghanistan T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Mohammad Nabi (c), Rashid Khan, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Shahzad, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Hamid Hassan, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Qais Ahmed.
Reserves Players: Afsar Zazai, Farid Ahmed Malik
Oman T20 World Cup 2021 squad: Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Ayaan Khan, Jatinder Singh, Mohammad Nadeem, Khawar Ali, Suraj Kumar, Sandeep Goud, Aqib Ilyas, Nester Dhamba, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Naseem Khushi, Sufyan Mehmood, Fayyaz Butt, Khurram Khan.
PNG T20 World Cup 2021 squad: Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini, Norman Vanua, Simon Atai, Nosaina Pokana, Kipling Doriga, Tony Ura, Gaudi Toka, Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri, Damien Ravu, Lega Siaka, Chad Soper, Kabua Vagi-Morea, Jason Kila, Jack Gardner.
Ireland T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Josh Little, Graham Kennedy, Mark Adair, George Dockrell, Harry Tector, Shane Getkate, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O’Brien, Curtis Campher, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Gareth Delany, Craig Young.
Namibia T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Frylinck, Michau du Preez, Zane Green, Craig Williams, Nicol Lofie-Eaton, Michael van Lingen, Bernard Scholtz, Stephen Baard, Ben Shikongo, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Karl Birkenstock, David Wiese, Picky Ya France.
Reserves: Mauritius Ngupita.
Netherland T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Pieter Seelaar (c), Philippe Boissevain, Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards, Brandon Glover, Roelof van der Merwe, Colin Ackermann, Fred Klaassen, Timm van der Gugten, Stephan Myburgh, Ben Cooper, Max O’Dowd, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Logan van Beek, Paul van Meekeren.
Scotland T20 World Cup 2021 Squad: Kyle Coetzer (c), Dylan Budge, Josh Davey, Alasdair Evans, Chris Greaves, Richard Berrington (vc), Oli Hairs, Michael Leask, Calum Macleod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Matthew Cross (wk), Hamza Tahir, Craig Wallace (wk), Mark Watt, Chris Sole, Brad Wheal.
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