ICC World T20 2016 Squads: The next edition of ICC World T20 will be played on 8 March 2016- 3 April 2016 in India. The event is a marquee ICC event that was first played in 2007 in South Africa and since the advent of T20 cricket has become one of the most eye-catching and popular events of cricket all over the world.
Sri Lanka will be looking to defend their titles, which they won in 2014 in Bangladesh while India will be looking to win the tournament for the second time after losing in the finals the last time. The tournament will begin with the qualifier round which will be played amongst the 6 associate nations. The top two teams from the qualifier round will progress to the main tournament which has the 10 Test playing nations.
Many teams have announced their squads for the marquee tournament, only Oman, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have not announced their squads till now.
Full member Squads:
Australia T20 Squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (VC), James Faulkner, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Shane Watson.
Australia decided to give include the inform players like Usman Khawaja, Ashton Agar and surprise pick Adam Zampa in the squad. Steven Smith replaced Aaron Finch as the captain of the T20 team and they brought in Peter Nevill as a proper wicketkeeper. The major players to miss out were Shaun Marsh, Nathan Lyon and Shaun Tait.
England T20 Squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jos Buttler, James Vince, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Steven Finn, Reece Topley, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson
England, who rediscovered the limited overs format, had big success in ODI format. They have now learnt to use the correct players for correct format and hence, they have gone in with specialists like James Vince, uncapped Liam Dawson. Though the non-inclusion of Luke Wright, who was in form in the Big Bash league raised questions, England has got it correct it seems.
India T20 Squad: MS Dhoni (c), Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Jasprit Bumrah
India who is hosting the ICC World T20 for the first time is banking on the experience, this time, to get India the T20 world title the second time. They have recalled Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra into the squad along with newbies Pawan Negi, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah.
Pakistan T20 Squad: Shahid Afridi (c), Mohammed Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Babr Azam, Khurram Manzoor, Rumman Rais, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Irfan
Pakistan will be led by mercurial Shahid Afridi who will be probably playing his last international tournament. They have dropped opener Ahmed Shehzad while going for new blood like Rumman Rais and Mohammad Nawaz. Fast bowler Umar Gul also missed out while Mohammad Amir will be playing his first ICC even after his return to international cricket.
South Africa T20 Squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, David Wiese, Imran Tahir
South Africa who are going through a rough phase right now, has put fate in their known players. They, unfortunately, left out both Morne Morkel and Albie Morkel, who is considered a T20 expert player. They have included Aaron Phangiso to aid Duminy and Tahir in the spin department.
New Zealand T20 Squad: Kane Williamson (c), Corey Anderson, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Ross Taylor, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Henry Nicholls, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
New Zealand was devastated when Brendon McCullum decided to bid goodbye to the international cricket after the Test series against Australia. One of the most devastating batsman in the format, McCullum saw it fit to bid goodbye, so that his replacement Kane Williamson could take over and lead the team in a major tournament prepared.
Bangladesh T20 Squad: Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Shakib Al Hasan (VC), , Mushfiqur Rahim, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman , Nasir Hossain, Mohammad Mithun, Mustafizur Rahman, Nurul Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed, Imrul Kayes, Abu Hider, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Muktar Ali, Shuvagata Hom
Bangladesh tigers are high on the success of their previous series and have no big surprises in their team apart from some new faces like Nurul Hasan, Kamrul Islam Rabbi and Muktar Ali. They will be led by Mashrafe Mortaza and will have the ODI wonderboy Mustafizur Rahim in their ranks to bolster the bowling.
West Indies T20 Squad: Darren Sammy (c), Sulieman Benn, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Chris Gayle, Andre Fletcher, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, Samuel Badree
2012 World T20 winners West Indies will be led by Darren Sammy and include T20 stars like Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Samuel Badree. They also included mystery spinner Sunil Narine in the squad. But a payment dispute between the players and the West Indies cricket board is threatening the participation of the team.
Associate members squads:
Afghanistan:
One of the strongest nations in the associates, Afghanistan recently won their first T20 series against a full-time member when they defeated Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe. They have players like Mohammad Shahzad, Gulbadin Naib, and Dawlat Zadran who made their name in the World Cup in 2015 and in the recent series. They will be led by Asghar Stanikzai.
Team: Asghar Stanikzai (c), Rashid Khan, Noor Ali Zadran, Shafiqullah, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Sadiq, Amir Hamza, Dawlat Zadran, Mohammad Shahzad, Gulbadin Naib, Samiullah Shenwari, Najibullah Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran
Hong Kong:
Hong Kong qualified for the Associate T20 tournament last year and with their inform batting consisting of Mark Chapman, who made a century on ODI debut and bowling of Babar Hayat, they can stake a claim in the main draw.
Team: Tanwir Afzal (c), Waqas Khan, Aizaz Khan, Anshy Rath, Jamie Atkinson, Ryan Campbell, Kinchit Shah, Christopher Carter, Mark Chapman, Haseeb Amjad, Nadeem Ahmed, Nizakat Khan, Babar Hayat, Tanveer Ahmed, Waqas Barkat
Ireland:
The Ireland team will be led by William Porterfield and have included all of their big guns in the team. Boyd Rankin makes a return to Irish colors after a stint with England and has included Niall O’Brien in the team. They will, however, miss the services of John Mooney, who retired from the international cricket some time ago.
Team: William Porterfield (c), Andy Balbirnie, Andy McBrine, Gary Wilson, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien, Andrew Poynter, Stuart Poynter, Max Sorensen, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson, Craig Young, George Dockrell, Boyd Rankin
Netherlands:
Another team that can pretty much cause a big upset is Netherlands who were bolstered by the presence of former South African player Roeloef van der Merwe, who played for the Dutch team after his hopes of playing for the Proteas ended.
Team: Wesley Barresi (c), Ahsan Malik, Roelof van der Merwe, Peter Borren, Ben Cooper, Vivian Kingma, Stephan Myburgh, Michael Rippon, Pieter Seelaar, Sikander Zulfiqar, Mudassar Bukhari, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Timm van der Gugten, Paul van Meekeren
Scotland:
Scotland, who played their second ICC World cup in 2015, will be looking to make some ripples in the qualifier draw. They have their big name players in Preston Momsen, Richie Berrington and Alasdair Evans.
Team: Preston Mommsen (c), Kyle Coetzer (VC), Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross, George Munsey, Josh Davey, Alasdair Evans, Mark Watt, Con de Lange, Michael Leask, Matt Machan, Calum MacLeod, Gavin Main, Safyaan Sharif, Rob Taylor
Only Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Oman remained to announce their squads.
