ICC T20 World Cup: From no Dhawan in Team India to Rashid Khan stepping down as Afghan skipper - squads you need to know
With a little over a month to go, the teams have begun announcing their squads for the mega event.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 gets underway on October 17, with the final slated for November 14. The 2021 men's T20 World Cup, which is the first one since 2016, which took place in India, will now be held at four venues namely, Dubai International Stadium, the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Sharjah Stadium, and the Oman Cricket Academy Ground.
The competition will start with the preliminary stage which will see the eight qualifying teams -- Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Oman and Papua New Guinea -- fighting for four spots in the Super 12s.
With a little over a month to go, the teams have begun announcing their squads for the mega event. Let's have a look at the squads.
Super 12 Group 2 - Matches:
October 26 – vs B1
October 30 – vs PAK
October 31 – vs A2
November 4 – vs IND
November 7 – vs NZ
Squad: Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Shahzad, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen ul Haq, Hamid Hassan, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Qais Ahmed
Reserves: Afsar Zazai, Farid Ahmed Malik
Super 12 Group 1 - Matches:
October 23 – vs SA
October 28 – vs A1
October 30 – vs ENG
November 4 – vs B2
November 6 – vs WI
Squad: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins (vc), Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
Round 1, Group B - Matches:
October 17 – vs SCO
October 19 – vs OMA
October 21 – vs PNG
Squad: Mahmud Ullah (Captain), Naim Sheikh, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Kumer Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Shaif Uddin, Shamim Hossain
Reserves: Rubel Hossain, Aminul Islam Biplob
Super 12, Group 1 - Matches:
October 23 – vs WI
October 27 – vs B2
October 30 – vs AUS
November 1 – vs A1
November 6 – vs SA
Squad: Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
Reserves: Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, James Vince
Super 12, Group 2 - Matches:
October 24 – vs PAK
October 31 – vs NZ
November 3 – vs AFG
November 5 – vs B1
November 8 – vs A2
Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami
Stand-by: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur
Mentor: MS Dhoni
Round 1, Group A - Matches:
October 18 – vs NED
October 20 – vs SL
October 22 – vs NAM
Squad: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate, Graham Kennedy, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O’Brien, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young
Super 12 Group 2 - Matches:
October 26 – vs PAK
October 31 – vs IND
November 3 – vs B1
November 5 – vs A2
November 7 – vs AFG
Squad: Kane Williamson (c), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee
Injury cover: Adam Milne
Round 1, Group B - Matches:
October 17 – vs PNG
October 19 – vs BAN
October 21 – vs SCO
Squad: Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Aqib Ilyas, Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Suraj Kumar, Sandeep Goud, Nester Dhamba, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Naseem Khushi, Sufyan Mehmood, Fayyaz Butt, Khurram Khan
Super12 Group 2 - Matches:
October 24 – vs IND
October 26 – vs NZ
October 29 – vs AFG
November 2 – vs A2
November 7 – vs B1
Squad: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Azam Khan, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood
Round 1, Group B - Matches:
October 17 – vs OMA
October 19 – vs SCO
October 21 – vs BAN
Squad: Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Nosaina Pokana, Kipling Doriga, Tony Ura, Hiri Hiri, Gaudi Toka, Sese Bau, Damien Ravu, Kabua Vagi-Morea, Simon Atai, Jason Kila, Chad Soper, Jack Gardner
Round 1, Group B - Matches:
October 17 - vs BAN
October 19 - vs PNG
October 21 - vs OMA
Squad: Kyle Coetzer (c), Richard Berrington (vc), Dylan Budge, Matthew Cross (wk), Josh Davey, Alasdair Evans, Chris Greaves, Oli Hairs, Michael Leask, Calum Macleod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir, Craig Wallace (wk), Mark Watt, Brad Wheal
Super12, Group 1 - Matches:
October 23 – vs AUS
October 26 – vs WI
October 30 – vs A1
November 2 – vs B2
November 6 – vs ENG
Squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock (wk), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, W Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.
Reserves: George Linde, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams
Super12, Group 1 - Matches:
October 24 – vs ENG
October 26 – vs SA
October 29 – vs B2
November 5 – vs A1
November 6 – vs AUS
Squad: Kieron Pollard (Captain), Nicholas Pooran (VC), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh jr
Reserves: Darren Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein
Round 1, Group A - Matches:
October 18 - vs NAM
October 20 - vs IRE
October 22 - vs NED
Squad: Dasun Shanaka (captain), Dhananjaya De Silva, Kusal Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrema, Lahiru Madushanka, Maheesh Theekshana.
Reserves: Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando, Akila Dananjaya, Pulina Tharanga.