Every squad for the men’s T20 World Cup | cricket.com.au

by Admin
May 1, 2024

The ICC set a deadline of May 1 for all nations to name their 15-player squad for this year’s men’s T20 World Cup tournament, with New Zealand the first to do so. As the squads roll in over the coming days, they’ll be updated here.

An important date to note in the calendar is May 25 – nations can change their 15-player squad at leisure up until that date, after which any changes will require ICC Event Technical Committe approval (such as for a serious injury).

Afghanistan

Squad: Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik. Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Saleem Safi

Rashid Khan will captain the side and lead the spin-heavy bowling brigade, with support from Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Nangyal Kharoti and veteran Mohammad Nabi.

Ahmad, who Aussies will know from his BBL stint with the Melbourne Renegades, is one of several new faces in the squad from the 2022 T20 World Cup, along with Karim Janat, Mohammad Ishaq, 20-year-old rising star Kharoti and keeper-batter Mohammad Ishaq, who played at both the 2020 and 2022 U19 World Cups.

Australia

Squad: Mitch Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.

Australia left Steve Smith out of a men’s World Cup squad for the first time since 2014, while Ashton Agar and Cameron Green are the big winners from the 15-man squad named for June’s T20 event, with the Western Australian pair picked despite both having been absent from international T20 cricket for nearly 18 months.

Bangladesh

Squad yet to be announced

Canada

Squad: Saad Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Movva. Travelling reserve: Tajinder Singh. Reserves: Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar.

Canada’s left-handed allrounder captain Saad Zafar will carry plenty of the load for the North American side competing at their first ever T20 World Cup. Opener Aaron Johnson, who was pivotal in helping the nation secure qualification to the World Cup in the Americas Region tournament, was the top run-scorer in a five-match T20 series against the USA last month, which Canada lost 4-0. Offspinning allrounder Harsh Thaker has also been in good form with bat and ball recently while left-arm seamer Kaleem Sana – a former Pakistan U19 player – leads their pace attack.

England

Squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood

Jofra Archer is set to make his international comeback at this year’s men’s T20 World Cup after being included in England’s 15-player provisional squad for the tournament.

The 29-year-old pace ace hasn’t played at the top level since last year’s Indian Premier League where he was ruled out halfway through the tournament due to a recurrence of his troublesome right elbow stress fracture.

Chris Jordan has also earned a recall almost eight months after his last T20 international following an impressive KFC BBL|13 campaign as a late-order finisher and death bowler for Hobart Hurricanes.

Captain Jos Buttler, Will Jacks and Jonny Bairstow – who have all hit centuries in the ongoing IPL season – will feature in a power-packed top order alongside Phil Salt who has also scored four half-centuries striking at 180 for Kolkata Knight Riders.

India

Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj. Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan

India have included wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant in their 15-player squad for the men’s T20 World Cup in the West Indies and United States in June.

Pant was involved in a near-fatal crash in December 2022 that required him to have multiple surgeries and he missed last year’s Indian Premier League as well as India’s 50-over World Cup campaign on home soil.

The Delhi Capitals skipper was not the only player rewarded for his IPL form, with Chennai Super Kings batter Shivam Dube also mading the squad after scoring 350 runs in nine matches.

Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan were among the reserves, but there was no place for veteran KL Rahul.

Ireland

Squad yet to be announced

Namibia

Squad yet to be announced

Nepal

Squad: Rohit Paudel (c), Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee

Nepal will be captained by 21-year-old Rohit Paudel who recently smashed a 47-ball century against a West Indies A attack featuring Matthew Forde, Oshane Thomas, Roston Chase and Gudakesh Motie, all who toured Australia in February with the Windies senior white-ball sides.

Nepal have had a huge run of T20 cricket leading into this year’s tournament with the series against West Indies A preceded by two separate multi-team tournaments as well as a visit from an Ireland A side.

They will face Netherlands, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Bangladesh as their Group D opponents.

Netherlands

Squad yet to be announced

New Zealand

Squad: Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee. Reserve: Ben Sears

Experience has trumped youthful pace in New Zealand’s men’s T20 World Cup squad, with Matt Henry and Trent Boult beating quick Ben Sears to the final 15.

Sears impressed in recent T20 and Test series against Australia, but after an expensive tour of Pakistan he has been edged by Henry, who will play at his first T20 World Cup at the age of 32.

Emerging batter Rachin Ravindra is the only other man set to make his T20 tournament debut in a vastly experienced team.

Ravindra, power-hitter Finn Allen (both 24) and allrounder Glenn Phillips, 27, are the only squad members who will still be under the age of 30 on the day of the World Cup final.

Oman

Squad: Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Ayaan Khan, Kashyap Prajapati, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Pratik Athavale, Naseem Khushi, Khalid Kail, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Rafiullah. Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra

Oman have named a new captain, Aqib Ilyas, for their return to the tournament after co-hosting the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Ilyas is Oman’s leading run-scorer (364) and wicket-taker (20) this year and will have plenty of bowling options at his disposal along with his own leggies.

Quicks Bilal Khan, Fayyaz Butt, Kaleemullah and Rafiullah, spinner Shakeel Ahmed, and allrounders Zeeshan Maqsood, Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan and Mehran Khan have all picked in the squad to face Australia, England, Namibia and Scotland in Group B.

Pakistan

Squad yet to be announced

Papua New Guinea

Squad yet to be announced

Scotland

Squad yet to be announced

South Africa

Squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs. Travelling reserves: Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi

South Africa have included fast bowler Anrich Nortje and the uncapped duo of Ryan Rickelton and Ottniel Baartman in their 15-man squad for this year’s men’s T20 World Cup.

Nortje, 30, has not played a T20 international for more than a year due to persistent injuries, and on his return in the Indian Premier League this season he has given up a woefully high 13.36 runs per over across six matches.

Batter Rickelton, who can also keep wicket, has been rewarded for his fine form in SA20 this year, in which he was the leading scorer with 530 runs at an average of 58.88, while seamer Baartman took 18 wickets in eight matches in the competition.

Aiden Markram will captain the squad, which also includes power hitters Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs.