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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024: Full list of squads for the 20 nations | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be the biggest-ever edition of the tournament, with 20 teams vying for the trophy for the first time.

Defending champions England will be led by Jos Buttler, while 50-over world champions Australia will enter the tournament under the leadership of Mitch Marsh.

South Asian powerhouses India and Pakistan have also chosen to keep experienced skippers Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam in the leading roles respectively.

Co-hosts United States will play their first ICC World Cup along with fellow debutants Uganda.

All participant nations have named their 15-member squads.

Here’s how the 20 teams will line up:

Afghanistan

Captain: Rashid Khan

Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.

Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Saleem Safi.

Australia

Captain: Mitchell Marsh

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

Bangladesh

Captain: Najmul Hossain Shanto

Squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.

Canada

Captain: Saad Zafar

Squad: Navneet Dhaliwal, Aaron Johnson, Ravinderpal Singh, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Shreyas Movva, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Saad Zafar, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Rayyan Khan Pathan.

Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar.

(Al Jazeera)

England

Captain: Jos Buttler

Squad: Jos Buttler, 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.

India

Captain: Rohit Sharma

Squad: Rohit Sharma, 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.

Ireland

Captain: Paul Stirling

Squad: Paul Stirling, Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.

Namibia

Captain: Gerhard Erasmus

Squad: Gerhard Erasmus, Zane Green, Michael Van Lingen, Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Tangeni Lungameni, Niko Davin, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, JP Kotze, David Wiese, Bernard Scholtz, Malan Kruger, PD Blignaut.

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(Al Jazeera)

Nepal

Captain: Rohit Paudel

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

New Zealand

Captain: Kane Williamson

Squad: Kane Williamson, 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

Netherlands

Captain: Scott Edwards

Squad: Scott Edwards, Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Daniel Doram, Fred Klaassen, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, ⁠⁠Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Barresi.

Reserve: Kyle Klein

Oman

Captain: Aqib Ilyas

Squad: Aqib Ilyas, Pratik Athavale, Mehran Khan, Khalid Kail, Naseem Khushi, Kashyap Prajapati, Shoaib Khan, Zeeshan Maqsood, Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Bilal Khan, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmed, Kaleemullah, Rafiullah.

Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra.

Pakistan

Captain: Babar Azam

Squad: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.

Papua New Guinea

Captain: Assadollah Vala

Squad: Assadollah Vala, CJ Amini, Alei Nao, Chad Soper, Hila Vare, Hiri Hiri, Jack Gardner, John Kariko, Kabua Vagi Morea, Kipling Doriga, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Sema Kamea, Sese Bau, Tony Ura.

(Al Jazeera)

Scotland

Captain: Richie Berrington

Squad: Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Chris Greaves, Oli Hairs, Jack Jarvis, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal.

South Africa

Captain: Aiden Markram

Squad: Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Bjorn Fortuin, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Bjorn Fortuin, Tabraiz Shamsi.

Sri Lanka

Captain: Wanindu Hasaranga

Squad: Wanindu Hasaranga, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka.

Reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Janith Liyanage.

Uganda

Captain: Brian Masaba

Squad: Brian Masaba, Simon Ssesazi, Roger Mukasa, Cosmas Kyewuta, Dinesh Nakrani, Fred Achelam, Kenneth Waiswa, Alpesh Ramjani, Frank Nsubuga, Henry Ssenyondo, Bilal Hassun, Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah (vc), Juma Miyaji, Ronak Patel.

Reserves: Innocent Mwebaze, Ronald Lutaaya.

United States

Captain: Monak Patel

Squad: Monak Patel, Shayan Jahangir, Andries Gous, Nitish Kumar, Steven Taylor, Harmeet Singh, Corey Anderson, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Milind Kumar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Jessy Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Nosthush Kenjige.

Reserves: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.

West Indies

Captain: Rovman Powell

Squad: Rovman Powell, Alzarri Joseph, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd.

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ICC T20 World Cup 2024 stadiums: Where’s India vs Pakistan and the final? | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup News

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 begins in the United States and the Caribbean on June 1 when the world’s eyes will be on co-hosts USA as they entertain neighbours Canada.

The opening match will be played at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas, which is one of three venues in the US set to host 16 group stage matches.

Six stadiums across the Caribbean islands will host 24 group games, all 12 Super Eight games as well as both semifinals and the final, which will be held in Barbados on June 29.

(Al Jazeera)

Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, Texas, US

Capacity: 15,000
Inauguration: 2008
Fixtures: USA vs Canada (June 1), Nepal vs the Netherlands (June 4), USA vs Pakistan (June 6), Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (June 7)

The Grand Prairie Stadium is a former ballpark that was the home of the Texas Airhogs, an American Association of Professional Baseball team. The venue first opened in 2008 and switched to football in 2017 when Texas United staged their USL League Two matches there until 2019. Now repurposed as a cricket venue, the arena has a capacity of 15,000.

Major League Cricket matches have already been played at the Grand Prairie Stadium [File: LM Otero/AP Photo]

Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, Long Island, New York, US

Capacity: 34,000
Inauguration: June 1
Fixtures: Sri Lanka vs South Africa (June 3), India vs Ireland (June 5), Canada vs Ireland (June 7), the Netherlands vs South Africa (June 8), India vs Pakistan (June 9), Bangladesh vs South Africa (June 10), Canada vs Pakistan (June 11)

The newly constructed modular stadium is situated on the grounds of Eisenhower Park in East Meadow in Long Island, New York. The venue will host its first game on June 3 when Sri Lanka face South Africa. However, its biggest game will arguably be held on June 9 when India take on Pakistan in their Group A fixture. The arena can hold 34,000 people, but its capacity will be significantly reduced when the temporary stands are removed at the end of the tournament.

The Nassau County International Cricket Stadium has been set up for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in East Meadow, New York [File: Seth Wenig/AP]

Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida, US

Capacity: 25,000
Inauguration: 2007
Fixtures: Nepal vs Sri Lanka (June 11), USA vs Ireland (June 14), Canada vs India (June 15), Ireland vs Pakistan (June 16)

The Lauderhill venue is the most established US cricket venue, having opened in 2007 as an arena dedicated to the sport. It hosted the country’s first T20 international match when New Zealand took on Sri Lanka in 2010. The USA played their first one-day international series here in 2019. The stadium, which was constructed at a cost of $70m, has a capacity of 25,000 people.

India played the West Indies in the fourth T20 cricket match of their series at Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida, last year [File: Ramon Espinosa/AP]

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda

Capacity: 10,000
Inauguration: 2007
Fixtures: Oman vs Scotland (June 9), Australia vs Namibia (June 11), England vs Oman (June 13), England vs Namibia (June 15), A2 vs D1 (June 19), B2 vs D2 (June 20), A1 vs D2 (June 22), C2 vs D1 (June 23)

The venue, named after arguably the greatest West Indian cricketer, opened in 2007 to replace the old Recreation Ground in St John’s, where Brian Lara scored a then-record 375 runs in a Test match against England. The first international match played at the new site was a Super Eight fixture between the hosts and Australia at the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. The 10,000 regular capacity doubles for major tournaments.

England cricket fans watch day one of the second Test cricket match against the West Indies from a pool at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, on January 31, 2019 [Ricardo Mazalan/AP]

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Capacity: 28,000
Inauguration: 1882
Fixtures: Namibia vs Oman (June 2), England vs Scotland (June 4), Australia vs Oman (June 5), Namibia vs Scotland (June 6), Australia vs England (June 8), C1 vs A1 (June 20), A2 vs C2 (June 21), A2 vs B1 (June 23), final (June 29)

The venue, which will host the final on June 29, was first established in 1882 and staged its first Test match between the West Indies and England in 1930. The capacity of 28,000 is the largest in the Caribbean and is topped in the tournament only by the 34,000 at the temporary modular stadium in New York. The original stadium on the site was redeveloped many times, but the most recent overhaul was in 2006 before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.

The final three overs of the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 were bowled in near darkness in Bridgetown on April 28, 2007[File: Simon Baker/Reuters]

Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana

Capacity: 20,000
Inauguration: 2007
Fixtures: West Indies vs Papua New Guinea (June 2), Afghanistan vs Uganda (June 3), Papua New Guinea vs Uganda (June 5), Afghanistan vs New Zealand (June 7), West Indies vs Uganda (June 8), second semifinal (June 27)

The old Bourda National Stadium in Guyana was replaced by the current venue for the Cricket World Cup 2007 and held six Super Eight matches. During the tournament, Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga became the first bowler in international cricket to claim four wickets in four balls, a feat he achieved against South Africa. The arena has a capacity of 20,000 people.

A view of Providence Stadium as Ireland take on the West Indies in the second match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2010 [File: Philip Brown/Reuters]

Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

Capacity: 15,000
Inauguration: 2003
Fixtures: Australia vs Scotland (June 15), the Netherlands vs Sri Lanka (June 16), West Indies vs Afghanistan (June 17), B1 vs C2 (June 19), B1 vs D1 (June 21), B2 vs A1 (June 24)

The ground was renamed in 2016 in honour of the all-rounder who led the West Indies to two ICC T20 World Cup titles in 2012 and 2016. It was previously named the Beausejour Cricket Ground after the surrounding hills upon its inauguration in 2002 and was the first Caribbean venue to stage a day-night Test when Sri Lanka toured in 2003. The ground has a capacity of 15,000.

Brian Lara Cricket Academy, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

Capacity: 15,000
Inauguration: 2007
Fixtures: West Indies vs New Zealand (June 12), Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea (June 13), New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea (June 17), first semifinal (June 26)

The host venue for the islands is located in Tarouba on the outskirts of San Fernando in southern Trinidad. It replaced Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre as Trinidad and Tobago’s premier cricket ground in 2008. The ground was selected as a venue for warm-up matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup but missed out due to a delay in construction.

The West Indies will play one of their home games at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago [File: Ricardo Mazalan/AP]

Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent

Capacity: 18,000
Inauguration: 1981
Fixtures: Bangladesh vs Netherlands (June 13), Nepal vs South Africa  (June 14), Bangladesh vs Nepal (June 16), C1 vs B2 (June 23), C1 vs D2 (June 24)

Located in Arnos Vale, just outside Kingstown, the stadium holds a capacity of 18,000 people and is a multiuse venue, mostly used for football alongside cricket. The first international game was staged there in 1981 between the West Indies and England with the hosts winning a one-day international by two runs. The ground’s first two Test matches came in 1997 and 2009.

Cricket fans in Saint Vincent will witness five ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 matches [File: Andres Leighton/AP]

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Pakistan’s ICC T20 World Cup 2024 squad: Babar to captain pace-packed side | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup News

Pakistan have named five pace bowlers in their 15-man squad for the tournament in the US and West Indies.

Babar Azam will continue to lead Pakistan at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 as the South Asian side named their pace-heavy squad for the tournament.

Babar, who stepped down as captain after the 50-over Cricket World Cup in November, was reinstated earlier this year and will lead the 2009 champions at the tournament in the United States and West Indies next month.

Pakistan have also retained fast bowler Haris Rauf when announcing their 15-man squad on Friday, despite doubts about his fitness and lack of match practice.

The 30-year-old injured his shoulder during Pakistan Super League in February and is expected to play in the second Twenty20 international in Birmingham on Saturday – his first outing since recovery.

Pakistan Cricket Board’s selection committee said Rauf is fit and raring to go.

“Rauf is full fit and bowling well in the nets,” said a PCB release.

“It would have been nice if he had gotten an outing in the first match at Headingley, but we remain confident that he will continue to maintain an upward trajectory in the coming matches.”

The Headingley match between Pakistan and England was abandoned due to rain.

Pakistan is the 20th and the last team to announce the squad as they continued to search for combinations since their 2-2 series draw at home against New Zealand last month.

The tournament will run from June 1 to June 29.

Teams are divided into four groups of five with the top two teams qualifying for the Super Eight Stage in which all matches will be played in the West Indies.

Pakistan’s Group A includes arch-rivals India, as well as Canada and Ireland.

Pakistan will face USA in their first match in Dallas on June 6.

Fast bowler Hasan Ali, as well as batters Agha Salman and Muhammad Irfan Khan were left off the squad.

Fast bowler Mohammad Amir – the only survivor of Pakistan’s 2009 Twenty20 World Cup triumph – is staging a comeback after coming out of retirement two months ago.

He is part of a strong pace attack spearheaded by Shaheen Shah Afridi, Rauf, Naseem Shah and Abbas Afridi.

Pakistan lost in the semifinal of the 2021 Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and in the final in Australia in 2022.

Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.



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USA earn shock series win over Bangladesh ahead of T20 World Cup | Cricket News

Bangladesh slump to defeat in second T20 against the co-hosts, days before the T20 World Cup begins.

The United States have defeated Bangladesh by six runs to win their second Twenty20 international and claim a shock victory in the three-match series in Houston, Texas.

Chasing a modest 145 to win on Thursday, Bangladesh were well-placed at 78-2 before losing their last eight wickets for 60 runs to crash to defeat two days after losing the opening match by five wickets.

Fast bowler Ali Khan claimed 3-25 for the home side while Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (36) and former captain Shakib Al Hasan (30) were their team’s main run-makers in a total of 138.

“A lot of credit goes to the bowlers. They really put in the effort and brought their A game to restrict the Bangladeshi batsmen,” man-of-the-match Khan said.

“We took wickets at crucial stages, and that put the pressure back on Bangladesh.”

The series is being played as part of the build-up to the Twenty20 World Cup in the US and Caribbean, which starts on June 1.

The final game of the series will also take place in Houston on Saturday.

“I think it’s very disappointing for us. We lost wickets I think in almost every over in the middle,” Shanto said.

“I hope we can play some good cricket in the next match. I think it’s not a problem with the skills. We should change our mentality and mindset.”

After limiting the USA to 144-6 in 20 overs, Bangladesh were rocked after just four balls when opener Soumya Sarkar was caught and bowled by Saurabh Netravalkar without scoring.

They were 30-2 in the fifth over when fellow opener Tanzid Hasan, who had been called into the side to replace veteran run-getter Liton Das, was clean-bowled by Jasdeep Singh for 19.

At 78-2, Bangladesh appeared in control but lost skipper Shanto, run out in an embarrassing mix-up with Towhid Hridoy.

His exit sparked a rapid slide by the Asian side, ranked at nine in the world compared with the Americans at 19.

Hridoy was bowled by former New Zealand star Corey Anderson for 25 before 38-year-old Mahmudullah (3), the veteran of 130 T20s, was also cleaned up by left-arm seamer Shadley van Schalkwyk.

The same bowler also sent back Jaker Ali, and when Shakib, playing in his 121st T20 international, had his stumps scattered by Khan, the Bangladeshis were 124-7 and staring at defeat.

Tanzim Hasan Sakib was lbw to Khan.  Shoriful Islam fell to Netravalkar before Khan had last man Rishad Hossain caught behind to end the match.

Earlier, US skipper Monank Patel top-scored with 42 off 38 balls and was well supported by fellow opener Steven Taylor (31) and Aaron Jones’s 35.

Shoriful, Mustafizur Rahman and Rishad all took two wickets each for Bangladesh.



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