The ICC T20 World Cup is just around the corner. Each team is gearing up and trying to put their best foot forward for one of the biggest international tournaments. Complete Squads of the T20 world cup have been officially announced by all the 16 teams participating. The teams are divided into 4 different groups. 

Super12 Group 1

Australia 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

England 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

South Africa 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

West Indies Squad

Kieron Pollard (Captain), Nicholas Pooran (Vice-Captain), 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

Super 12 Group 2

New Zealand Squad

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

Reserves: Adam Milne

Pakistan 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

India 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

Reserves: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur; Mentor: MS Dhoni    

Afghanistan 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

Round 1, Group A

Sri Lanka 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.

The Netherlands Squad

Pieter Seelaar (c), Colin Ackermann, Philippe Boissevain, Ben Cooper, Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards, Brandon Glover, Fred Klaassen, Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Logan van Beek, Timm van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren

Ireland 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

Namibia Squad 

Gerhard Erasmus (c), Stephen Baard, Karl Birkenstock. Michau du Preez, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Nicol Lofie-Eaton, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Michael van Lingen, David Wiese, Craig Williams, Picky Ya France

Reserves: Mauritius Ngupita

Round 1, Group B

Bangladesh, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland.

Listed below are their complete squads.

Bangladesh 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

Oman 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

Papua New Guinea Squad

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

Scotland 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

Complete Squads have been chosen and no change will be made in them. The event is to be kickstarted on 17th October in Oman. West Indies are the defending champion, enthusiasts are excited to see who will lift the cup this time. 

Two teams each from groups A and B will reach the super 12’s and two teams each from groups 1 and 2 will mark a spot in the semi-finals. 

Following is the complete schedule for ICC T20 world cup 2021:

Round 1

• 17 Oct: Oman v Papua New Guinea, Muscat; Bangladesh v Scotland, Muscat
• 18 Oct: Ireland v Netherlands, Abu Dhabi; Sri Lanka v Namibia, Abu Dhabi
• 19 Oct: Scotland v PNG, Muscat; Oman v Bangladesh, Muscat
• 20 Oct: Namibia v Netherlands, Abu Dhabi (14h00); Sri Lanka v Ireland, Abu Dhabi (18h00)
• 21 Oct: Bangladesh v Papua New Guinea, Muscat; Oman v Scotland, Muscat (18h00)
• 22 Oct: Namibia v Ireland, Sharjah; Sri Lanka v Netherlands, Sharjah

Super 12s

• 23 Oct: Australia v South Africa, Abu Dhabi; England v West Indies, Dubai
• 24 Oct: A1 v B2, Sharjah; India v Pakistan, Dubai
• 25 Oct: Afghanistan v B1, Sharjah 
• 26 Oct: South Africa v West Indies, Dubai; Pakistan v New Zealand, Sharjah
• 27 Oct: England v B2, Abu Dhabi; B1 v A2, Abu Dhabi
• 28 Oct: Australia v A1, Dubai
• 29 Oct: West Indies v B2, Sharjah; Pakistan v Afghanistan, Dubai
• 30 Oct: South Africa v A1, Sharjah; Australia v England, Dubai
• 31 Oct: Afghanistan v A2, Abu Dhabi; India v New Zealand, Dubai
• 1 Nov: England v A1, Sharjah
• 2 Nov: South Africa v B2, Abu Dhabi; Pakistan v A2, Abu Dhabi
• 3 Nov: New Zealand v B1, Dubai; India v Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi
• 4 Nov: Australia v B2, Dubai; West indies v A1, Abu Dhabi
• 5 Nov: New Zealand v A2, Sharjah; India v B1, Dubai 
• 6 Nov: Australia v West Indies, Abu Dhabi; England v South Africa, Sharjah 
• 7 Nov: New Zealand v Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi; Pakistan v B1, Sharjah
• 8 Nov: India v A2, Dubai 

Knock-out stage

• 10 Nov: Semi-final 1 (A1 v B2), Abu Dhabi
• 11 Nov: Semi-final 2 (B1 v A2), Dubai 
• 14 Nov: Final, Dubai 

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