If you have kept an eye on sports news, you will know that the T20 World Cup will begin on October 17, in Oman. The final of the tournament is scheduled for November 14. Check out this article to know more about the T20 world cup team squads of different countries.
1. Afghanistan
Mohammad Nabi (capt.), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Gulbadin Naib, Asghar Afghan, Naveen ul Haq, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Najibullah Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, and Qais Ahmad.
2. Australia
Aaron Finch (capt), Glenn Maxwell, David Warner, Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Kane Richardson, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa, and Josh Inglis.
3. Bangladesh
Mahmudullah (capt), Liton Das (wk), Mohammad Naim, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nurul Hasan, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, and Shamim Hossain.
4. England
Eoin Morgan (capt), Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Sam Curran, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, and Mark Wood.
5. India
Virat Kohli (capt.), KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, and Bhubaneswar Kumar.
6. Ireland
Andy Balbirnie (capt), Curtis Campher, Mark Adair, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate, Gareth Delany, Graham Kennedy, Andrew McBrine, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Kevin O’Brien, Simi Singh, Harry Tector, Paul Stirling, Ben White, Lorcan Tucker, and Craig Young.
7. Namibia
Gerhard Erasmus (capt), Karl Birkenstock, Stephan Baard, Jan Frylinck, Michau du Preez, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Ben Shikongo, Michael van Lingen, Craig Williams, David Wiese, and Pikky Ya France.
8. The Netherlands
Pieter Seelaar (capt), Colin Ackermann (vice-capt), Bas de Leede, Philippe Boissevain, Paul van Meekeren, Max O’Dowd, Ben Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Scott Edwards, Roelof van der Merwe, Timm van der Gugten, Brandon Glover, Logan van Beek, Fred Klaassen, and Stephan Myburgh.
9. New Zealand
Kane Williamson (capt), Tim Seifert (wk), Todd Astle, Mark Chapman, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Devon Conway, Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, and Tim Southee.
10. Oman
Zeeshan Maqsood (capt), Aqib Ilyas (vice-capt), Mohammad Nadeem, Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Suraj Kumar, Ayan Khan, Sandeep Goud, Kaleemullah, Nestor Dhamba, Sufyan Mehmood, Naseem Khushi, Fayyaz Butt, Bilal Khan, and Khurram Khan.
11. Pakistan
Babar Azam (capt), Shadab Khan (vice-capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Azam Khan (wk), Asif Ali, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Wasim Junior, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohaib Maqsood, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, and Mohammad Hasnain.
12. Papua New Guinea
Assad Vala (capt), Kiplin Doriga (wk), Charles Amini, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Tony Ura, Damien Ravu, Nosaina Pokana, Hiri Hiri, Simon Atai, Gaudi Toka, Kabua Vagi-Morea, Sese Bau, Chad Soper, Jason Kila, and Jack Gardner.
13. Scotland
Kyle Coetzer (capt), Richard Berrington (vice-capt), Craig Wallace (wk), Matthew Cross (wk), Dylan Budge, Alasdair Evans, Josh Davey, Oli Hairs, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, George Munsey, Calum Macleod, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt, and Brad Wheal.
14. South Africa
Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock (wk), Keshav Maharaj, Bjorn Fortuin, Heinrich Klaasen, Reeza Hendricks, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Dwaine Pretorius, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Rassie van der Dussen.
15. Sri Lanka
Dasun Shanaka (capt), Kusal Janith Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Praveen Jayawickrama, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Madushanka, and Maheesh Theekshana.
16. West Indies
Kieron Pollard (capt), Nicholas Pooran (vice-capt & wk), Andre Fletcher (wk), Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Fabian Allen, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Obed McCoy, Evin Lewis, Ravi Rampaul, Oshane Thomas, Lendl Simmons, Hayden Walsh Jr
Wrapping Up All the countries have put their best players in their respective teams. So, predicting the winner of the tournament will be difficult. But cricket enthusiasts are excited to see how the tournament will unfold. Check out the T20 world cup 2021 schedule, and do not miss any match. Hope all the teams will be able to perform their best, and in the end, the best of the best will emerge triumphantly.