List of cricketers
Autographed bats of teams that participated in the 2016 T20 World Cup at Blades of Glory Museum , Pune, India. The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 was the sixth ICC World Twenty20 , and the first to be hosted by India . Sri Lanka were the defending champions, having won the 2014 edition . The following squads were chosen for the tournament. The player ages are as on 8 March 2016, the opening day of the tournament, and where a player plays for more than one team in Twenty20 cricket, only their domestic team is listed (for example: at the time, Jos Buttler played for Lancashire Lightning in the T20 Blast and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League ).
Afghanistan
Coach : Inzamam-ul-Haq
No.
Player
Date of birth
Batting
Bowling style
Domestic team
44
Asghar Afghan (c ) (1987-02-22 ) 22 February 1987 (aged 29)Right
Right-arm fast-medium
Kabul Eagles
4
Amir Hamza (1991-08-15 ) 15 August 1991 (aged 24)Left
Left-arm orthodox
Kabul Eagles
10
Dawlat Zadran (1988-03-19 ) 19 March 1988 (aged 27)Right
Right-arm fast-medium
Mis Ainak Knights
14
Gulbadin Naib (1991-03-16 ) 16 March 1991 (aged 24)Right
Right-arm fast-medium
Mis Ainak Knights
66
Hamid Hassan (1987-06-01 ) 1 June 1987 (aged 28)Right
Right-arm fast
Speen Ghar Tigers
84
Karim Sadiq (1984-02-28 ) 28 February 1984 (aged 32)Right
Right-arm off-spin
Amo Sharks
7
Mohammad Nabi (1985-03-03 ) 3 March 1985 (aged 31)Right
Right-arm off-spin
Band-e-Amir Dragons
77
Mohammad Shahzad (wk ) (1991-07-15 ) 15 July 1991 (aged 24)Right
—
Mis Ainak Knights
1
Najibullah Zadran (1993-02-18 ) 18 February 1993 (aged 23)Left
Right-arm off-spin
Boost Defenders
15
Noor Ali Zadran (1988-07-10 ) 10 July 1988 (aged 27)Right
Right-arm fast-medium
Mis Ainak Knights
19
Rashid Khan (1998-09-20 ) 20 September 1998 (aged 17)Right
Right-arm leg-spin
Kabul Eagles
45
Samiullah Shenwari (1987-12-31 ) 31 December 1987 (aged 28)Right
Right-arm leg-spin
Speen Ghar Tigers
28
Shafiqullah Shafaq (wk ) (1989-08-07 ) 7 August 1989 (aged 26)Right
—
Speen Ghar Tigers
20
Shapoor Zadran (1985-03-07 ) 7 March 1985 (aged 31)Left
Left-arm fast-medium
Boost Defenders
87
Usman Ghani (1996-11-20 ) 20 November 1996 (aged 19)Right
—
Boost Defenders
Australia
Australia announced their squad on 9 February 2016.[ 1]
Coach : Darren Lehmann
Bangladesh
Bangladesh announced their squad on 3 February 2016:[ 2]
Coach : Chandika Hathurusingha
England
England announced their squad on 10 February 2016:[ 3]
Coach : Trevor Bayliss
Hong Kong
Hong Kong announced their squad on 28 January 2016.[ 4]
Coach : Simon Cook
India
India announced their squad on 5 February 2016.[ 5] [ 6]
Team Director : Ravi Shastri
Ireland
Ireland announced their squad on 8 February 2016.[ 7]
Coach : John Bracewell
Netherlands
The Netherlands announced their squad on 6 February 2016.[ 8]
Coach : Anton Roux
New Zealand
New Zealand announced their squad on 1 February 2016.[ 9]
Coach : Mike Hesson
Oman
Oman announced their squad on 13 February 2016:[ 10]
Coach : Duleep Mendis
No.
Player
Date of birth
Batting
Bowling style
7
Sultan Ahmed (c , wk ) (1977-06-18 ) 18 June 1977 (aged 38)Left
—
12
Zeeshan Maqsood (vc ) (1987-10-24 ) 24 October 1987 (aged 28)Left
Left-arm orthodox
13
Aamir Kaleem (1981-11-20 ) 20 November 1981 (aged 34)Left
Left-arm orthodox
22
Amir Ali (1978-11-24 ) 24 November 1978 (aged 37)Right
Right-arm off-spin
77
Ajay Lalcheta (1983-10-22 ) 22 October 1983 (aged 32)Left
Left-arm orthodox
–
Arun Poulose (1986-07-22 ) 22 July 1986 (aged 29)Right
Right-arm medium-fast
10
Jatinder Singh (1989-03-05 ) 5 March 1989 (aged 27)Right
Right-arm off-spin
68
Khawar Ali (1985-12-20 ) 20 December 1985 (aged 30)Right
Right-arm leg-spin
14
Mehran Khan (1987-04-13 ) 13 April 1987 (aged 28)Right
—
–
Mohammad Nadeem (1982-09-04 ) 4 September 1982 (aged 33)Right
Right-arm medium-fast
37
Munis Ansari (1979-03-21 ) 21 March 1979 (aged 36)Right
Right-arm medium-fast
–
Rajeshkumar Ranpura (1983-07-17 ) 17 July 1983 (aged 32)Left
Right-arm medium-fast
–
Sufyan Mehmood (1991-10-21 ) 21 October 1991 (aged 24)Left
Right-arm medium-fast
–
Vaibhav Wategaonkar (1982-08-30 ) 30 August 1982 (aged 33)Left
—
–
Yousuf Mahmood (1990-03-28 ) 28 March 1990 (aged 25)Right
Right-arm fast-medium
–
Zeeshan Siddiqui (1979-07-22 ) 22 July 1979 (aged 36)Right
Right-arm leg-spin
08
Bilal Khan (1988-04-10 ) 10 April 1988 (aged 27)Left
Left-arm medium-fast
21
Adnan Ilyas (1984-12-30 ) 30 December 1984 (aged 31)Right
Right-arm medium
Pakistan
Pakistan announced their squad on 10 February 2016:[ 11]
Coach : Waqar Younis
Scotland
Scotland announced their squad on 8 February 2016.[ 12]
Coach : Grant Bradburn
South Africa
South Africa announced their squad on 10 February 2016:[ 13]
Coach : Russell Domingo
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka announced their squad on 18 February 2016:[ 14]
Coach : Graham Ford
West Indies
The West Indian squad was announced on 29 January 2016.[ 15]
Coach : Phil Simmons
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe announced their squad on 14 February 2016:[ 16]
Coach : Dav Whatmore
Changes
On 19 March, Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny , members of the Bangladesh squad, were suspended from bowling in international cricket due to probable illegal bowling actions. They were replaced with Shuvagata Hom and Saqlain Sajib .[ 17]
On 26 February, England's Liam Plunkett was named as the replacement for Steven Finn , who was ruled out with a calf strain.[ 18]
Tom Cooper was added to the Netherlands squad on 25 February, 19 days after the squad was announced.[ 19]
On 23 February, Babar Azam and Rumman Raees withdrew from the tournament due to injury. They were replaced in the Pakistan squad by Sharjeel Khan and Mohammad Sami .[ 20] Khalid Latif was also added to Pakistan's squad in place of Iftikhar Ahmed .[ 21] Ahmed Shehzad was also added to the squad in place of Khurram Manzoor .[ 22]
Sri Lanka's squad was changed after the initial announcement. This new squad was named on 8 March 2016, where Jeffrey Vandersay and Niroshan Dickwella were replaced by Suranga Lakmal and Lahiru Thirimanne .[ 23] Lasith Malinga stepped down from the captaincy due to his slow recovery from an injury and Angelo Mathews was appointed as the captain.[ 24] [ 25] Sri Lanka Cricket announced that Malinga was ruled out of the tournament after failing to sufficiently recover from his knee injury.[ 26] Jeffrey Vandersay , who was withdrawn earlier from the original squad, was named as Malinga's replacement.[ 27]
After the West Indies squad was announced, Kieron Pollard , Sunil Narine and Darren Bravo withdrew before the tournament started.[ 28] [ 29] Carlos Brathwaite , while Ashley Nurse replaced Narine.[ 30] Johnson Charles .[ 31] Lendl Simmons was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a back injury.[ 32] Evin Lewis .[ 33] Andre Fletcher suffered a hamstring injury and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament. Lendl Simmons, who had recovered from his back injury was called in as a replacement.[ 34]
Yuvraj Singh was ruled out before semi final. Manish Pandey was called to replaced him.
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