T20I World Cup Preview , Squads & Schedule

 


The 10th edition of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup gets under way on February 7, with 20 teams competing for the prize. Featuring the world’s top teams and star players, the tournament is expected to deliver high-intensity matches, dramatic finishes, and unforgettable moments as nations battle for global supremacy in T20 cricket.

Defending champions & co hosts  India is putting on a strong side this time with multiple power hitting batters & a versatile bowling attack which can be lethal in any conditions . Led by Surya Kumar Yadav who himself is a breathtaking T20 exponent, the team possesses top class t20 players like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan , Tilak Verma, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh , allrounder Hardik Pandya, quicks Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh , Harshit Rana, spinners Varun Chakravarthy , Kuldeep Yadav , Washington Sundar etc. India with their own dept in bowling & batting  will definitely start as top favourites in this mega event. 

Australia the 2021 Champions look a strong team too but missing the services of Pat Cummins.  Also in form Steve Smith is not considered.  Mitchell Marsh is leading the side as they have fine batting stars in Travis Head, Inglis , Tim David , allrounders  Green , Stoinis , Maxwell , Connolly & a good bowling attack of Hazlewood, Ellis , Bartlett , Zampa & Kuhnemann . Although not in their best of forms the Aussies always turns it on in big events . 

England twice campions has a power packed team & looks well rounded with exciting T20 stars in skipper Harry Brook , Phil Salt , Buttler , Jacks , Bethel , All rounder  Sam Curran, Rehan Ahmed , spinners Adil Rashid, Dawsom & quicks led by Archer creates a formidable team. With the event being played in India ,England putting theit thrust on spin. 


South Africa has recently played T20s in India so have recent memory of conditions.  They have some quality talented batters in this format . Brevis has become a big force  & DeKock playing well on return to national team .Skipper Markram , Miller , Stubbs , Rickleton provides excellent strength. Jansen is a proper fast bowling allrounder & so is Bosch. Rabada , Nortje provides quality in quick bowling & the spinners Maharaj & Linde are handy batters. So lots of batting depth & bowling skills in this team & they can challenge any team. 


New Zealand too like the Proteas visited India recently & their batters Mitchell , Allen , Conway , Phillips & Siefert has great firepower as they provèd in India recently  . Bowling looks formidable with Ferguson, Henry , Duffy & Jemison as quicks & Santner leading the spin.  The Kiwis will be a tough force & potential semi finalists . 


Twice Champs West Indies has a some firepower in their batting with Powell , Rutherford , Charles , Shepherd. Bowling is decent with Seales , Shamar Joseph, spinner Akeal Hosein & all rounder Jason Holder . However only better consistency which is their undoing can help them to go all the way but they remain a dangerous team. 


Sri Lanka has a balanced team with capable players. The co hosts needs to have the belief that they can beat other top teams & they need to show consistency to pull off a semi final hiest . They may cause a few upsets but not backing them to go all the way .

Pakistan is not yet certain whether they are playing after their threat to pull out due to Bangladesh being dumped . They have a few skilled players in Saim Ayub , Shaheen Afridi & some spinners but they too like Sri Lanka needs to show belief in order to have a great tournament. 

Other teams in this event can cause a couple of upsets at the most .

We give below the full list of the participating squads

Group A

India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh

USA: Monank Patel (c), Jessy Singh, Andries Gous, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milind Kumar, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamala, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Harmeet Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Shubham Ranjane

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelmann, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Louren Steenkamp, Malan Kruger, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, JC Balt, Dylan Leicher, WP Myburgh, Max Heingo. Reserve: Alexander Volschenk

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Noah Croes, Bas de Leede, Aryan Dutt, Fred Klaassen, Kyle Klein, Michael Levitt, Zach Lion-Cachet, Max O’Dowd, Logan van Beek, Timm van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Saqib Zulfiqar

Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq


Group B

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa


Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Janith Perera, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Matheesha Pathirana, Eshan Malinga

Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (c), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Brendan Taylor

Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Ben Calitz, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphreys, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Tim Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young

Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmad, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonavale, Shah Faisal, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedara, Jiten Ramanandi, Aamir Kaleem


Group C


England: Harry Brook (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood

West Indies: Shai Hope (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd

Italy: Wayne Madsen (c), Marcus Campopiano, Gian Piero Meade, Zain Ali, Ali Hasan, Crishan Jorge Kalugamage, Harry Manenti, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, Syed Naqvi, Benjamin Manenti, Jaspreet Singh, JJ Smuts, Grant Stewart, Thomas Draca

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Sundeep Jora, Aarif Sheikh, Basir Ahamad, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sher Malla, Lokesh Bam

Scotland: Richie Berrington (c), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ihsan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheal. Travelling reserves: Jasper Davidson, Jack Jarvis. Non-travelling reserves: Mackenzie Jones, Chris McBride, Charlie Tear


Group D


South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi


Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmad, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Ishaq Rahimi, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai, Farid Ahmad Malik

Canada: Dilpreet Bajwa (c), Ajayveer Hundal, Ansh Patel, Dilon Heyliger, Harsh Thaker, Jaskarandeep Singh, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Shreyas Movva, Yuvraj Samra

UAE: Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rohid Khan, Sohaib Khan, Simranjeet Singh


DateMatchTime (Local / GMT)Stadium
Feb 7Netherlands vs Pakistan11:00 / 05:30SSC, Colombo
Feb 7Scotland vs West Indies15:00 / 09:30Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Feb 7India vs USA19:00 / 13:30Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Feb 8Afghanistan vs New Zealand11:00 / 05:30MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb 8England vs Nepal15:00 / 09:30Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Feb 8Sri Lanka vs Ireland19:00 / 13:30R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 9Scotland vs Italy11:00 / 05:30Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Feb 9Oman vs Zimbabwe15:00 / 09:30SSC, Colombo
Feb 9Canada vs South Africa19:00 / 13:30Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Feb 10Namibia vs Netherlands11:00 / 05:30Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Feb 10New Zealand vs UAE15:00 / 09:30MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb 10Pakistan vs USA19:00 / 13:30SSC, Colombo
Feb 11Afghanistan vs South Africa11:00 / 05:30Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Feb 11Australia vs Ireland15:00 / 09:30R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 11England vs West Indies19:00 / 13:30Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Feb 12Sri Lanka vs Oman11:00 / 05:30Pallekele Stadium, Kandy
Feb 12Italy vs Nepal15:00 / 09:30Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Feb 12India vs Namibia19:00 / 13:30Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Feb 13Australia vs Zimbabwe11:00 / 05:30R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 13Canada vs UAE15:00 / 09:30Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Feb 13Netherlands vs USA19:00 / 13:30MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb 14Ireland vs Oman11:00 / 05:30SSC, Colombo
Feb 14Scotland vs England15:00 / 09:30Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Feb 14New Zealand vs South Africa19:00 / 13:30Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Feb 15Nepal vs West Indies11:00 / 05:30Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Feb 15Namibia vs USA15:00 / 09:30MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb 15India vs Pakistan19:00 / 13:30R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 16Afghanistan vs UAE11:00 / 05:30Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Feb 16England vs Italy15:00 / 09:30Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Feb 16Australia vs Sri Lanka19:00 / 13:30Pallekele Stadium, Kandy
Feb 17Canada vs New Zealand11:00 / 05:30MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb 17Ireland vs Zimbabwe15:00 / 09:30Pallekele Stadium, Kandy
Feb 17Scotland vs Nepal19:00 / 13:30Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Feb 18South Africa vs UAE11:00 / 05:30Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Feb 18Namibia vs Pakistan15:00 / 09:30SSC, Colombo
Feb 18India vs Netherlands19:00 / 13:30Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Feb 19Italy vs West Indies11:00 / 05:30Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Feb 19Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe15:00 / 09:30R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 19Afghanistan vs Canada19:00 / 13:30MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb 20Australia vs Oman19:00 / 13:30Pallekele Stadium, Kandy
Feb 21TBD vs TBD19:00 / 13:30R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 22TBD vs TBD15:00 / 09:30Pallekele Stadium, Kandy
Feb 22TBD vs TBD19:00 / 13:30Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Feb 23TBD vs TBD19:00 / 13:30Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Feb 24TBD vs TBD19:00 / 13:30Pallekele Stadium, Kandy
Feb 25TBD vs TBD19:00 / 13:30R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 26TBD vs TBD15:00 / 09:30Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Feb 26TBD vs TBD19:00 / 13:30MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb 27TBD vs TBD19:00 / 13:30R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Feb 28TBD vs TBD19:00 / 13:30Pallekele Stadium, Kandy
Mar 1TBD vs TBD15:00 / 09:30Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Mar 1TBD vs TBD19:00 / 13:30Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Mar 4Semi-final 119:00 / 13:30Eden Gardens, Kolkata / Colombo
Mar 5Semi-final 219:00 / 13:30Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Mar 8Final19:00 / 13:30Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad / Colombo




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