T20 World Cup 2022: The biggest cricket tournament in the game will start in three weeks’ time. The 2022 T20 World Cup will kick off in Australia next month. Sri Lanka will play the first match of the competition against Namibia on October 16 at Simonds Stadium, Geelong. Just like in the last edition, a total of 16 teams will play in the competition, just like in the last edition.
The first round of the tournament will see eight teams, including Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, and others, fighting for the remaining four spots in the “Super 12”. On the basis of their performance, the top 8 ranked teams have directly qualified for the “Super 12”.
A total of 45 games will be played in the competition, including the final on November 13 at the Melbuorne Cricket Ground. Two groups (A and B) are divided into four teams each for the first round of the tournament. Two top teams from each group will qualify for the “Super 12” round. All the teams have almost announced their squads for the upcoming event.
However, with a busy schedule ahead of the T20 World Cup, a team can still make a change in their squads till October 9. So let’s check the squads for all the teams for the T20 World Cup 2022.
T20 World Cup 2022: First Round “Group A”
Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Shariz Ahmad, Paul van Meekeren, Logan van Beek, Tom Cooper, Brandon Glover, Max O’Dowd, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Stephan Myburgh, Teja Nidamanuru, Roelof van der Merwe, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh.
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Divan la Cock, Stephan Baard, Nicol Loftie Eaton, Tangeni, Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Michael van Lingen, Bernard Scholtz, Lungameni, Ben Shikongo, Karl Birkenstock, Lohan Louwrens, Zane Green, Helao Ya France.
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Jeffrey Vandersay, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera (subject to fitness), Lahiru Kumara (subject to fitness), Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Pramod Madushan.
Reserve Players: Dinesh Chandimal, Ashen Bandara, Binura Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrema, Nuwanidu Fernando.
United Arab Emirates: C. P. Rizwaan (c), Chirag Suri, Vriitya Aravind, Muhammad Waseem, Ahmed Raza, Basil Hameed, Zawar Farid, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Aryan Lakra, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali, Alishan Sharafu, Zahoor Khan, Aayan Khan.
Reserve Players: Fahad Nawaz, Sultan Ahmed, Adithya Shetty, Vishnu Sukumaran, Sanchit Sharma.
T20 World Cup 2022: First Round “Group B”
Scotland: Richard Berrington (c), Michael Leask, George Munsey, Bradley Wheal, Mark Watt, Chris Sole, Chris Greaves, Josh Davey, Calum MacLeod, Hamza Tahir, Brandon McMullen, Matthew Cross, Michael Jones, Craig Wallace, Safyaan Sharif.
West Indies: Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell, Yannic Cariah, Evin Lewis, Johnson Charles, Jason Holder, Shimron Hetmyer, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Sheldon Cottrell, Akeal Hosein, Kyle Mayers, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith, Obed Mccoy.
Zimbabwe: Craig Ervine (c), Ryan Burl, Regis Chakabva, Tendai Chatara, Sikandar Raza, Bradley Evans, Luke Jongwe, Blessing Muzarabani, Tony Munyonga, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Richard Ngarava, Wellington Masakadza, Milton Shumba, Sean Williams.
Reserve Players: Innocent Kaia, Tanaka Chivanga, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Kevin Kasuza, Victor Nyauchi.
Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Fionn Hand, Paul Stirling, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Harry Tector, Josh Little, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young, Mark Adair.
T20 World Cup 2022: Super 12: Group 1
Australia: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, David Warner, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Pat Cummins, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Kane Richardson, Tim David, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa.
England: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Alex Hales, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Chris Jordan, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Harry Brook, Mark Wood.
Reserve Players: Liam Dawson, Tymal Mills, Richard Gleeson.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Devon Conway, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Martin Guptill, Glenn Phillips, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Finn Allen.
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Darwish Rasooli, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Rashid Khan, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Azmatullah Omarzai, Qais Ahmad, Farid Ahmad Malik, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani.
Reserve Players: Gulbadin Naib, Afsar Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Sharafuddin Ashraf.
T20 World Cup 2022: Super 12: Group 2
India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Ashwin, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Reserve Players: Mohammad Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Asif Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Shan Masood, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Usman Qadir.
Reserve Players: Fakhar Zaman, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Haris.
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Mossadek Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Saifuddin, Yasir Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Najmul Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Nasum Ahmed.
Reserve Players: Soumya Sarkar, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Shak Mahedi Hasan.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Rillee Rossouw, Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, Aiden Markram, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Reserve Players: Marco Jansen, Bjorn Fortuin, Andile Phehlukwayo.