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: Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq Former Pakistan Batsman and Captain

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: Australia Darren Lehmann

No. Player Date of birth T20Is Batting Bowling style Domestic team
49 Steven Smith (c) (1989-06-02)2 June 1989 (aged 26) 23 Right Right-arm leg break Sydney Sixers
31 David Warner (vc) (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 29) 54 Left Right-arm leg break Sunrisers Hyderabad (IPL)
33 Shane Watson (vc) (1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 34) 52 Right Right-arm medium-fast Sydney Thunder
46 Ashton Agar (1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 22) 1 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Perth Scorchers
6 Nathan Coulter-Nile (1987-10-11)11 October 1987 (aged 28) 11 Right Right-arm fast Perth Scorchers
44 James Faulkner (1990-04-29)29 April 1990 (aged 25) 13 Right Left-arm fast-medium Melbourne Stars
5 Aaron Finch (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 29) 24 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Melbourne Renegades
41 John Hastings (1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 30) 4 Right Right-arm fast-medium Melbourne Stars
38 Josh Hazlewood (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 25) 4 Left Right-arm fast-medium Sydney Sixers
1 Usman Khawaja (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 29) 3 Left Right-arm Off break bowling Sydney Thunder
8 Mitchell Marsh (1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 24) 4 Right Right-arm fast-medium Perth Scorchers
32 Glenn Maxwell (1988-10-14)14 October 1988 (aged 27) 27 Right Right-arm off break Melbourne Stars
20 Peter Nevill (wk) (1985-10-13)13 October 1985 (aged 30) 3 Right — Melbourne Renegades
68 Andrew Tye (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 29) 2 Right Right-arm medium-fast Perth Scorchers
63 Adam Zampa (1992-03-31)31 March 1992 (aged 23) 2 Right Right-arm leg break Melbourne Stars

Bangladesh

Bangladesh announced their squad on 3 February 2016:[2]

Coach: Sri Lanka Chandika Hathurusingha

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
2 Mashrafe Mortaza (c) (1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm fast-medium Comilla Victorians
75 Shakib Al Hasan (vc) (1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 28) Left Left-arm orthodox Rangpur Riders
14 Abu Hider (1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (aged 20) Right Left-arm fast-medium Comilla Victorians
4 Al-Amin Hossain (1990-01-01)1 January 1990 (aged 26) Right Right-arm medium-fast Barisal Bulls
30 Mahmudullah (1986-02-04)4 February 1986 (aged 30) Right Right-arm off-spin Barisal Bulls
8 Mohammad Mithun (wk) (1990-02-13)13 February 1990 (aged 26) Right — Rangpur Riders
15 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 28) Right — Sylhet Super Stars
90 Mustafizur Rahman (1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 20) Left Left-arm fast-medium Dhaka Dynamites
69 Nasir Hossain (1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 24) Right Right-arm off-spin Dhaka Dynamites
63 Nurul Hasan (wk) (1993-11-21)21 November 1993 (aged 22) Right — Sylhet Super Stars
1 Sabbir Rahman (1991-11-22)22 November 1991 (aged 24) Right Right-arm leg-spin Barisal Bulls
59 Soumya Sarkar (1993-02-25)25 February 1993 (aged 23) Left Right-arm medium-fast Rangpur Riders
28 Tamim Iqbal (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 26) Left — Chittagong Vikings
51 Shuvagata Hom (1986-11-11)11 November 1986 (aged 29) Right Right-arm off break
9 Saqlain Sajib (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 27) Left Left-arm off break
Withdrawn players
3 Taskin Ahmed (1995-04-03)3 April 1995 (aged 20) Left Right-arm fast Chittagong Vikings
6 Arafat Sunny (1986-09-29)29 September 1986 (aged 29) Left Left-arm orthodox Rangpur Riders

England

England announced their squad on 10 February 2016:[3]

Coach: Australia Trevor Bayliss

No. Player Date of birth T20Is Batting Bowling style Domestic team
16 Eoin Morgan (c) (1986-09-10)10 September 1986 (aged 29) 56 Left Right-arm medium Middlesex
63 Jos Buttler (vc, wk) (1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 25) 42 Right — Lancashire Lightning
18 Moeen Ali (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 28) 12 Left Right-arm off break Worcestershire
7 Sam Billings (wk) (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 24) 6 Right — Kent Spitfires
83 Liam Dawson (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 26) 0 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Hampshire
2 Alex Hales (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 27) 39 Right Right-arm medium Nottinghamshire Outlaws
34 Chris Jordan (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 27) 11 Right Right-arm fast-medium Sussex Sharks
17 Liam Plunkett (1985-04-06)6 April 1985 (aged 30) 3 Right Right-arm fast Yorkshire Vikings
95 Adil Rashid (1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 28) 12 Right Right-arm leg break Yorkshire Vikings
66 Joe Root (1990-12-30)30 December 1990 (aged 25) 14 Right Right-arm off break Yorkshire Vikings
67 Jason Roy (1990-07-21)21 July 1990 (aged 25) 8 Right Right-arm medium Surrey
55 Ben Stokes (1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 24) 11 Left Right-arm fast-medium Durham Jets
23 Reece Topley (1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 22) 4 Right Left-arm medium-fast Hampshire
14 James Vince (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 24) 3 Right Right-arm medium Hampshire
15 David Willey (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 (aged 26) 5 Left Left-arm fast-medium Yorkshire Vikings
11 Steven Finn (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 26) 21 Right Right-arm fast Middlesex

Hong Kong

Hong Kong announced their squad on 28 January 2016.[4]

Coach: England Simon Cook

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
33 Tanwir Afzal (c) (1988-06-12)12 June 1988 (aged 27) Right Right-arm fast-medium Pakistan Association
8 Mark Chapman (vc) (1994-06-27)27 June 1994 (aged 21) Left Left-arm orthodox Hong Kong CC
2 Nadeem Ahmed (1987-09-28)28 September 1987 (aged 28) Right Left-arm orthodox Little Sai Wan
– Tanveer Ahmed (1997-09-18)18 September 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm medium-fast Kowloon CC
12 Haseeb Amjad (1987-11-11)11 November 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm medium-fast USRC
23 Jamie Atkinson (wk) (1990-08-23)23 August 1990 (aged 25) Right — Kowloon CC
73 Waqas Barkat (1990-02-17)17 February 1990 (aged 26) Right Right-arm leg-spin Kowloon CC
1 Ryan Campbell (1972-02-07)7 February 1972 (aged 44) Right Right-arm off-spin Kowloon CC
– Christopher Carter (wk) (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 18) Right — Kowloon CC
10 Babar Hayat (1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 24) Right Right-arm medium Little Sai Wan
11 Aizaz Khan (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 22) Right Right-arm medium-fast Pakistan Association
75 Nizakat Khan (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 23) Right Right-arm leg-spin Hong Kong CC
– Waqas Khan (1999-03-10)10 March 1999 (aged 16) Right Right-arm medium-fast Little Sai Wan
13 Anshuman Rath (1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 18) Left Left-arm orthodox Hong Kong CC
9 Kinchit Shah (1995-12-09)9 December 1995 (aged 20) Left Right-arm off-spin Hong Kong CC

India

India announced their squad on 5 February 2016.[5] [6]

Team Director: India Ravi Shastri

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling Domestic team
7 MS Dhoni (c, wk) (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 34) Right Right-arm medium Chennai Super Kings
18 Virat Kohli (vc) (1988-11-05)5 November 1988 (aged 27) Right Right-arm medium Royal Challengers Bangalore
99 Ravichandran Ashwin (1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 29) Right Right-arm off-spin Rising Pune Supergiants
93 Jasprit Bumrah (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 22) Right Right-arm fast-medium Mumbai Indians
45 Rohit Sharma (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm off-spin Mumbai Indians
3 Harbhajan Singh (1980-07-03)3 July 1980 (aged 35) Right Right-arm off-spin Mumbai Indians
25 Shikhar Dhawan (1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 30) Left Right-arm off-spin Sunrisers Hyderabad
8 Ravindra Jadeja (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 27) Left Left-arm orthodox Chennai Super Kings
6 Pawan Negi (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 23) Left Left-arm orthodox Delhi Daredevils
64 Ashish Nehra (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 36) Right Left-arm fast Sunrisers Hyderabad
9 Manish Pandey (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 26) Right Right-arm off-spin Kolkata Knight Riders
33 Hardik Pandya (1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 22) Right Right arm medium-fast Mumbai Indians
27 Ajinkya Rahane (1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 27) Right Right-arm medium Rising Pune Supergiants
48 Suresh Raina (1986-11-27)27 November 1986 (aged 29) Left Right-arm off-spin Chennai Super Kings
11 Mohammad Shami (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 25) Right Right-arm fast Delhi Daredevils
Withdrawn players
12 Yuvraj Singh (1981-12-12)12 December 1981 (aged 34) Left Left-arm orthodox Sunrisers Hyderabad

Ireland

Ireland announced their squad on 8 February 2016.[7]

Coach: New Zealand John Bracewell

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
6 William Porterfield (c) (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 31) Left Right-arm off-spin Warwickshire
63 Andrew Balbirnie (vc) (1990-12-28)28 December 1990 (aged 25) Right Right-arm off-spin Middlesex
50 George Dockrell (1992-07-22)22 July 1992 (aged 23) Right Left-arm orthodox spin Somerset
35 Andy McBrine (1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 22) Left Right-arm off-spin Donemana
34 Tim Murtagh (1981-08-02)2 August 1981 (aged 34) Left Right-arm medium fast Middlesex
22 Kevin O'Brien (1984-03-04)4 March 1984 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium fast Leicestershire
72 Niall O'Brien (wk) (1981-11-08)8 November 1981 (aged 34) Left — Leicestershire
25 Andrew Poynter (1987-04-25)25 April 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm off-spin Clontarf
90 Stuart Poynter (wk) (1990-10-18)18 October 1990 (aged 25) Right — Durham
30 Boyd Rankin (1984-07-05)5 July 1984 (aged 31) Left Right-arm medium fast Warwickshire
26 Max Sorensen (1985-11-18)18 November 1985 (aged 30) Right Right-arm medium fast The Hills
1 Paul Stirling (1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 25) Right Right-arm off-spin Middlesex
17 Stuart Thompson (1991-08-15)15 August 1991 (aged 24) Left Right-arm medium fast Eglinton
14 Gary Wilson (wk) (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 30) Right — Surrey
44 Craig Young (1990-04-04)4 April 1990 (aged 25) Right Right-arm medium fast Bready

Netherlands

The Netherlands announced their squad on 6 February 2016.[8]

Coach: South Africa Anton Roux

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
83 Peter Borren (c) (1983-08-21)21 August 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium VRA
8 Pieter Seelaar (vc) (1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 28) Right Left-arm orthodox spin VOC Rotterdam
34 Wesley Barresi (wk) (1984-05-03)3 May 1984 (aged 31) Right Right-arm off-spin Quick Haag
7 Mudassar Bukhari (1983-12-26)26 December 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium-fast Dosti-United
32 Ben Cooper (1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 24) Left Right-arm medium fast VRA
26 Tom Cooper (1986-11-26)26 November 1986 (aged 29) Right Right-arm off-spin Melbourne Renegades
23 Vivian Kingma (1994-10-23)23 October 1994 (aged 21) Right Right-arm medium fast Voorburg
17 Ahsan Malik (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 (aged 26) Right Right-arm medium-fast VOC Rotterdam
97 Stephan Myburgh (1984-02-28)28 February 1984 (aged 32) Left Right-arm off-spin Hermes DVS
4 Max O'Dowd (1994-03-04)4 March 1994 (aged 22) Right Right-arm off-spin North Holland Hurricanes
68 Michael Rippon (1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 24) Right Left-arm unorthodox spin
90 Logan van Beek (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 25) Right Right-arm medium-fast Canterbury
10 Timm van der Gugten (1991-02-25)25 February 1991 (aged 25) Right Right-arm medium-fast Hobart Hurricanes
52 Roelof van der Merwe (1984-12-31)31 December 1984 (aged 31) Right Left-arm orthodox spin Somerset
47 Paul van Meekeren (1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 23) Right Right-arm medium-fast Rood & Wit Haarlem

New Zealand

New Zealand announced their squad on 1 February 2016.[9]

Coach: New Zealand Mike Hesson

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
22 Kane Williamson (c) (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 25) Right Right-arm off-spin Northern Knights
38 Tim Southee (vc) (1988-12-11)11 December 1988 (aged 27) Right Right-arm fast-medium Northern Knights
78 Corey Anderson (1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 25) Left Left-arm medium-fast Northern Knights
18 Trent Boult (1989-07-22)22 July 1989 (aged 26) Right Left-arm fast-medium Northern Knights
88 Grant Elliott (1979-03-21)21 March 1979 (aged 36) Right Right-arm medium Wellington Firebirds
31 Martin Guptill (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 29) Right Right-arm off-spin Auckland Aces
81 Mitchell McClenaghan (1986-06-11)11 June 1986 (aged 29) Left Left-arm medium-fast Auckland Aces
15 Nathan McCullum (1980-09-01)1 September 1980 (aged 35) Right Right-arm off-spin Otago Volts
20 Adam Milne (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 23) Right Right-arm fast Central Stags
82 Colin Munro (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 28) Left Right-arm medium-fast Auckland Aces
86 Henry Nicholls (wk) (1991-11-15)15 November 1991 (aged 24) Left Right-arm off-spin Canterbury Kings
54 Luke Ronchi (wk) (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 34) Right — Wellington Firebirds
74 Mitchell Santner (1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 24) Left Left-arm orthodox Northern Knights
61 Ish Sodhi (1992-10-31)31 October 1992 (aged 23) Right Right-arm leg-spin Northern Knights
3 Ross Taylor (1984-03-08)8 March 1984 (aged 32) Right Right-arm off-spin Central Stags

Oman

Oman announced their squad on 13 February 2016:[10]

Coach: Sri Lanka 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: Pakistan Waqar Younis

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
10 Shahid Afridi (c) (1980-03-01)1 March 1980 (aged 36) Right Right-arm leg-spin Peshawar Zalmi
54 Sarfraz Ahmed (vc, wk) (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 28) Right — Quetta Gladiators
96 Umar Akmal (wk) (1990-05-26)26 May 1990 (aged 25) Right — Lahore Qalandars
48 Anwar Ali (1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm medium-fast Quetta Gladiators
5 Mohammad Amir (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 23) Left Left-arm fast Karachi Kings
8 Mohammad Hafeez (1980-10-17)17 October 1980 (aged 35) Right Right-arm off-spin Peshawar Zalmi
76 Mohammad Irfan (1982-06-06)6 June 1982 (aged 33) Right Left-arm fast Islamabad United
98 Sharjeel Khan (1989-08-14)14 August 1989 (aged 26) Left Right-arm leg-spin Islamabad United
18 Shoaib Malik (1982-02-01)1 February 1982 (aged 34) Right Right-arm off-spin Karachi Kings
19 Ahmed Shehzad (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 (aged 24) Right Right-arm Leg-spin Quetta Gladiators
51 Mohammad Nawaz (1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 21) Left Left-arm orthodox Quetta Gladiators
47 Wahab Riaz (1985-06-28)28 June 1985 (aged 30) Right Left-arm fast Peshawar Zalmi
7 Mohammad Sami (1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 35) Right Right-arm fast Islamabad United
9 Imad Wasim (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 27) Left Left-arm orthodox Karachi Kings
35 Khalid Latif (1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 30) Right Right-arm off-break Islamabad United
Withdrawn players
56 Babar Azam (1994-10-15)15 October 1994 (aged 21) Right Right-arm off-spin Islamabad United
15 Rumman Raees (1991-10-18)18 October 1991 (aged 24) Right Left-arm fast-medium Islamabad United
95 Iftikhar Ahmed (1990-10-03)3 October 1990 (aged 25) Right Right-arm off-spin Karachi Kings
42 Khurram Manzoor (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 29) Right Right-arm off-spin Karachi Kings

Scotland

Scotland announced their squad on 8 February 2016.[12]

Coach: New Zealand Grant Bradburn

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
1 Preston Mommsen (c) (1987-02-10)10 February 1987 (aged 29) Right Right-arm off break Durham
15 Kyle Coetzer (vc) (1984-02-04)4 February 1984 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium-fast Northamptonshire
44 Richie Berrington (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 (aged 29) Right Right-arm medium-fast
13 Matthew Cross (wk) (1992-10-15)15 October 1992 (aged 23) Right Nottinghamshire
38 Josh Davey (1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 25) Right Right-arm medium-fast Somerset
5 Con de Lange (1981-02-11)11 February 1981 (aged 35) Right Slow left-arm orthodox Northamptonshire
45 Alasdair Evans (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 (aged 27) Right Right-arm medium-fast Derbyshire
29 Michael Leask (1990-10-29)29 October 1990 (aged 25) Right Right-arm off break Northamptonshire
14 Matt Machan (1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 25) Left Right-arm off break Sussex
93 Calum MacLeod (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (aged 27) Right Right-arm medium-fast Durham
28 Gavin Main (1995-02-28)28 February 1995 (aged 21) Right Right-arm fast Durham
93 George Munsey (1993-02-21)21 February 1993 (aged 23) Left Right-arm medium-fast Northamptonshire
50 Safyaan Sharif (1991-05-24)24 May 1991 (aged 24) Right Right-arm fast-medium Kent
42 Robert Taylor (1989-12-21)21 December 1989 (aged 26) Left Left-arm medium Leicestershire
51 Mark Watt (1996-07-29)29 July 1996 (aged 19) Left Slow left-arm orthodox

South Africa

South Africa announced their squad on 10 February 2016:[13]

Coach: South Africa Russell Domingo

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
18 Faf du Plessis (c) (1984-07-13)13 July 1984 (aged 31) Right Right-arm leg break Titans
17 AB de Villiers (vc, wk) (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium Titans
87 Kyle Abbott (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm fast medium Dolphins
1 Hashim Amla (1983-03-31)31 March 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium Cape Cobras
28 Farhaan Behardien (1983-10-09)9 October 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium Titans
12 Quinton de Kock (wk) (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 23) Left Titans
21 JP Duminy (1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 31) Left Right-arm off break Cape Cobras
99 Imran Tahir (1979-03-28)28 March 1979 (aged 36) Right Right-arm leg break Dolphins
10 David Miller (1989-06-10)10 June 1989 (aged 26) Left Right-arm off break Dolphins
2 Chris Morris (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm medium Titans
69 Aaron Phangiso (1984-01-21)21 January 1984 (aged 32) Right Left-arm orthodox spin Highveld Lions
25 Kagiso Rabada (1995-05-25)25 May 1995 (aged 20) Left Right-arm fast Highveld Lions
27 Rilee Rossouw (1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 26) Left Right-arm off break Knights
8 Dale Steyn (1983-06-23)23 June 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm fast Cape Cobras
96 David Wiese (1985-05-20)20 May 1985 (aged 30) Right Right-arm medium-fast Titans

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka announced their squad on 18 February 2016:[14]

Coach: South Africa Graham Ford

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
61 Angelo Mathews (c) (1987-06-02)2 June 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm fast medium CCC
36 Dinesh Chandimal (vc, wk) (1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 26) Right Nondescripts
5 Dushmantha Chameera (1992-01-11)11 January 1992 (aged 24) Right Right-arm fast Nondescripts
23 Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976-10-14)14 October 1976 (aged 39) Right Right-arm off spin Tamil Union
14 Rangana Herath (1978-03-19)19 March 1978 (aged 37) Left Left-arm orthodox spin Tamil Union
31 Shehan Jayasuriya (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 24) Left Right-arm off break Moors
16 Chamara Kapugedera (1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (aged 29) Right Right-arm medium CCC
92 Nuwan Kulasekara (1982-07-22)22 July 1982 (aged 33) Right Right-arm fast medium Colts
82 Suranga Lakmal (1987-03-10)10 March 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm fast medium Tamil Union
1 Thisara Perera (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 26) Left Right-arm medium-fast SSC
18 Sachithra Senanayake (1985-02-09)9 February 1985 (aged 31) Right Right-arm off break SSC
7 Dasun Shanaka (1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 24) Right Right-arm medium SSC
57 Milinda Siriwardana (1985-12-04)4 December 1985 (aged 30) Left Left-arm off break Chilaw Marians
66 Lahiru Thirimanne (1989-08-09)9 August 1989 (aged 26) Left Right-arm medium Ragama
46 Jeffrey Vandersay (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 26) Right Right-arm leg break SSC
Withdrawn players
Niroshan Dickwella (wk) (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 22) Left Nondescripts
99 Lasith Malinga (1983-08-28)28 August 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm fast Nondescripts

West Indies

The West Indian squad was announced on 29 January 2016.[15]

Coach: Trinidad and Tobago Phil Simmons

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
88 Darren Sammy (c) (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium-fast St Lucia Zouks
98 Jason Holder (vc) (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 24) Right Right-arm medium-fast Barbados Tridents
45 Chris Gayle (1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 36) Left Right-arm off-spin Jamaica Tallawahs
77 Samuel Badree (1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 34) Right Right-arm leg-spin Trinbago Knight Riders
62 Sulieman Benn (1981-07-22)22 July 1981 (aged 34) Left Left-arm orthodox Trinbago Knight Riders
26 Carlos Brathwaite (1988-07-18)18 July 1988 (aged 27) Right Right-arm medium-fast St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
47 Dwayne Bravo (1983-10-07)7 October 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium-fast Trinbago Knight Riders
25 Johnson Charles (wk) (1989-01-14)14 January 1989 (aged 27) Right — St Lucia Zouks
17 Evin Lewis (1991-12-27)27 December 1991 (aged 24) Left St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
5 Ashley Nurse (1988-12-22)22 December 1988 (aged 27) Right Right-arm off-spin Barbados Tridents
80 Denesh Ramdin (wk) (1985-03-13)13 March 1985 (aged 30) Right — Guyana Amazon Warriors
12 Andre Russell (1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 27) Right Right-arm fast Jamaica Tallawahs
7 Marlon Samuels (1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 35) Right Right-arm off-spin St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
54 Lendl Simmons (wk) (1985-01-25)25 January 1985 (aged 31) Right Right-arm medium-fast Guyana Amazon Warriors
75 Jerome Taylor (1984-06-22)22 June 1984 (aged 31) Right Right-arm fast Jamaica Tallawahs
Withdrawn players
46 Darren Bravo (1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 27) Left Right-arm medium-fast Trinbago Knight Riders
72 Andre Fletcher (wk) (1987-11-28)28 November 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm leg-spin St Lucia Zouks
74 Sunil Narine (1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (aged 27) Left Right-arm off-spin Guyana Amazon Warriors
55 Kieron Pollard (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 28) Right Right-arm medium-fast Barbados Tridents

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe announced their squad on 14 February 2016:[16]

Coach: Australia Dav Whatmore

No. Player Date of birth Batting Bowling style Domestic team
3 Hamilton Masakadza (c) (1983-08-09)9 August 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium Mountaineers
14 Sean Williams (vc) (1986-09-26)26 September 1986 (aged 29) Left Left-arm orthodox Mid West Rhinos
13 Tendai Chatara (1991-02-28)28 February 1991 (aged 25) Right Right-arm fast-medium Mountaineers
47 Elton Chigumbura (1986-03-14)14 March 1986 (aged 29) Right Right-arm fast-medium Mashonaland Eagles
88 Tendai Chisoro (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 28) Left Left-arm orthodox Mid West Rhinos
30 Graeme Cremer (1986-09-19)19 September 1986 (aged 29) Right Right-arm leg-spin Mid West Rhinos
12 Luke Jongwe (1995-02-06)6 February 1995 (aged 21) Right Right-arm fast-medium Matabeleland Tuskers
7 Neville Madziva (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 (aged 24) Right Right-arm medium-fast Mid West Rhinos
11 Wellington Masakadza (1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 22) Left Left-arm orthodox Mountaineers
24 Peter Moor (wk) (1991-02-02)2 February 1991 (aged 25) Right Right-arm off-spin Mid West Rhinos
89 Richmond Mutumbami (wk) (1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 26) Right — Matabeleland Tuskers
48 Tinashe Panyangara (1985-10-21)21 October 1985 (aged 30) Right Right-arm fast-medium Mid West Rhinos
24 Sikandar Raza (1986-04-24)24 April 1986 (aged 29) Right Right-arm off-spin Mashonaland Eagles
10 Vusi Sibanda (1983-10-10)10 October 1983 (aged 32) Right Right-arm medium Mountaineers
9 Malcolm Waller (1984-09-28)28 September 1984 (aged 31) Right Right-arm off-spin Mid West Rhinos
33 Chamu Chibhabha (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 (aged 29) Right Right-arm medium Mashonaland Eagles
25 Donald Tiripano (1988-03-17)17 March 1988 (aged 27) Right Right-arm fast-medium Mountaineers

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] On 3 March, 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] On 18 March 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] Pollard was replaced by Carlos Brathwaite, while Ashley Nurse replaced Narine.[30] Bravo's replacement in the squad is Johnson Charles.[31] Lendl Simmons was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a back injury.[32] He was replaced with Evin Lewis.[33] Before the semi-finals, 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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