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2016 World Twenty20 squads

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2016 World Twenty20 squads
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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).

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Autographed bats of teams that participated in the 2016 T20 World Cup at Blades of Glory Museum, Pune, India.
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Afghanistan

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Coach: Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq

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Australia

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Australia announced their squad on 9 February 2016.[1]

Coach: Australia Darren Lehmann

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Bangladesh

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

Coach: Sri Lanka Chandika Hathurusingha

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England

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

Coach: Australia Trevor Bayliss

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Hong Kong

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

Coach: England Simon Cook

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India

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

Team Director: India Ravi Shastri

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Ireland

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

Coach: New Zealand John Bracewell

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Netherlands

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

Coach: South Africa Anton Roux

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New Zealand

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

Coach: New Zealand Mike Hesson

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Oman

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

Coach: Sri Lanka Duleep Mendis

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Pakistan

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Pakistan announced their squad on 10 February 2016:[11]

Coach: Pakistan Waqar Younis

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Scotland

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

Coach: New Zealand Grant Bradburn

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South Africa

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

Coach: South Africa Russell Domingo

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Sri Lanka

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

Coach: South Africa Graham Ford

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West Indies

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

Coach: Trinidad and Tobago Phil Simmons

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Zimbabwe

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

Coach: Australia Dav Whatmore

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Changes

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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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