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Bangladesh announces T20 World Cup squad
Bangladesh has been placed in Group D alongside South Africa, Sri Lanka, the Netherlands and Nepal for next month's event
Dhaka: Bangladesh has announced the squad for the T20 World Cup 2024, the team will be led by Najam-ul-Hussain Shanto.
Bangladesh has announced the squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 starting from June 1.
Najam-ul-Hussain has been appointed as the captain. The squad also includes veteran all-rounder Shakeeb-ul-Hasan, who has returned to T20 cricket after a gap of almost a year.
Bangladesh has been placed in Group D alongside South Africa, Sri Lanka, the Netherlands and Nepal for next month's event, with Bangladesh's first match against Sri Lanka in Dallas on June 7.
There are no big surprises in Bangladesh's 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh Squad
Najam-ul-Hussain Shanto (c), Taskeen Ahmed, Laton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzeed Hassan Tamim, Shakeeb-ul-Hassan, Toheed Hardoy, Mahmudullah Riaz, Jakar Ali Anek, Tanveer Islam, Shak Mehidi Hasan, Rashad Hussain, Mustafiz-ur-Rehman, Shoor-al-Islam, Tanzeem and Hassan Saqib.
Traveling Reserves: Afif Hussain and Hassan Mahmood.
Teams that announced squad for T20 World Cup
Australia
Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pete Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner and Adam Zampa.
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Dion Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Nesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ash Sodhi and Tim Southee.
Traveling Reserves: Ben Sears
India
Ravit Sharma (c), Yashwi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yazvinder Chahal, Arshad Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj.
Among the four reserve players are Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khalil Ahmed and Aweesh Khan
Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Garbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Umarzai, Najeebullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbuddin Naib, Karim Jannat, Rashid Khan (c), Nangyal Kharuti, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ur-Rahman Haq, Fazl-ul-Haq Farooqui and Farid Ahmad Malik.
England
Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley and Mark Wood.
South Africa
Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Björn Fortuyn, Reza Hendricks, Marco Johnson, Henrik Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Enrich Noortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton and Tabriz Shamsi Stubbs.
Nepal
Rohit Padil (c), Asif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Kaushal Bhartil, Kushal Malla, Deepinder Singh Airey, Lalit Raj Banshi, Kiran KC, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Sandeep Jura, Abinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakkal and Kamal Singh Airey.
Oman
Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Parjapati, Pratik Athawle, Ayan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmed.
Traveling Reserves: Jitendra Singh, Samey Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood and Jay Odedra.
Canada
Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Dalvin Helliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thakur, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tuthgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Ryan Khan Pathan and Ryan Khan.
Traveling Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aditya Vardharajan, Amar Khalid, Jitendra Mataru and Parveen Kumar.
West Indies
Rowman Powell (c), Al-Zari Joseph, Johnson-Charles, Ruston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Aqeel Hussain, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gadakesh Moti, Nicholas Pouran, Andre Russell, Sheriff Rutherford and Romario Shepherd.
United States
Monanik Patel (c), Aaron Jones, Andrew Goss, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jesse Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisar Patel, Nitish Kumar, Nishtish Kenjige, Saurabh Netheral Walker, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor and Shayan Jahangir.
Sri Lanka
Vinindu Hasaringa (c), Charith Asalanka, Kosal Mendis, Patham Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sidira Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasan Shanaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Mahesh Thiekshana, Donath Nushman Velalaji, Donath Navathra, Mathisha Pathirana, and Dilshan Madushanka.
Traveling Reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Vyaskanth, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Janith Liyanage.
Ireland
Paul Stirling (c), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balberney, Curtis Kaempfer, Gareth Delaney, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White and Craig Young.
T20 World Cup 2024 Groups
Group A: India, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada, USA
Group B: England, Australia, Namibia, Scotland, Oman
Group C: New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda, Papua New Guinea
Group D: South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Nepal