T20 World Cup: Complete squads after India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh make late changes

The deadline for finalizing the T20 World Cup squads has passed, and while some teams did not require to make any changes, a few teams did make last-minute changes to their squads.

India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh were the three sides to make changes to their squads as late as Friday, the last day before the deadline.

While India finally announced Mohammed Shami as Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement, Pakistan included Fakhar Zaman in their squad as Usman Qadir’s replacement. Qadir picked up a thumb injury and will travel as a reserve.

Bangladesh as well made a couple of changes, bringing in batter Soumya Sarkar and left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam in their 15-man squad. The incoming duo replaced Sabbir Rahman and all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin.

The players that will participate in the multinational event have been now confirmed and any further changes will require special permission from the ICC.

Here are the list of all the 16 squads that will participate in the tournament –

Group A (First Round)

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Divan la Cock, Stephan Baard, Nicol Loftie Eaton, Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Michael van Lingen, Ben Shikongo, Karl Birkenstock, Lohan Louwrens, Helao Ya France.

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Shariz Ahmad, Logan van Beek, Tom Cooper, Brandon Glover, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meekeren, Roelof van der Merwe, Stephan Myburgh, Teja Nidamanuru, Max O’Dowd, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera (subject to fitness), Lahiru Kumara (subject to fitness), Dilshan Madushanka, Pramod Madushan.

Standby Players: Ashen Bandara, Praveen Jayawickrema, Dinesh Chandimal, Binura Fernando, Nuwanidu Fernando.

United Arab Emirates: C P Rizwan (c), Vriitya Aravind, Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Basil Hameed, Aryan Lakra, Zawar Farid, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Ahmed Raza, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali, Alishan Sharafu, Aayan Khan.

Standby Players: Sultan Ahmed, Fahad Nawaz, Vishnu Sukumaran, Adithya Shetty, Sanchit Sharma.