ICC World T20 2016: Teams, Squads, Schedule and Fixtures

The ICC World T20 2016 begins in Nagpur on 8 March with 16 teams set to clash with each other for the title. This was confirmed after all the 16 teams submitted their squad for the 27-day long tournament, which will be played at eight venues across India with Eden Gardens in Kolkata to host the finals on 3 April.

ICC stated that 19 men’s players are set to feature for the sixth straight time. Bangladesh (five players) will be fielding the most players with world cup experience. The names include Mashrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim have played in all the events since its inaugural 2007 in South Africa.

Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh from India and Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle and Denesh Ramdin  from West Indies are the players who have participated in the previous events.

Nathan McCullum, Ross Taylor (both New Zealand), AB de Villiers, JP Duminy (both South Africa), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga (both Sri Lanka), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) and Shane Watson (Australia) are the other players to attend their sixth straight ICC World Twenty20.

The Indian team led by MS Dhoni was crowned as the inaugural champions in 2007 after beating Pakistan in a thriller. Pakistan won the next edition in 2009, making up for the loss in the first edition. The 2010 edition belonged to England while the year of 2012 belonged to the Caribbean calypso as West Indies won their first title after 29 years. Sri Lanka is the defending champions after winning the last edition.

Super 10

Group A:

England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Afghanistan

Group B:

Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Squads

India:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh.

Sri Lanka: 

Angelo Mathews (C), Dushmantha Chameera, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Shehan Jayasuriya, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake, Dasun Shanaka, Milinda Siriwardana, Suranga Lakmal.

Afghanistan:

Asghar Stanikzai (C), Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadiq, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Najibullah Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shenwari, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Shahpoor Zadran and Usman Ghani.

Australia: 

Steve Smith (C), Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill, Andrew Tye, David Warner, Shane Watson and Adam Zampa.

Bangladesh:

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (C), Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal and Taskin Ahmed.

England: 

Eoin Morgan (C), Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, James Vince and David Willey.

New Zealand:

Kane Williamson (C), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Colin Munro, Henry Nicholls, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee and Ross Taylor.

Pakistan:

Shahid Afridi (C), Anwar Ali, Imad Wasim, Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Sami, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sharjeel Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal and Wahab Riaz.

South Africa:

Faf du Plessis (C), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir and David Wiese.

West Indies:

Darren Sammy (C), Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn, Evin Lewis, Carlos Brathwaite, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Ashley Nurse, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels and Jerome Taylor.

Schedule and Fixtures

March 08, 2016

Hong Kong vs Zimbabwe, 1st Match, Group B

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

Afghanistan vs Scotland, 2nd Match, Group B

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 09, 2016

Bangladesh vs Netherlands, 3rd Match, Group A

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

Ireland vs Oman, 4th Match, Group A

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 10, 2016

Scotland vs Zimbabwe, 5th Match, Group B

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

Afghanistan vs Hong Kong, 6th Match, Group B

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Times: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 11, 2016

Oman vs Netherlands, 7th Match, Group A

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

Bangladesh vs Ireland, 8th Match, Group A

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 12, 2016

Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe, 9th Match, Group B

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

Hong Kong vs Scotland, 10th Match, Group B

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Times: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 13, 2016

Ireland vs Netherlands, 11th Match, Group A

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

Bangladesh vs Oman, 12th Match, Group A

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 15, 2016

India vs New Zealand, 13th Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 16, 2016

Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 14th Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: P Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

England vs West Indies, 15th Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 17, 2016

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 16th Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 18, 2016

Australia vs New Zealand, 17th Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Time; 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

England vs South Africa, 18th Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 19, 2016

India vs Pakistan, 19th Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 20, 2016

South Africa vs Afghanistan, 20th Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 21st Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 21, 2016

Australia vs Bangladesh, 22nd Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 22, 2016

New Zealand vs Pakistan, 23rd Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 23, 2016

England vs Afghanistan, 24th Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

India vs Bangladesh, 25th Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 25, 2016

Australia vs Pakistan, 26th Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

South Africa vs West Indies, 27th Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 26, 2016

New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 28th Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

England vs Sri Lanka, 29th Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Venue: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 27, 2016

West Indies vs Afghanistan, 30th Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

Time:09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL

India vs Australia, 31st Match, Super 10 Group 2

Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 28, 2016

South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 32nd Match, Super 10 Group 1

Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

March 30, 2016

TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi-Final

Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Time: 01:30 PM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL

March 31, 2016

TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi-Final

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Time: 01:30 PM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL

April 03, 2016

TBC vs TBC, Final

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Time:  01:30 PM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL