World T20 2014 is just 3 days away to
get a kick-start on March 21st and this league is so challenging
that each of the top eight teams in the ICC rankings are the contenders for the
title. It is one of those tournaments where there is no distinct favourite going
into the competition. This makes this edition of the world t20 more thrilling
and open tournament. So we look upon the participatory teams squad and what
they can come up in the t20 challenge.
INDIA
MS Dhoni (capt.&wk), Shikhar Dhawan,
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra
Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Stuart Binny,
Amit Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron
- Challenge/ Verdict: Winners of the inaugural
World T20, but India is treated as most under achievers at International level
since they have failed to make it to the semis of the last three editions. Still
return of Dhoni, Yuvraj and Raina will improve Indian team performance in World
T20. Batting needs
to make up for their weak bowling attack if they have to go all the way and
win.
PAKISTAN
Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Shahid Afridi, Shoaib
Malik, Saeed Ajmal, Umer Gul, Sherjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Junaid Khan, Bilawal
Bhatti, Sohail Tanvir, Umer Akmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Mohammad Talah, Kamran Akmal,
Ahmed Shehzad
- Challenge/ Verdict: One of the most
successful teams in the tournament's history - finalists in 2007, winners in 2009 and semi-finalists on the last two occasions,
but they remain as unpredictable side they are capable of beating anyone and even
losing to anyone.
SOUTH AFRICA
Francois du Plessis (capt.), Quinton de
Kock, AB de Villiers, Farhaan Behardien, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Beuran
Hendricks, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell,
Aaron Phangiso, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
- Challenge/ Verdict: SA is the team which enters any
tournament as favourite but they fail to claim their place in any of the
finals. They had received names like "chokers" but faf’s team
has the capacity to turn the tables. Potential semi-finalist.
AUSTRALIA
George Bailey (capt.), Daniel Christian,
Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Brad Hodge, Brad
Hogg, Doug Bollinger, Glenn Maxwell, James Muirhead, Mitchell
Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White
- Challenge/ Verdict: A powerful batting line-up but their weak
link may be the spin department, where a lot rests on the shoulders of
43-year-old chinaman bowler Hogg and 20-year-old leg-spinner James Muirhead.
They were runners-up in 2010 and semi-finalists in 2007 and 2012; this is the
only International ICC trophy to be claimed.
ENGLAND
Stuart Broad (capt.), Ravi Bopara, Tim
Bresnan, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Michael Lumb, Moeen
Ali, Eoin Morgan, Stephen Parry, Ian Bell, Chris
Woakes,
James Tredwell, Luke Wright
- Challenge/ Verdict: England have a strong
group to overcome to make it to super eight this time and their team
performance, confidence and team combination doesn’t looks good at the moment
but this format makes everyone surprise.
NEW ZEALAND
Brendon McCullum (capt.), Corey Anderson,
Trent Boult, Anton Devcich, Martin Guptill, Ronnie Hira, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan
McCullum, Kyle Mills, Colin Munro, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Tim Southee, Ross
Taylor, Kane Williamson
- Challenge/ Verdict: Semi-finalists first
time out in 2007, but have not made it past the Super Eights since then.
They remain the ultimate under-dog and they appear as potential semi-finalists.
SRILANKA
Dinesh Chandimal (capt.), Tillakaratne
Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardena, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith
Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Seekkuge
Prasanna, Kumar Sangakkara, Sachithra Senanayake, Lahiru Thirimanne
- Challenge/ Verdict: They have a core of
experienced batsmen, bowlers in Lasith Malinga, Mendis who are unplayable on
their day. Srilanka is playing cricket in Bangladesh for past 2 months and they
are more familiar to the conditions now, Asia Cup win is prime example. Potential
finalist.
WEST INDIES
Darren Sammy (capt.), Samuel Badree, Dwayne
Bravo, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Sunil
Narine, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Krishmar
Santokie, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith
- Challenge/ Verdict: They are the defending
champions and they will be feeling pressure. They have the players to
repeat last year’s performance and get the title again. Their key is their team
formulation, the amount of all-round players in the team, batsmen like Gayle at
the top order and bowler in Narine make the differences.
Group A, Qualifiers:
BANGLADESH
Mushfiqur Rahim (capt.&wk), Abdur
Razzak, Al-Amin Hossain, Anamul Haque (wk), Farhad Reza, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe
Mortaza, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al
Hasan, Shamsur Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Tamim Iqbal.
NEPAL
Paras Khadka (capt.), Pradeep Airee,
Prithu Baskota, Binod Bhandari, Naresh Budhaayer, Shakti Gauchan, Sompal Kami,
Avinash Karn, Subash Khakurel (wk), Gyanendra Malla, Jitendra Mukhiya, Sagar
Pun, Basant Regmi, Sharad Vesawkar, Rahul Vishwakarma.
HONG KONG
Jamie Atkinson (capt.&wk), Tanwir
Afzal, Irfan Ahmed, Nadeem Ahmed, Najeeb Amar, Haseeb Amjad, Waqas Barkat
(vice-capt), Mark Chapman, Munir Dar, Babar Hayat, Aizaz Khan, Nizakat Khan,
Roy Lamsam, Ehsan Nawaz, Kinchit Shah.
AFGHANISTAN
Mohammad Nabi (capt.), Aftab Alam,
Asghar Stanikzai, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadiq,
Mirwais Ashraf, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Najibullah Taraki, Najibullah Zadran,
Nawroz Mangal, Samiullah Shenwari, Shafiqullah, Shapoor Zadran.
Group B, Qualifiers:
NETHERLANDS
Peter Borren (capt.), Wesley Barresi
(wk.), Mudassar Bukhari, Ben Cooper, Tom Cooper, Tom Heggelman, Vivian Kingma,
Ahsan Malik, Stephan Myburgh, Michael Rippon, Pieter Seelaar, Michael Swart,
Eric Szwarczynski, Logan van Beek, Timm van der Gugten.
ZIMBABWE
Brendan Taylor (capt.&wk), Tendai
Chatara, Elton Chigumbura, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, Timycen Maruma, Hamilton
Masakadza, Shingi Masakadza, Natsai M'shangwe, Tinashe Panyangara, Sikandar
Raza, Vusi Sibanda, Prosper Utseya, Brian Vitori, Malcolm Waller, Sean Williams.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)
Ahmed Raza, Amjad Ali (wk), Amjad Javed,
Asadullah Shareef, Faizan Asif, Kamran Shahzad, Khurram Khan (capt), Manjula
Guruge, Moaaz Qazi, Rohan Mustafa, Rohit Singh, Shadeep Silva, Shaiman Anwar,
Swapnil Patil, Vikrant Shetty.
IRELAND
William Porterfield (capt.), Alex
Cusack, George Dockrell, Ed Joyce, Andrew McBrine, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O'Brien,
Niall O'Brien (wk), Andrew Poynter, James Shannon, Max Sorensen, Paul Stirling,
Stuart Thompson, Gary Wilson (wk), Craig Young.
Replacements:
* Doug Bollinger replaced
the injured Mitchell Johnson (AUSTRALIA)
* Ian Bell replaced the injured Joe Root
(ENGLAND)
* Chris Woakes replaced the injured Ben
Stokes (ENGLAND)
* Tom Cooper replaced the injured Tim
Gruijters (NETHERLANDS)
* Aftab Alam replaced the injured Hamid
Hassan (AFGHANISTAN)
News:
·
Stuart Board is injured but he is confident of captaining the
side for complete tournament.
·
Sangakara and M. Jayawardene announce their retirement from
t20 after current edition.
·
Narine: spin will play a bigger role in bangladesh
·
Afridi: India is stronger batting side
See you soon with more updates and news.
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