T20 World Cup 2012 Sri Lanka will
be the fourth ICC World T20 Competition, ICC T20 World Cup 2012 is an
international Twenty20 Cricket tournament that will be held in between
September 18 and October 7, 2012. The schedule has been posted by ICC.
The fixture of World Twenty20 would be revealed once, Qualifier round of
ICC World Twenty20 2012 gets over. Tournament is likely to be mix of
Robin Round and Knockout. This will be the first T20 cricket World Cup
tournament held in an Asian country, the last three being held in South
Africa, England and the West Indies respectively.
The
format will see four groups of three in a preliminary round. India and
England are in the same group and will be joined by one of the Associate
or Affiliate teams that qualify. The other qualifying team will be in a
group with West Indies and Australia. Sri Lanka, South Africa and
Zimbabwe, and Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh are the other two
groups. The first T20 cricket World Cup was hosted by South Africa in
2007, where India beat Pakistan in a thriller to become Twenty20
champions. Pakistan, the losing finalists in t20 world cup cricket 2007,
defeated Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup 2009 tournament to become World
t20 Champions, held in England. England became the third World Twenty20
champions by beating Australia in the West Indies. The ICC World
Twenty20 2014 is to be held in Bangladesh.
Apart
from the ten test cricket playing nations, there will be a further two
associate/affiliate teams who would qualify from the 2012 ICC World
Twenty20 Qualifier to be staged in the United Arab Emirates in 2012. The
top two teams from each group will proceed to the Super Eight stage of
the tournament. The Super Eight will consist of two groups. The top two
teams from the two Super Eight groups would play the semi-finals, and
the semi-final winners would contest the final, to be played at the
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium. The winner of this final shall
be crowned world champions in Twenty20 cricket. England are the
defending champions, having won the 2010 edition in the West Indies.
Following
are the final 15 member teams which will fight for ICC T20 World Cup
2012. Few teams have still not declared their final 15.
Group A
Indian
Squad for T20 World Cup 2012: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(captain/wicketkeeper), Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag,
Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, Rohit Sharma, Irfan Pathan,
Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Laxmipathy Balaji, Ashok Dinda,
Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla.
Afghanistan Squad
for T20 World Cup 2012: – Nawroz Mangal (captain), Gulbadin Naib, Dawlat
Zadran, Karim Sadeq, Hamid Hassan, Izzatullah Dawlatzai, Mohammad Jawed
Ahmadi, Mohd Nasim Baras, Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai, Mohammad Nabi,
Mohammad Shahzad, Najibullah Zadran, Shapur Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari
and Shafiqullah Shafaq.
England squad for T20
World Cup 2012: Stuart Broad (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler,
Ravi Bopara, Danny Briggs, Jade Dernbach, Alex Hales, Tim Bresnan, Craig
Kieswetter, Michael Lumb, Steven Finn, Graeme Swann, Eoin Morgan, Samit
Patel and Luke Wright.
Group B
Australian
squad for T20 World Cup 2012: George Bailey (c), Shane Watson (vc),
Cameron White, Dan Christian, David Hussey, Pat Cummins, David Warner,
Xavier Doherty, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hogg, Michael
Hussey, Clint McKay, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade.
West
Indies squad for T20 World Cup 2012: Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne
Bravo (vice captain), Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard,
Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Andre
Russell, Samuel Badree, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin and
Dwayne Smith.
Ireland Squad for T20 World Cup 2012:
William Porterfield (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Max
Sorensen, Trent Johnston, Boyd Rankin, Nigel Jones, Ed Joyce, Andrew
White, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien, Paul Stirling, Stuart
Thompson and Gary Wilson.
Group C
South
African Squad for T20 World Cup 2012: AB de Villiers (captain), Hashim
Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Johan Botha, JP Duminy, Francois du Plessis,
Jacques Kallis, Richard Levi, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong,
Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
Zimbabwe
Squad for T20 World Cup 2012: Brendan Taylor (captain), Stuart
Matsikenyeri, Vusi Sibanda, Ray Price, Hamilton Masakadza, Craig Ervine,
Malcolm Waller, Brian Vitori, Elton Chigumbura, Graeme Cremer, Kyle
Jarvis, Chris Mpofu, Richard Muzhange, Prosper Utseya, Forster Mutizwa.
Sri
Lanka Squad for T20 World Cup 2012: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar
Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dilshan Munaweera,
Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan
Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Shaminda Eranga, Dinesh
Chandimal and Akhila Dhananjaya.
Group D
New
Zealand Squad for T20 World Cup 2012: Ross Taylor (captain), Martin
Guptill, Doug Bracewell, Brendon McCullum, James Franklin, Roneel Hira,
Rob Nicol, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Jacob Oram, Tim
Southee, Daniel Vettori, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson.
Pakistan
Squad for T20 World Cup 2012: Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Imran Nazir,
Nasir Jamshed, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal,
Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanveer, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Raza
Hasan, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Sami.
Bangladesh Squad
for T20 World Cup 2012: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Mahmudullah Riyad,
Tamim Iqbal, Abdur Razzak, Junaed Siddiqui, Elias Sunny, Jahurul
Islam,Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Bin
Mortaza, Ziaur Rahman, Forhad Reza, Shafiul Islam and Abul Hasan.
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