Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh made last-minute changes in their squads for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.
Pakistan, India and Bangladesh
Fakhar Zaman
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is just going to start after one day on 16th October 2022. Pakistan made one change in the squad, as Fakhar Zaman added in place of Usman Qadir. Fakhar was injured during the Asia Cup 2022 last month. Left-hander Zaman hurt his knee while fielding.
Pakistan Squad:
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim.
Standby Players:
Usman Qadir, Mohammad Haris, Shahnawaz Dahani.
Jasprit Bumrah
India has replaced Jasprit Bhumrah with Muhammad Shami. Shami was initially named in reserve player list but due to Bhumra’s injury he confirmed in 15 players squad.
Bhumra was ruled out due to a back injury. It is a big blow for Indian cricket team in T20 World Cup. Other than Bhumra, Deepak Chahar who was initially was named in reserve players ruled out now due to back injury.
India Squad:
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Shami.
Standby Players:
Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur.
Sabbir Rahman and Mohammad Saifuddin
Bangladesh also made two changes in their 15-player squad. Soumya Sarkar and Shoriful Islam both have dropped. Sabbir Rahman and Mohammad Saifuddin replaced them.
They both were named reserve players. But in a recent New Zealand T20 Tri-Series Soumya and Shoriful were not performing that’s why they have been dropped from the squad.
Bangladesh Squad
Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Nurul Hasan, Afif Hossain, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Litton Das, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Musaddek Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shoriful Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed, Yasir Ali Chowdhury.
Stand-by players:
Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin.
