# 2007 World Twenty20 squads

This page lists the squads picked for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. This is the first World Twenty20 tournament which had been organised by the ICC. The championship was run from 11 to 24 September 2007 in South Africa. 12 teams took part in the championship, and the teams were sorted by their groups in the preliminary group stage. The first-class team listed for each player is the domestic team he plays for in his home country and any English county he has played for in the 2007 season, which was running concurrently to the World Twenty20 tournament. The winner of the Final was India. Second place went to Pakistan.

## Group A
### Bangladesh

Bangladesh announced their squad on 9 August 2007.

### South Africa

South Africa announced their squad on 11 August 2007. Loots Bosman was ruled out of the competition with a lower back injury.

### West Indies
## Group B
### Australia

Australia's T20 squad was announced on 20 July 2007. Shaun Tait was named in the original squad but was later ruled out after elbow surgery; he was replaced by Ben Hilfenhaus. The squad was generally the same as that which won the ICC Cricket World Cup earlier in the year.

### England

England announced their squad on 6 August 2007. Ravi Bopara pulled out from the tournament on 4 September, after dislocating his thumb during a bowling spell in the ODI series against India. Three days later, James Anderson was announced to replace him. Ryan Sidebottom also withdrew after failing to recover from a side injury sustained during the third Test against India in early August: Dimitri Mascarenhas was called up as his replacement.

### Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe announced their squad on 14 August 2007. Tatenda Taibu returned to the team for the first time in two years.

## Group C
### Kenya

Kenya announced their squad on 14 August 2007.
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20s | Batting | Bowling style | Domestic team |
| 5 | Steve Tikolo (c) | 25 June 1971 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium | Swamibapa |
| 07 | Rajesh Bhudia | 22 November 1984 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium | Kanbis |
| 11 | Jimmy Kamande | 12 December 1978 | 1 | Right | Right arm off break | Parklands |
| 89 | Tanmay Mishra | 22 December 1986 | 2 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Aga Khan |
| 91 | Alex Obanda | 25 December 1987 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Swamibapa |
| 13 | Collins Obuya | 27 July 1981 | 2 | Right | Right arm leg break | Stray Lions |
| 21 | David Obuya | 14 August 1979 | 2 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Stray Lions |
| 35 | Nehemiah Odhiambo | 7 August 1983 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Swamibapa |
| 00 | Thomas Odoyo | 12 May 1978 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Kanbis |
| 77 | Peter Ongondo | 10 February 1977 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium | Swamibapa |
| 75 | Lameck Onyango | 22 September 1973 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium | Swamibapa |
| | Elijah Otieno | 3 January 1988 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Swamibapa |
| 17 | Morris Ouma | 8 November 1982 | 0 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Swamibapa |
| 09 | Tony Suji | 5 February 1976 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium | Swamibapa |
| 84 | Hiren Varaiya | 9 April 1984 | 2 | Right | Slow left arm orthodox | Nairobi Gymkhana |

### New Zealand

New Zealand announced their squad on 9 August 2007. Long-time captain Stephen Fleming, who stepped down from the One-day International captaincy after the 2007 World Cup, was not included, and Daniel Vettori was given the captaincy. Scott Styris could be replaced, as he has struggled with injury problems playing for Durham in England in 2007.
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20s | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| 11 | Daniel Vettori (c) | 27 January 1979 | 0 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Northern Districts Knights |
| 27 | Shane Bond | 7 June 1975 | 3 | Right | Right-arm fast | Canterbury Wizards |
| 50 | Peter Fulton | 1 February 1979 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium | Canterbury Wizards |
| 17 | Mark Gillespie | 17 October 1979 | 2 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Wellington Firebirds |
| | Gareth Hopkins | 24 November 1976 | 0 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Otago Volts |
| 42 | Brendon McCullum | 27 September 1981 | 5 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Canterbury Wizards |
| | Nathan McCullum | 1 September 1980 | 0 | Right | Right arm off break | Otago Volts |
| 10 | Craig McMillan | 13 September 1976 | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium | Canterbury Wizards |
| 32 | Chris Martin | 10 December 1979 | 0 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Auckland Aces |
| 24 | Jacob Oram | 28 July 1978 | 1 | Left | Right-arm medium | Central Districts Stags |
| 39 | Jeetan Patel | 7 May 1980 | 4 | Right | Right arm off break | Wellington Firebirds |
| | Bradley Scott | 16 September 1979 | 0 | Left | Left-arm fast medium | Otago Volts |
| 56 | Scott Styris | 10 July 1975 | 3 | Right | Right-arm medium | Auckland Aces Durham Dynamos |
| 3 | Ross Taylor | 8 March 1984 | 2 | Right | Right arm off break | Central Districts Stags |
| 40 | Lou Vincent | 11 November 1978 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium | Auckland Aces |

### Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan was originally selected in the squad, but was withdrawn on 31 August 2007 after straining a biceps. Dilruwan Perera replaced him.
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20s | Batting | Bowling style | First class team |
| 27 | Mahela Jayawardene (c) | 27 May 1977 | 3 | Right | Right-arm medium | Sinhalese SC |
| 18 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 14 October 1976 | 2 | Right | Right arm off break | Bloomfield C&AC |
| 26 | Dilhara Fernando | 19 July 1979 | 3 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Sinhalese SC |
| | Hasantha Fernando | 14 October 1979 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium | Chilaw Marians CC |
| 07 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 30 June 1969 | 2 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Bloomfield C&AC Lancashire Lightning |
| 77 | Kaushal Lokuarachchi | 20 May 1982 | 0 | Right | Right arm leg break | Sinhalese SC |
| 28 | Farveez Maharoof | 7 September 1984 | 2 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Bloomfield C&AC |
| 99 | Lasith Malinga | 4 September 1983 | 2 | Right | Right-arm fast | Nondescripts CC Kent Spitfires |
| 42 | Jehan Mubarak | 10 January 1981 | 0 | Left | Right arm off break | Colombo CC |
| | Dilruwan Perera | 22 July 1982 | 0 | Right | Right arm off break | Panadura CC |
| 11 | Kumar Sangakkara | 27 October 1977 | 3 | Left | Wicket-keeper | Nondescripts CC Warwickshire Bears |
| 05 | Chamara Silva | 14 December 1979 | 2 | Right | Right arm leg break | Sebastianites C&AC |
| 14 | Upul Tharanga | 2 February 1985 | 3 | Left | | Nondescripts CC |
| 22 | Chaminda Vaas | 27 January 1974 | 1 | Left | Left-arm fast medium | Colts CC Middlesex Crusaders |
| 47 | Gayan Wijekoon | 21 December 1976 | 0 | Left | Left-arm medium | Chilaw Marians CC |

## Group D
### India

India's squad was announced on 8 August 2007 after the veterans such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid voluntarily opted to not to participate in this world cup.
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20's | Batting | Bowling style | First class team(s) |
| 7 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) | 7 July 1981 | 1 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Jharkhand |
| 12 | Yuvraj Singh (vc) | 12 December 1981 | 0 | Left | Left-arm orthodox spin | Punjab |
| - | Virender Sehwag | 20 October 1978 | 6 | Right | Right arm off break | Delhi |
| 68 | Ajit Agarkar | 4 December 1977 | 1 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Mumbai |
| 5 | Gautam Gambhir | 14 October 1981 | 0 | Left | Right arm leg break | Delhi |
| 35 | Harbhajan Singh | 3 July 1980 | 1 | Right | Right arm off break | Punjab |
| 23 | Joginder Sharma | 23 October 1983 | 0 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Haryana |
| 1 | Dinesh Karthik | 1 June 1985 | 1 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Tamil Nadu |
| 63 | Irfan Pathan | 27 October 1984 | 1 | Left | Left-arm fast medium | Baroda |
| 27 | Yusuf Pathan | 17 November 1982 | 0 | Right | Right arm off break | Baroda |
| 11 | Piyush Chawla | 24 December 1988 | 0 | Left | Right arm leg break | Uttar Pradesh |
| 45 | Rohit Sharma | 30 April 1987 | 0 | Right | Right arm off break | Mumbai |
| 9 | R. P. Singh | 6 December 1985 | 0 | Right | Left-arm fast medium | Uttar Pradesh |
| 36 | S. Sreesanth | 6 February 1983 | 1 | Right | Right-arm fast | Kerala |
| 77 | Robin Uthappa | 11 November 1985 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium | Karnataka |

### Pakistan

After a dressing room incident on 6 September 2007, in which Shoaib Akhtar was alleged to have hit Mohammad Asif with a bat, Akhtar was handed an indefinite ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board and sent home from the tournament before it even began. Sohail Tanvir, an uncapped allrounder, replaced him. Misbah-ul-haq was a controversial selection ahead of Mohammed Yousuf. Yet Misbah ended up being the 2nd highest run scorer in the competition.
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20s | Batting | Bowling style | First class team(s) |
| 18 | Shoaib Malik (c) | 1 February 1982 | 4 | Right | Right arm off break | PIA/Sialkot Stallions |
| 36 | Abdur Rehman | 1 March 1980 | 2 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | HBL/Sialkot Stallions |
| 25 | Fawad Alam | 8 October 1985 | 1 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | NBP/Karachi Dolphins |
| 21 | Iftikhar Anjum | 1 December 1980 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium | ZTBL/Islamabad Leopards |
| 23 | Kamran Akmal | 13 January 1982 | 4 | Right | Wicket-keeper | NBP/Lahore Lions |
| 22 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 28 May 1974 | 2 | Right | Right arm leg break | SNGPL/Faisalabad Wolves |
| 26 | Mohammad Asif | 20 December 1982 | 2 | Left | Right-arm fast medium | NBP/Sialkot Stallions |
| 88 | Mohammad Hafeez | 17 October 1980 | 3 | Right | Right arm off break | SNGPL/Faisalabad Wolves |
| 1 | Salman Butt | 7 October 1984 | 2 | Left | Right-arm off spin | NBP/Lahore Eagles |
| 10 | Shahid Afridi | 1 March 1980 | 3 | Right | Right arm leg break | HBL/Karachi Dolphins |
| 33 | Sohail Tanvir | 12 December 1984 | 0 | Left | Left-arm medium fast | Attock/Rawalpindi Rams |
| 55 | Umar Gul | 14 April 1984 | 1 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | HBL/Peshawar Panthers |
| 27 | Yasir Arafat | 12 March 1982 | 1 | Right | Right-arm medium | KRL/Rawalpindi Rams Sussex Sharks |
| 75 | Younis Khan | 29 November 1977 | 4 | Right | Right arm leg break | HBL/Peshawar Panthers Yorkshire Phoenix |

### Scotland

| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20s | Batting | Bowling style | Domestic team |
| 27 | Ryan Watson (c) | 12 November 1976 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Forfarshire |
| 4 | John Blain | 4 January 1979 | 0 | Left | Right-arm fast medium | Rotherham Town |
| 23 | Dougie Brown | 29 October 1969 | 0 | Right | Right-arm fast medium | Warwickshire Bears |
| 24 | Gordon Drummond | 21 April 1980 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Watsonians |
| 37 | Gavin Hamilton | 16 September 1974 | 0 | Left | Right-arm medium fast | East Brierley |
| 10 | Majid Haq | 11 February 1983 | 0 | Left | Right arm off break | Ferguslie |
| 8 | Ross Lyons | 8 December 1984 | 0 | Left | Slow left arm orthodox | Clydesdale |
| 25 | Neil McCallum | 22 November 1977 | 0 | Right | | Grange |
| 5 | Gregor Maiden | 22 July 1979 | 0 | Right | Right arm off break | Grange |
| 17 | Dewald Nel | 6 June 1980 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Greenock |
| 28 | Navdeep Poonia | 11 May 1986 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium fast | Warwickshire Bears |
| 22 | Qasim Sheikh | 30 October 1984 | 0 | Left | Left-arm medium | Clydesdale |
| 55 | Colin Smith | 27 September 1972 | 0 | Right | Wicket-keeper | Aberdeenshire |
| 12 | Fraser Watts | 5 June 1979 | 0 | Right | | Greenock |
| 99 | Craig Wright | 28 April 1974 | 0 | Right | Right-arm medium | Greenock |