# 2016 World Twenty20 squads

The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 was the sixth ICC World Twenty20, and the first to be hosted by India. Sri Lanka were the defending champions, having won the 2014 edition. The following squads were chosen for the tournament. The player ages are as on 8 March 2016, the opening day of the tournament, and where a player plays for more than one team in Twenty20 cricket, only their domestic team is listed (for example: at the time, Jos Buttler played for Lancashire Lightning in the T20 Blast and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League).

## Afghanistan

Coach: Inzamam-ul-Haq

## Australia

Australia announced their squad on 9 February 2016.
Coach: Darren Lehmann
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20Is | Batting | Bowling style | Domestic team |
| 49 | Steven Smith (c) | (1989-06-02)2 June 1989 (aged 26) | 23 | Right | Right-arm leg break | Sydney Sixers |
| 31 | David Warner (vc) | (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 29) | 54 | Left | Right-arm leg break | Sunrisers Hyderabad (IPL) |
| 33 | Shane Watson (vc) | (1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 34) | 52 | Right | Right-arm medium-fast | Sydney Thunder |
| 46 | Ashton Agar | (1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 22) | 1 | Left | Slow left-arm orthodox | Perth Scorchers |
| 6 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | (1987-10-11)11 October 1987 (aged 28) | 11 | Right | Right-arm fast | Perth Scorchers |
| 44 | James Faulkner | (1990-04-29)29 April 1990 (aged 25) | 13 | Right | Left-arm fast-medium | Melbourne Stars |
| 5 | Aaron Finch | (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 29) | 24 | Right | Slow left-arm orthodox | Melbourne Renegades |
| 41 | John Hastings | (1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 30) | 4 | Right | Right-arm fast-medium | Melbourne Stars |
| 38 | Josh Hazlewood | (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 25) | 4 | Left | Right-arm fast-medium | Sydney Sixers |
| 1 | Usman Khawaja | (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 29) | 3 | Left | Right-arm Off break bowling | Sydney Thunder |
| 8 | Mitchell Marsh | (1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 24) | 4 | Right | Right-arm fast-medium | Perth Scorchers |
| 32 | Glenn Maxwell | (1988-10-14)14 October 1988 (aged 27) | 27 | Right | Right-arm off break | Melbourne Stars |
| 20 | Peter Nevill (wk) | (1985-10-13)13 October 1985 (aged 30) | 3 | Right | — | Melbourne Renegades |
| 68 | Andrew Tye | (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 29) | 2 | Right | Right-arm medium-fast | Perth Scorchers |
| 63 | Adam Zampa | (1992-03-31)31 March 1992 (aged 23) | 2 | Right | Right-arm leg break | Melbourne Stars |

## Bangladesh

Bangladesh announced their squad on 3 February 2016:
Coach: Chandika Hathurusingha

## England

England announced their squad on 10 February 2016:
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
| No. | Player | Date of birth | T20Is | Batting | Bowling style | Domestic team |
| 16 | Eoin Morgan (c) | (1986-09-10)10 September 1986 (aged 29) | 56 | Left | Right-arm medium | Middlesex |
| 63 | Jos Buttler (vc, wk) | (1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 25) | 42 | Right | — | Lancashire Lightning |
| 18 | Moeen Ali | (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 28) | 12 | Left | Right-arm off break | Worcestershire |
| 7 | Sam Billings (wk) | (1991-06-15)15 June 1991 (aged 24) | 6 | Right | — | Kent Spitfires |
| 83 | Liam Dawson | (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 26) | 0 | Right | Slow left-arm orthodox | Hampshire |
| 2 | Alex Hales | (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 27) | 39 | Right | Right-arm medium | Nottinghamshire Outlaws |
| 34 | Chris Jordan | (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 (aged 27) | 11 | Right | Right-arm fast-medium | Sussex Sharks |
| 17 | Liam Plunkett | (1985-04-06)6 April 1985 (aged 30) | 3 | Right | Right-arm fast | Yorkshire Vikings |
| 95 | Adil Rashid | (1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 28) | 12 | Right | Right-arm leg break | Yorkshire Vikings |
| 66 | Joe Root | (1990-12-30)30 December 1990 (aged 25) | 14 | Right | Right-arm off break | Yorkshire Vikings |
| 67 | Jason Roy | (1990-07-21)21 July 1990 (aged 25) | 8 | Right | Right-arm medium | Surrey |
| 55 | Ben Stokes | (1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 24) | 11 | Left | Right-arm fast-medium | Durham Jets |
| 23 | Reece Topley | (1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 22) | 4 | Right | Left-arm medium-fast | Hampshire |
| 14 | James Vince | (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 24) | 3 | Right | Right-arm medium | Hampshire |
| 15 | David Willey | (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 (aged 26) | 5 | Left | Left-arm fast-medium | Yorkshire Vikings |
| 11 | Steven Finn | (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 26) | 21 | Right | Right-arm fast | Middlesex |

## Hong Kong

Hong Kong announced their squad on 28 January 2016.
Coach: Simon Cook

## India

India announced their squad on 5 February 2016.
Team Director: Ravi Shastri

## Ireland

Ireland announced their squad on 8 February 2016.
Coach: John Bracewell

## Netherlands

The Netherlands announced their squad on 6 February 2016.
Coach: Anton Roux

## New Zealand

New Zealand announced their squad on 1 February 2016.
Coach: Mike Hesson

## Oman

Oman announced their squad on 13 February 2016:
Coach: Duleep Mendis

## Pakistan

Pakistan announced their squad on 10 February 2016:
Coach: Waqar Younis

## Scotland

Scotland announced their squad on 8 February 2016.
Coach: Grant Bradburn

## South Africa

South Africa announced their squad on 10 February 2016:
Coach: Russell Domingo

## Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka announced their squad on 18 February 2016:
Coach: Graham Ford

## West Indies

The West Indian squad was announced on 29 January 2016.
Coach: Phil Simmons

## Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe announced their squad on 14 February 2016:
Coach: Dav Whatmore

## Changes

On 19 March, Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny, members of the Bangladesh squad, were suspended from bowling in international cricket due to probable illegal bowling actions. They were replaced with Shuvagata Hom and Saqlain Sajib.
On 26 February, England's Liam Plunkett was named as the replacement for Steven Finn, who was ruled out with a calf strain.
Tom Cooper was added to the Netherlands squad on 25 February, 19 days after the squad was announced.
On 23 February, Babar Azam and Rumman Raees withdrew from the tournament due to injury. They were replaced in the Pakistan squad by Sharjeel Khan and Mohammad Sami. Khalid Latif was also added to Pakistan's squad in place of Iftikhar Ahmed. On 3 March, Ahmed Shehzad was also added to the squad in place of Khurram Manzoor.
Sri Lanka's squad was changed after the initial announcement. This new squad was named on 8 March 2016, where Jeffrey Vandersay and Niroshan Dickwella were replaced by Suranga Lakmal and Lahiru Thirimanne. Lasith Malinga stepped down from the captaincy due to his slow recovery from an injury and Angelo Mathews was appointed as the captain. On 18 March Sri Lanka Cricket announced that Malinga was ruled out of the tournament after failing to sufficiently recover from his knee injury. Jeffrey Vandersay, who was withdrawn earlier from the original squad, was named as Malinga's replacement.
After the West Indies squad was announced, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine and Darren Bravo withdrew before the tournament started. Pollard was replaced by Carlos Brathwaite, while Ashley Nurse replaced Narine. Bravo's replacement in the squad is Johnson Charles. Lendl Simmons was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a back injury. He was replaced with Evin Lewis. Before the semi-finals, Andre Fletcher suffered a hamstring injury and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament. Lendl Simmons, who had recovered from his back injury was called in as a replacement.
Yuvraj Singh was ruled out before semi final. Manish Pandey was called to replaced him.