Cricket World Cup 2019 squad: Full list of ICC World Cup 2019 Team Captain and Players
Cricket World Cup 2019 squad – With the West Indies cricket board releasing their provisional 15 member squad for the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup, we’ve finally been made aware of the identity of all the 10 participating countries. The month-long affair finally came to an end on April 24th, a day prior to the stipulated deadline put into place by the International Cricket Council to release the squads.
As per the guidelines in place by the international body, teams can still make alternations to their squads one week before the tournament kicks off. Additionally, each country has also named 3 backup players in lieu of an injury occurring to their main squad players at the expansive tournament. Players indulging in training sessions, bowlers to bowl at batsmen prior to matches and other necessary members have also been released by each of the country engaging in the quadrennial event.
जानिए क्यों आईपीएल 2019 को बीच में छोड़कर ये विदेशी खिलाड़ी करेंगे देश वापसी?
The ICC ODI Cricket World Cup is slated to get underway from May 30 when hosts England will take on South Africa in the tournament opener. India will begin their campaign on June 5 against South Africa before eventually shifting to one of the biggest and explosive matches of the prestigious tournament when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan on June 16th.
Cricket World Cup 2019 squad
This edition of the tournament will see all the 10 teams play against each, a shift from the traditional group stage format. It’s a format that has been obsolete since the 1992 world cup but the ICC has decided to revert to type for this installment to increase viewership and bring forward to the massive spectator base globally the best possible matchups between the strongest cricketing countries across the world.
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Most of the matchdays will see two matches per day, indulging cricket lovers in a plethora of word class cricket in the upcoming month. Matches will begin at 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm IST with the Star Sports network the official broadcaster of the alluring tournament in the country. Matches will be broadcast on Star Sports 1, 2, Select HD 1, Hindi/HD in both English and Hindi commentary along with a plethora of innovative build up shows revolving around various aspects.
Cricket World Cup 2019 squad
INDIA
Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja
PAKISTAN
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abid Ali, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik (vc), Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hasnain
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ENGLAND
Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jos Buttler (vc & wk), Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
AFGHANISTAN
Gulbadin Naib (c), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan and Mujeeb ur Rahman.
Cricket World Cup 2019 squad
AUSTRALIA
Aaron Finch (c), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (vc & wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa
BANGLADESH
Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Mohammad Mithun (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Jayed
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NEW ZEALAND
Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wk), Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee (vc), Ross Taylor
SOUTH AFRICA
Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (vc & wk), David Miller, JP Duminy, Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi
SRI LANKA
Dimith Karunaratne (c), Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Kusal Perera (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis (wk), Isuru Udana, Milinda Siriwardana, Avishka Fernando, Jeevan Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal
Cricket World Cup 2019 squad
WEST INDIES
Jason Holder (c), Evin Lewis, Darren Bravo, Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Nicholas Pooran, Oshane Thomas, Shai Hope (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Fabien Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Shannon Gabriel, Kemar Roach, Ashley Nurse
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