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
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 44 Asghar Afghan (c) Right Right-arm fast-medium Kabul Eagles 4 Amir Hamza Left Left-arm orthodox Kabul Eagles 10 Dawlat Zadran Right Right-arm fast-medium Mis Ainak Knights 14 Gulbadin Naib Right Right-arm fast-medium Mis Ainak Knights 66 Hamid Hassan Right Right-arm fast Speen Ghar Tigers 84 Karim Sadiq Right Right-arm off-spin Amo Sharks 7 Mohammad Nabi Right Right-arm off-spin Band-e-Amir Dragons 77 Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Right — Mis Ainak Knights 1 Najibullah Zadran Left Right-arm off-spin Boost Defenders 15 Noor Ali Zadran Right Right-arm fast-medium Mis Ainak Knights 19 Rashid Khan Right Right-arm leg-spin Kabul Eagles 45 Samiullah Shenwari Right Right-arm leg-spin Speen Ghar Tigers 28 Shafiqullah Shafaq (wk) Right — Speen Ghar Tigers 20 Shapoor Zadran Left Left-arm fast-medium Boost Defenders 87 Usman Ghani Right — Boost Defenders
Australia Australia announced their squad on 9 February 2016.
Coach: Darren Lehmann
No.PlayerDate of birthT20IsBattingBowling styleDomestic team 49 Steven Smith (c) 23 Right Right-arm leg break Sydney Sixers 31 David Warner (vc) 54 Left Right-arm leg break Sunrisers Hyderabad (IPL) 33 Shane Watson (vc) 52 Right Right-arm medium-fast Sydney Thunder 46 Ashton Agar 1 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Perth Scorchers 6 Nathan Coulter-Nile 11 Right Right-arm fast Perth Scorchers 44 James Faulkner 13 Right Left-arm fast-medium Melbourne Stars5 Aaron Finch 24 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Melbourne Renegades 41 John Hastings 4 Right Right-arm fast-medium Melbourne Stars 38 Josh Hazlewood 4 Left Right-arm fast-medium Sydney Sixers 1 Usman Khawaja 3 Left Right-arm Off break bowling Sydney Thunder 8 Mitchell Marsh 4 Right Right-arm fast-medium Perth Scorchers 32 Glenn Maxwell 27 Right Right-arm off break Melbourne Stars 20 Peter Nevill (wk) 3 Right — Melbourne Renegades 68 Andrew Tye 2 Right Right-arm medium-fast Perth Scorchers 63 Adam Zampa 2 Right Right-arm leg break Melbourne Stars
Bangladesh Bangladesh announced their squad on 3 February 2016:
Coach: Chandika Hathurusingha
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 2 Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Right Right-arm fast-medium Comilla Victorians 75 Shakib Al Hasan (vc) Left Left-arm orthodox Rangpur Riders 14 Abu Hider Right Left-arm fast-medium Comilla Victorians 4 Al-Amin Hossain Right Right-arm medium-fast Barisal Bulls 30 Mahmudullah Right Right-arm off-spin Barisal Bulls 8 Mohammad Mithun (wk) Right — Rangpur Riders 15 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Right — Sylhet Super Stars 90 Mustafizur Rahman Left Left-arm fast-medium Dhaka Dynamites 69 Nasir Hossain Right Right-arm off-spin Dhaka Dynamites 63 Nurul Hasan (wk) Right — Sylhet Super Stars 1 Sabbir Rahman Right Right-arm leg-spin Barisal Bulls 59 Soumya Sarkar Left Right-arm medium-fast Rangpur Riders 28 Tamim Iqbal Left — Chittagong Vikings 51 Shuvagata Hom Right Right-arm off break 9 Saqlain Sajib Left Left-arm orthodox Withdrawn players 3 Taskin Ahmed Left Right-arm fast Chittagong Vikings 6 Arafat Sunny Left Left-arm orthodox Rangpur Riders
England England announced their squad on 10 February 2016:
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
No.PlayerDate of birthT20IsBattingBowling styleDomestic team 16 Eoin Morgan (c) 56 Left Right-arm medium Middlesex 63 Jos Buttler (vc, wk) 42 Right — Lancashire Lightning 18 Moeen Ali 12 Left Right-arm off break Worcestershire 7 Sam Billings (wk) 6 Right — Kent Spitfires 83 Liam Dawson 0 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Hampshire 2 Alex Hales 39 Right Right-arm medium Nottinghamshire Outlaws 34 Chris Jordan 11 Right Right-arm fast-medium Sussex Sharks 17 Liam Plunkett 3 Right Right-arm fast Yorkshire Vikings 95 Adil Rashid 12 Right Right-arm leg break Yorkshire Vikings 66 Joe Root 14 Right Right-arm off break Yorkshire Vikings 67 Jason Roy 8 Right Right-arm medium Surrey 55 Ben Stokes 11 Left Right-arm fast-medium Durham Jets 23 Reece Topley 4 Right Left-arm medium-fast Hampshire 14 James Vince 3 Right Right-arm medium Hampshire 15 David Willey 5 Left Left-arm fast-medium Yorkshire Vikings 11 Steven Finn 21 Right Right-arm fast Middlesex
Hong Kong Hong Kong announced their squad on 28 January 2016.
Coach: Simon Cook
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 33 Tanwir Afzal (c) Right Right-arm fast-medium Pakistan Association 8 Mark Chapman (vc) Left Left-arm orthodox Hong Kong CC 2 Nadeem Ahmed Right Left-arm orthodox Little Sai Wan – Tanveer Ahmed Right Right-arm medium-fast Kowloon CC 12 Haseeb Amjad Right Right-arm medium-fast USRC 23 Jamie Atkinson (wk) Right — Kowloon CC 73 Waqas Barkat Right Right-arm leg-spin Kowloon CC 1 Ryan Campbell Right Right-arm off-spin Kowloon CC – Christopher Carter (wk) Right — Kowloon CC 10 Babar Hayat Right Right-arm medium Little Sai Wan 11 Aizaz Khan Right Right-arm medium-fast Pakistan Association 75 Nizakat Khan Right Right-arm leg-spin Hong Kong CC – Waqas Khan Right Right-arm medium-fast Little Sai Wan 13 Anshuman Rath Left Left-arm orthodox Hong Kong CC 9 Kinchit Shah Left Right-arm off-spin Hong Kong CC
India
India announced their squad on 5 February 2016.
Team Director: Ravi Shastri
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowlingDomestic team 7 MS Dhoni (c, wk) Right Right-arm medium Chennai Super Kings 18 Virat Kohli (vc) Right Right-arm medium Royal Challengers Bangalore 99 Ravichandran Ashwin Right Right-arm off-spin Chennai Super Kings 93 Jasprit Bumrah Right Right-arm fast-medium Mumbai Indians 45 Rohit Sharma Right Right-arm off-spin Mumbai Indians 3 Harbhajan Singh Right Right-arm off-spin Mumbai Indians 25 Shikhar Dhawan Left Right-arm off-spin Sunrisers Hyderabad 8 Ravindra Jadeja Left Left-arm orthodox Chennai Super Kings 6 Pawan Negi Left Left-arm orthodox Delhi Daredevils 64 Ashish Nehra Right Left-arm fast Sunrisers Hyderabad 9 Manish Pandey Right Right-arm off-spin Kolkata Knight Riders 33 Hardik Pandya Right Right arm medium-fast Mumbai Indians 27 Ajinkya Rahane Right Right-arm medium Rajasthan Royals 48 Suresh Raina Left Right-arm off-spin Chennai Super Kings 11 Mohammad Shami Right Right-arm fast Delhi Daredevils Withdrawn players 12 Yuvraj Singh Left Left-arm orthodox Sunrisers Hyderabad
Ireland Ireland announced their squad on 8 February 2016.
Coach: John Bracewell
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 6 William Porterfield (c) Left Right-arm off-spin Warwickshire 63 Andrew Balbirnie (vc) Right Right-arm off-spin Middlesex 50 George Dockrell Right Left-arm orthodox spin Somerset 35 Andy McBrine Left Right-arm off-spin Donemana 34 Tim Murtagh Left Right-arm medium fast Middlesex 22 Kevin O'Brien Right Right-arm medium fast Leicestershire 72 Niall O'Brien (wk) Left — Leicestershire 25 Andrew Poynter Right Right-arm off-spin Clontarf 90 Stuart Poynter (wk) Right — Durham 30 Boyd Rankin Left Right-arm medium fast Warwickshire 26 Max Sorensen Right Right-arm medium fast The Hills 1 Paul Stirling Right Right-arm off-spin Middlesex 17 Stuart Thompson Left Right-arm medium fast Eglinton 14 Gary Wilson (wk) Right — Surrey 44 Craig Young Right Right-arm medium fast Bready
Netherlands The Netherlands announced their squad on 6 February 2016.
Coach: Anton Roux
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 83 Peter Borren (c) Right Right-arm medium VRA 8 Pieter Seelaar (vc) Right Left-arm orthodox spin VOC Rotterdam 34 Wesley Barresi (wk) Right Right-arm off-spin Quick Haag 7 Mudassar Bukhari Right Right-arm medium-fast Dosti-United 32 Ben Cooper Left Right-arm medium fast VRA 26 Tom Cooper Right Right-arm off-spin Melbourne Renegades 23 Vivian Kingma Right Right-arm medium fast Voorburg 17 Ahsan Malik Right Right-arm medium-fast VOC Rotterdam 97 Stephan Myburgh Left Right-arm off-spin Hermes DVS 4 Max O'Dowd Right Right-arm off-spin North Holland Hurricanes 68 Michael Rippon Right Left-arm unorthodox spin 90 Logan van Beek Right Right-arm medium-fast Canterbury 10 Timm van der Gugten Right Right-arm medium-fast Hobart Hurricanes 52 Roelof van der Merwe Right Left-arm orthodox spin Somerset 47 Paul van Meekeren Right Right-arm medium-fast Rood & Wit Haarlem
New Zealand New Zealand announced their squad on 1 February 2016.
Coach: Mike Hesson
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 22 Kane Williamson (c) Right Right-arm off-spin Northern Knights 38 Tim Southee (vc) Right Right-arm fast-medium Northern Knights 78 Corey Anderson Left Left-arm medium-fast Northern Knights 18 Trent Boult Right Left-arm fast-medium Northern Knights 88 Grant Elliott Right Right-arm medium Wellington Firebirds 31 Martin Guptill Right Right-arm off-spin Auckland Aces 81 Mitchell McClenaghan Left Left-arm medium-fast Auckland Aces 15 Nathan McCullum Right Right-arm off-spin Otago Volts 20 Adam Milne Right Right-arm fast Central Stags 82 Colin Munro Left Right-arm medium-fast Auckland Aces 86 Henry Nicholls (wk) Left Right-arm off-spin Canterbury Kings 54 Luke Ronchi (wk) Right — Wellington Firebirds 74 Mitchell Santner Left Left-arm orthodox Northern Knights 61 Ish Sodhi Right Right-arm leg-spin Northern Knights 3 Ross Taylor Right Right-arm off-spin Central Stags
Oman Oman announced their squad on 13 February 2016:
Coach: Duleep Mendis
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling style 7 Sultan Ahmed (c, wk) Left — 12 Zeeshan Maqsood (vc) Left Left-arm orthodox 13 Aamir Kaleem Left Left-arm orthodox 22 Amir Ali Right Right-arm off-spin 77 Ajay Lalcheta Left Left-arm orthodox – Arun Poulose Right Right-arm medium-fast 10 Jatinder Singh Right Right-arm off-spin 68 Khawar Ali Right Right-arm leg-spin 14 Mehran Khan Right — – Mohammad Nadeem Right Right-arm medium-fast 37 Munis Ansari Right Right-arm medium-fast – Rajeshkumar Ranpura Left Right-arm medium-fast – Sufyan Mehmood Left Right-arm medium-fast – Vaibhav Wategaonkar Left — – Yousuf Mahmood Right Right-arm fast-medium – Zeeshan Siddiqui Right Right-arm leg-spin 08 Bilal Khan Left Left-arm medium-fast 21 Adnan Ilyas Right Right-arm medium
Pakistan Pakistan announced their squad on 10 February 2016:
Coach: Waqar Younis
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 10 Shahid Afridi (c) Right Right-arm leg-spin Peshawar Zalmi 54 Sarfraz Ahmed (vc, wk) Right — Quetta Gladiators 96 Umar Akmal (wk) Right — Lahore Qalandars 48 Anwar Ali Right Right-arm medium-fast Quetta Gladiators 5 Mohammad Amir Left Left-arm fast Karachi Kings 8 Mohammad Hafeez Right Right-arm off-spin Peshawar Zalmi 76 Mohammad Irfan Right Left-arm fast Islamabad United 98 Sharjeel Khan Left Right-arm leg-spin Islamabad United 18 Shoaib Malik Right Right-arm off-spin Karachi Kings 19 Ahmed Shehzad Right Right-arm Leg-spin Quetta Gladiators 51 Mohammad Nawaz Left Left-arm orthodox Quetta Gladiators 47 Wahab Riaz Right Left-arm fast Peshawar Zalmi 7 Mohammad Sami Right Right-arm fast Islamabad United 9 Imad Wasim Left Left-arm orthodox Karachi Kings 35 Khalid Latif Right Right-arm off-break Islamabad United Withdrawn players 56 Babar Azam Right Right-arm off-spin Islamabad United 15 Rumman Raees Right Left-arm fast-medium Islamabad United 95 Iftikhar Ahmed Right Right-arm off-spin Karachi Kings 42 Khurram Manzoor Right Right-arm off-spin Karachi Kings
Scotland Scotland announced their squad on 8 February 2016.
Coach: Grant Bradburn