The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, which was held in United Arab Emirates and Oman. Each team selected a squad of fifteen players before 10 October 2021. The player ages are as on 17 October 2021, 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).
Afghanistan Afghanistan announced their initial squad on 9 September 2021.
Coach: Lance Klusener
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 7 Mohammad Nabi (c)1 Right Right-arm off-spin 56 Fareed Ahmad2 Left Left-arm fast-medium 17 Sharafuddin Ashraf2 3 Right Right-arm off-spin 87 Usman Ghani Right Right-arm medium 21 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Right – 66 Hamid Hassan Right Right-arm fast 11 Karim Janat Right Right-arm medium 19 Rashid Khan1 Right Right-arm leg break 14 Gulbadin Naib Right Right-arm fast-medium 50 Hashmatullah Shahidi Left Right-arm off-spin 77 Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Right — 78 Naveen-ul-Haq Right Right-arm medium-fast 88 Mujeeb Ur Rahman Right Right-arm off-spin 1 Najibullah Zadran Left Right-arm off-spin 3 Hazratullah Zazai Left Slow left-arm orthodox Reserve players 10 Dawlat Zadran2 19 March 1988 (aged 33) Right Right-arm fast-medium 45 Samiullah Shinwari2 31 December 1987 (aged 33) Right Right-arm leg break 5 Fazalhaq Farooqi2 22 September 2000 (aged 21) Right Left-arm fast-medium Removed players 20 Shapoor Zadran2 8 July 1987 (aged 34) Left Left-arm fast-medium 32 Qais Ahmad2 15 August 2000 (aged 21) Right Right-arm leg-spin 40 Afsar Zazai2 10 August 1993 (aged 28) Right – Withdrawn players 44 Asghar Afghan3 Right Right-arm fast-medium
1After the squad was named, Rashid Khan stepped down as the team's captain, stating that the selection committee had not gained his consent for the team. Mohammad Nabi was then named as Afghanistan's captain.
2On 10 October 2021, Afghanistan named their final squad of 15 for the tournament. Afsar Zazai was removed from the reserve list, whereas Shapoor Zadran and Qais Ahmad were removed from the main squad. Sharafuddin Ashraf and Dawlat Zadran were moved to the reserve list from the main squad. Fareed Ahmad was moved to the main squad from the reserve list, whereas Samiullah Shinwari and Fazalhaq Farooqi were new additions to the reserve list.
3On 31 October 2021, Asghar Afghan announced his retirement from cricket. Sharafuddin Ashraf, one of the reserve players, was named as his replacement for the rest of the tournament.
Australia Australia announced their squad on 18 August 2021.
Coach: Justin Langer
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 5 Aaron Finch (c) Right Slow left-arm orthodox Melbourne Renegades 30 Pat Cummins (vc) Right Right-arm fast — 46 Ashton Agar Left Slow left-arm orthodox Perth Scorchers 38 Josh Hazlewood Left Right-arm fast-medium — 48 Josh Inglis (wk) Right — Perth Scorchers 8 Mitchell Marsh Right Right-arm fast-medium Perth Scorchers 32 Glenn Maxwell Right Right-arm off-spin Melbourne Stars 55 Kane Richardson Right Right-arm fast-medium Melbourne Renegades 49 Steven Smith Right Right-arm leg break — 56 Mitchell Starc Left Left-arm fast Sydney Sixers 17 Marcus Stoinis Right Right-arm medium-fast Melbourne Stars 22 Mitchell Swepson Right Right-arm leg break Brisbane Heat 13 Matthew Wade (wk) Left Right-arm medium-fast Hobart Hurricanes 31 David Warner Left Right-arm leg break 88 Adam Zampa Right Right-arm leg break Melbourne Stars Reserve players 54 Dan Christian 4 May 1983 (aged 38) Right Right-arm fast-medium Sydney Sixers 12 Nathan Ellis 22 September 1994 (aged 27) Right Right-arm fast-medium Hobart Hurricanes 95 Daniel Sams 27 October 1992 (aged 28) Right Left-arm fast-medium Sydney Thunder
Bangladesh Bangladesh announced their squad on 9 September 2021.
Coach: Russell Domingo
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 30 Mahmudullah (c) Right Right-arm off-spin Chattogram Challengers 10 Nasum Ahmed Left Slow left-arm orthodox Chattogram Challengers 3 Taskin Ahmed Left Right-arm fast Rangpur Rangers 16 Litton Das (wk) Right – Rajshahi Royals 55 Mahedi Hasan Right Right-arm off-spin Dhaka Platoon 81 Nurul Hasan (wk) Right Right-arm off-spin Chattogram Challengers 18 Afif Hossain Right Right-arm off-spin Rajshahi Royals 34 Rubel Hossain1 3 Right Right-arm fast-medium Chattogram Challengers 29 Shamim Hossain Left Right-arm off-spin – 47 Shoriful Islam Left Left-arm medium-fast – 23 Mohammad Naim Left Right-arm medium-fast Rangpur Rangers 15 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Right Right-arm off-spin Khulna Tigers 90 Mustafizur Rahman Left Left-arm medium-fast Rangpur Rangers 59 Soumya Sarkar Right Right-arm medium-fast Cumilla Warriors Withdrawn players 7 Aminul Islam1 2 6 November 1999 (aged 21) Right Right-arm leg break Khulna Tigers 74 Mohammad Saifuddin3 1 November 1996 (aged 24) Left Right-arm fast-medium Rajshahi Royals 75 Shakib Al Hasan4 24 April 1987 (aged 34) Left Slow left-arm orthodox Rangpur Rangers
1Rubel Hossain and Aminul Islam were named as travelling reserves.
2On 10 October 2021, Aminul Islam withdrew himself from the squad and returned home.
3On 26 October 2021, Mohammad Saifuddin was ruled out of the tournament due to a back injury, with Rubel Hossain named as his replacement.
4Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out of Bangladesh's final two Super 12 matches due to a hamstring injury.
England England announced their squad on 9 September 2021.
Coach: Chris Silverwood
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 16 Eoin Morgan (c) Left Right-arm medium Middlesex 63 Jos Buttler (vc, wk) Right – Lancashire Lightning 18 Moeen Ali Left Right-arm off-spin Worcestershire Rapids 51 Jonny Bairstow (wk) Right – Yorkshire Vikings 7 Sam Billings (wk) Right – Kent Spitfires 59 Tom Curran1 Right Right-arm fast-medium Surrey 34 Chris Jordan Right Right-arm fast-medium Sussex Sharks 23 Liam Livingstone Right Right-arm leg break Lancashire Lightning 29 Dawid Malan Left Right-arm leg break Yorkshire Vikings 95 Adil Rashid Right Right-arm leg break Yorkshire Vikings 38 Reece Topley2 Right Left-arm medium-fast Surrey 14 James Vince3 Right Right-arm medium Hampshire Hawks 15 David Willey Left Left-arm fast-medium Yorkshire Vikings 19 Chris Woakes Right Right-arm fast-medium Birmingham Bears 33 Mark Wood Right Right-arm fast Durham Reserve players 83 Liam Dawson 1 March 1990 (aged 31) Right Slow left-arm orthodox Hampshire Hawks Withdrawn players 58 Sam Curran1 Left Left-arm medium-fast Surrey 72 Tymal Mills2 Right Left-arm fast Sussex Sharks 20 Jason Roy3 Right Right-arm medium Surrey
1On 5 October 2021, Sam Curran was ruled out of England's squad due to a back injury. His brother, Tom Curran, was named as his replacement.
2On 3 November 2021, Tymal Mills was ruled out of the rest of the tournament due to thigh strain, with Reece Topley, one of the reserves, named as his replacement.
3Jason Roy suffered a calf injury during England's Super 12 match against South Africa, ruling him out of the rest of the tournament, with James Vince, one of the reserve players, named as his replacement.
India India announced their squad on 8 September 2021.
Coach: Ravi Shastri
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 18 Virat Kohli (c) Right Right-arm medium Royal Challengers Bangalore 45 Rohit Sharma (vc) Right Right-arm off-spin Mumbai Indians 99 Ravichandran Ashwin Right Right-arm off-spin Delhi Capitals 93 Jasprit Bumrah Right Right-arm fast-medium Mumbai Indians 28 Rahul Chahar Right Right-arm leg break Mumbai Indians 29 Varun Chakravarthy Right Right-arm leg break Kolkata Knight Riders 8 Ravindra Jadeja Left Slow left-arm orthodox Chennai Super Kings 32 Ishan Kishan (wk) Left – Mumbai Indians 15 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Right Right-arm medium-fast Sunrisers Hyderabad 17 Rishabh Pant (wk) Left – Delhi Capitals 1 KL Rahul Right Right-arm medium Punjab Kings 33 Hardik Pandya Right Right-arm medium-fast Mumbai Indians 11 Mohammed Shami Right Right-arm fast Punjab Kings 54 Shardul Thakur1 Right Right-arm medium-fast Chennai Super Kings 63 Suryakumar Yadav Right Right-arm medium Mumbai Indians Reserve players 90 Deepak Chahar Right Right-arm medium Chennai Super Kings 41 Shreyas Iyer Right Right-arm leg break Delhi Capitals 20 Axar Patel1 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Delhi Capitals
1On 13 October 2021, Shardul Thakur replaced Axar Patel in India's squad, with Axar added to the team's list of standby player.
Ireland Ireland announced a provisional squad of 18 players on 9 September 2021, which will be reduced to a core squad of 15 players, plus reserves, in early October. On 8 October 2021, the final 15 players were announced.
Coach: Graham Ford
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 63 Andrew Balbirnie (c) Right Right-arm off-spin Leinster Lightning 32 Mark Adair Right Right-arm fast Northern Knights 85 Curtis Campher Right Right-arm medium-fast Munster Reds 64 Gareth Delany Right Right-arm leg break Munster Reds 50 George Dockrell Right Slow left-arm orthodox Leinster Lightning 82 Josh Little Right Left-arm fast Leinster Lightning 35 Andy McBrine Left Right-arm off-spin North West Warriors 22 Kevin O'Brien Right Right-arm medium-fast Leinster Lightning 5 Neil Rock (wk) Left – Northern Knights 21 Simi Singh Right Right-arm off-spin Leinster Lightning 1 Paul Stirling Right Right-arm off-spin Northern Knights 13 Harry Tector Right Right-arm off-spin Northern Knights 3 Lorcan Tucker (wk) Right – Leinster Lightning 86 Ben White Right Right-arm leg break Northern Knights 44 Craig Young Right Right-arm fast-medium North West Warriors Reserve players 58 Shane Getkate 2 October 1991 (aged 30) Right Right-arm medium-fast North West Warriors 9 Graham Kennedy 24 August 1999 (aged 22) Left Slow left-arm orthodox North West Warriors 60 Barry McCarthy 13 September 1992 (aged 29) Right Right-arm fast-medium Leinster Lightning
Namibia Namibia announced their squad on 10 September 2021.
Coach: Pierre de Bruyn
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 7 Gerhard Erasmus (c) Right Right-arm leg break 12 JJ Smit (vc) Right Left-arm medium-fast 11 Stephan Baard Right Right-arm medium-fast 55 Karl Birkenstock Left Right-arm fast-medium – Michiel du Preez (wk) Right Right-arm leg break 49 Jan Frylinck Left Left-arm medium-fast 48 Zane Green (wk) Left – 19 Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton Left Right-arm medium 01 Bernard Scholtz Right Slow left-arm orthodox 47 Ben Shikongo Right Right-arm medium-fast 70 Ruben Trumpelmann Right Left-arm fast 63 Michael van Lingen Left Left-arm medium 96 David Wiese Right Right-arm fast-medium 46 Craig Williams Right Right-arm medium 23 Pikky Ya France Right Right-arm off-spin Reserve players – Mauritius Ngupita 13 December 2000 (aged 20) – –
Netherlands The Netherlands announced their squad on 10 September 2021.
Coach: Ryan Campbell
No.PlayerDate of birthBattingBowling styleDomestic team 8 Pieter Seelaar (c) Right Slow left-arm orthodox VOC Rotterdam 48 Colin Ackermann (vc) Right Right-arm off-spin – 61 Philippe Boissevain Right Leg-break googly VCC 32 Ben Cooper Left Right-arm medium VRA Amsterdam 35 Scott Edwards (wk) Right VOC Rotterdam 20 Brandon Glover Right Right-arm fast – 12 Fred Klaassen Right Left-arm medium-fast – 5 Bas de Leede Right Right-arm medium VCC 97 Stephan Myburgh Left Right-arm off-spin Punjab CCR 4 Max O'Dowd Right Right-arm off-spin VOC Rotterdam 27 Ryan ten Doeschate Right Right-arm medium-fast– 17 Logan van Beek Right Right-arm medium-fast VCC 10 Timm van der Gugten Right Right-arm medium-fast– 52 Roelof van der Merwe Right Slow left-arm orthodox– 47 Paul van Meekeren Right Right-arm fast– Reserve players 21 Tobias Visee 21 January 1991 (aged 30) Right – – 24 Shane Snater 24 March 1996 (aged 25) Right Right-arm medium –
New Zealand New Zealand announced their squad on 10 August 2021.
Coach: Gary Stead