The ICC Men's T20 World Cup was officially kicked off on October 16, with Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Zimbabwe and Scotland being the four teams making it to the Super 12 stage of the tournament.
The top ten teams from the rankings directly qualified for the Super 12, will eight other teams played the first round of the competition, of which four made it through. Here, we take a look at the Squads for the T20 World Cup, starting with Group 2, of which India is a part, along with the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Pakistan.
Super 12 Group 2:
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 India Squad:
Jasprit Bumrah's injury paved way for the entry of Mohammad Shami, with his spot in the reserve players now being occupied by Mohammed Siraj.
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami.
Standby Players: Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Pakistan Squad:
Pakistan have not suffered any major injuries but chose to replace Usman Qadir with Fakhar Zaman in the squad.
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Shan Masood.
Standby Players: Usman Qadir, Mohammad Haris, Shahnawaz Dahani.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Bangladesh Squad:
Shakib Al Hasan captains this side at the World Cup, and Bangladesh will play their first T20 World Cup in the absence of Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim.
Shakib Al Hasan (c), Nurul Hasan, Afif Hossain, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Liton Das (wk), Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shoriful Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Musaddek Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Yasir Ali Chowdhury.
Standby Players: Mehedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 South Africa Squad:
South Africa were hit with an injury to Dwaine Pretorius during the India series and has been replaced by Marco Jansen.
Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Rillee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen.
Standby Players: Bjorn Fortuin, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Netherlands Squad:
The Netherlands have not suffered any injury concerns heading into the tournament.
Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Shariz Ahmad, Logan van Beek, Tom Cooper, Brandon Glover, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meekeren, Roelof van der Merwe, Stephan Myburgh, Teja Nidamanuru, Max O’Dowd, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Zimbabwe Squad:
Zimbabwe have not suffered any injury concerns heading into the tournament.
Craig Ervine (c), Ryan Burl, Regis Chakabva, Tendai Chatara, Bradley Evans, Luke Jongwe, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Sean Williams.
Standby Players: Tanaka Chivanga, Innocent Kaia, Kevin Kasuza, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Victor Nyauchi.
Super 12 Group 1:
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Australia Squad:
Australia will look to be the first team to retain the T20 World Cup, and the first team to win the trophy on home soil. They are boosted by the returns of Mitchell Marsh and Mitchell Starc, but backup wicketkeeper Josh Inglis injured himself in a golfing accident and has been replaced with Cameron Green.
Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Adam Zampa.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 England Squad:
On the day the squad was announced, Jonny Bairstow decided to celebrate the occasion with a game of golf but will now watch the tournament from the sidelines after a major ankle injury. During the warm-up games, even Reece Topley injured himself and has been replaced.
Jos Buttler (c & wk), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Tymal Mills, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Alex Hales.
Standby Players: Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 New Zealand Squad:
New Zealand have not suffered any injury concerns heading into the tournament.
Kane Williamson (c), Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Martin Guptill, Lockie Ferguson, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Trent Boult, Finn Allen.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Afghanistan Squad:
The side suffered an injury scare to Rahmanullah Gurbaz ahead of their opening game against England, but he is now fit enough to play the opening game.
Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani.
Standby Players: Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Sri Lanka Squad:
The most affected team ahead of the Super 12, Sri Lanka lost Dilshan Madushanka before their opening match loss to Namibia, and then Dushmantha Chameera and Dhanushka Gunathalika injured themselves after their match against UAE.
Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha, Ashen Bandara, Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan.
Standby Players: Praveen Jayawickrema, Dinesh Chandimal, Nuwanidu Fernando.
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Ireland Squad:
No injuries plagued Ireland but with heavyweights in their group, it will be surprising if the UK-based side makes it out of this group.
Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Graham Hume.