The

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was the sixth ICC World Twenty20, and the first to be hosted by

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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

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cricket, only their domestic team is listed (for example: at the time, Jos Buttler played for

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in the

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and

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in the Indian Premier League).

Afghanistan

Coach:

Inzamam-ul-Haq Inzamam-ul-Haq SI ( ur, ; born 3 March 1970), also known as Inzi, is a former Pakistan cricketer and captain of Pakistan national cricket team. He was also professional cricket coach for Pakistan. He was the leading run scorer for Pakistan i ...

Australia

Australia announced their squad on 9 February 2016. Coach: Darren Lehmann

Bangladesh

Bangladesh announced their squad on 3 February 2016: Coach:

Chandika Hathurusingha Upul Chandika Hathurusingha ( si, උපුල් චන්දික හතුරුසිංහ; born 13 September 1968) is a former cricketer. He was also the former head coach of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. Hathurusingha also worke ...

England

England announced their squad on 10 February 2016: Coach:

Trevor Bayliss Trevor Harley Bayliss (born 21 December 1962) is an Australian cricket coach and former first class cricketer. He played for New South Wales between 1985 and 1997 before becoming a coach. Bayliss was coach of England from 2015 to 2019. He coa ...

Hong Kong

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

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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 John Garry Bracewell (born 15 April 1958) is a former New Zealand cricketer who was most recently the coach of the Irish national team. He played 41 Test matches between 1980 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He was the second N ...

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:

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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:

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South Africa

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

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Sri Lanka

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

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West Indies

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

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Zimbabwe

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

Changes

On 19 March, Taskin Ahmed and

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, 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

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. On 26 February, England's

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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,

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and Rumman Raees withdrew from the tournament due to injury. They were replaced in the Pakistan squad by

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and Mohammad Sami. Khalid Latif was also added to Pakistan's squad in place of Iftikhar Ahmed. On 3 March,

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was also added to the squad in place of

Khurram Manzoor Khurram Manzoor (Urdu: خرم منظور, born 10 June 1986) is a Pakistani international cricketer. He is a right-hand opening batsman who also bowls off-spin and he made his first-class cricket debut in the 2003–04 season before representing ...

. Sri Lanka's squad was changed after the initial announcement. This new squad was named on 8 March 2016, where

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and

Niroshan Dickwella Dickwella Patabendige Dilantha Niroshan Dickwella, known as Niroshan Dickwella (born 23 June 1993), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all formats of the game for Sri Lanka. A left-hand batsman, he also plays as a wicket-keeper of ...

were replaced by Suranga Lakmal and

Lahiru Thirimanne Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne, known as Lahiru Thirimanne ( si, හෙට්ටිගේ දොන් රුමේෂ් ළහිරු තිරිමාන්න; born 9 August 1989) is a Sri Lankan international cricketer, and a for ...

. 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

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announced that Malinga was ruled out of the tournament after failing to sufficiently recover from his knee injury.

, who was withdrawn earlier from the original squad, was named as Malinga's replacement. After the West Indies squad was announced, Kieron Pollard,

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and

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withdrew before the tournament started. Pollard was replaced by Carlos Brathwaite, while

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replaced Narine. Bravo's replacement in the squad is

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. Lendl Simmons was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a back injury. He was replaced with

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. Before the semi-finals,

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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.

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was ruled out before semi final.

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was called to replaced him.

References

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