The team is on 2 position after Indian team which is on the top of the ranking table. West Indies team is in Group A which also includes Sri Lanka, England, South Africa and another team which will be selected qualifying matches & the points table.

WI were the Champions in 2012 and reached to semifinals of World T20 in 2014. With a great combination of star batsmen, bowlers and all-rounder, who have the ability to change the cricket match in few overs, WI will give a tough competition to its opponent in T20 World cup 2016. Though the team is very much capable of winning the championship, but inconsistency in the performance is the main weakness of the west Indies team squad. If WI players overcame their inconstancy then they have the fair chance to add one more trophy into their account.

West Indies squad will ground on the tournament with the return of its star players like Chris Gayle, Russel, Sammy, Bravo and Pollard.

West Indies Cricket Team T20 World Cup 2016:

1. Darren Sammy (Captain)
2. Samuel Badree
3. Sulieman Benn
4. Carlos Brathwaite
5. Dwayne Bravo
6. Darren Bravo
7. Andre Fletcher
8. Chris Gayle
9. Jason Holder
10. Ashley Nurse
11. Denesh Ramdin (WK)
12. Andre Russel
13. Marlon Samuels
14. Lendi Simmons
15. Jerome Taylor

West Indies matches in T20 World Cup 2016 are :-

1. 16th March- West Indies vs England (Mumbai )
2. 20th March- West Indies vs Sri Lanka (Bengaluru)
3. 25th Mrach- West Indies vs South Africa (Nagpur)
4. 27th March- West Indies vs Afghanistan (Nagpur)

Update: West indies won the T20 World Cup 2016, Check score card here of WI vs ENG Match.

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New Zealand team has not been able to make the trophy in their name and their best performance was in the first T20 cricket world cup in 2007 where they managed to reach into the semifinal stage. Kiwis has played 25 t20 world cup matches with 48% of winning (11- won, 12- lost and 2-tie). They hold 4th position in ICC T20 rankings. In ICC World Twenty20 2016, New Zealand will be a part group 2 with India, Pakistan, Australia and a qualifier team which will be decided after the qualifying matches of T20 World Cup 2016.

New Zealand Team Squad which are selected for the grand tournament 2016 T20 World Cup :-

1. Kane Williamson (C)
2. Corey Anderson
3. Trent Boult
4. Grant Elliott
5. Martin Guptill
6. Adam Milne
7. Mitchell McClenaghan
8. Colin Munro
9. Nathan McCullum
10. Henry Nicholls
11. Luke Ronchi (wk)
12. Mitchell Santner
13. Ish Sodhi
14. Tim Southee
15. Ross Taylor.

New Zealand T20 World Cup Matches Time Table:

1. 15 March 2016 – New Zealand vs India (Nagpur)
2. 18 March 2016 – New Zealand vs Australia (Dharamsala)
3. 22 March 2016 – New Zealand vs Pakistan (Mohali)
4. 26 March 2016 – New Zealand vs Qualifier (Kolkata)

Not down the dates of your team and keep supporting T20 cricket.

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The same team squad of South Africa will be playing against England and Australia before the world event, which will provide the players an opportunity to fine tune, their preparation and get motivated. South Africa team squad is loaded with experience since 10 of its players have been the part of ICC World T20 2014. The team having a good combination of batsman and bowlers and consists of players like AB de Villiers who is known for his great performance in the field with bat & for his great fielding efforts.

South Africa is placed on no 3 ranking in ICC T20 Team ranking with India & West Indies on first and second place respectively. The team has been grouped with England, West Indies, Sri Lanka and a qualifier.

South Africa squad will be playing their first match of ICC World Twenty20 2016 against England on 18th March in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

South Africa Squad for T20 World Cup 2016:

1. Faf du Plessis (captain)
2. Kyle Abbott
3. Hashim Amla
4. Farhaan Behardien
5. Quinton de Kock
6. AB de Villiers
7. JP Duminy
8. Imran Tahir
9. David Miller
10. Chris Morris
11. Aaron Phangiso
12. Kagiso Rabada
13. Rilee Rossouw
14. Dale Steyn
15. David Wiese

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Hong Kong team squad  for 2016 Asia Cup & World T20 2016 :-

1. Tanwir Afzal (Captain)
2. Aizaz Khan
3. Anshy Rath
4. Babar Hayat
5. Christopher Carter
6. Mark Chapman
7. Haseeb Amjad
8. Adil Mehmood
9. Nadeem Ahmed
10. Nizakat Khan
11. Kinchit Shah
12. Ninad Shah
13. Tanveer Ahmed
14. Waqas Barkat
15. Waqas Khan

On 19th Feb Hong Kong Cricket team will be in action against Oman in 2nd Qualifier match, 1st will be between UAE vs Afghanistan at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah.

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Oman Cricket Team For Asia Cup 2016 & T20 World Cup 2016:-

The Oman players list which is announced for the cup are :

1. Sultan Ahmed (Captain & wicketkeeper)
2. Aamir Kaleem (vice-captain)
3. Aaqib Sulehri
4. Adnan Ilyas
5. Amir Ali
6. Munis Ansari
7. Bilal Khan
8. Jatinder Singh
9. Ajay Lalcheta
10. Mehran Khan
11. Rajeshkumar Ranpura
12. Sufyan Mehmood
13. Vaibhav Wategaonkar
14. Zeeshan Maqsood
15. Zeeshan Siddiqui

Oman will play his first qualifier match against Hong Kong on 19th February 2016 at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium.

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No team has still won the tournament on multiple occasion. The tournament has been organised 5 times till now. The winners are India(2007), Pakistan(2009), England(2010), West Indies(2012) and Sri Lanka(2014).

Though Australia team has not yet been able to lift the World T20 Cup till now but has won ODI World Cup 5 times  (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015). With all their players in form, they has all set to win their first World T20 Trophy. The only thing which will be a concern for the Australian cricket team is the fitness of its player.

Steve Smith will be the captain of team for the tournament. Their key players are David Warner, Shane Watson , Steve Smith, Mitchell Johnson & Stark.

Australia Team Squad for World T20 2016:

1. Steve Smith (c),
2. David Warner (vc)
3. Ashton Agar
4. Nathan Coulter-Nile
5. James Faulkner
6. Aaron Finch
7. John Hastings
8. Josh Hazlewood
9. Usman Khawaja
10. Mitchell Marsh
11. Glenn Maxwell
12. Peter Nevill
13. Andrew Tye
14. Shane Watson,
15. Adam Zampa

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Asia cup 2016 scheduled in February – March of 2016 and just after the tournament, another grand event of T20 Cricket ICC World T20 will start from 08 March 2016. So there will be back to back T20 matches this summer.

Here is the UAE Cricket Team for T20 asia Cup 2016 :-

1. Amjad Javed (Captain)
2. Mohammad Kaleem
3. Swapnil Patil (Vice Captain)
4. Shaiman Anwar
5. Mohammad Shahzad
6. Rohan Mustafa
7. Usman Mushtaq
8. Ahmed Raza
9. Zaheer Maqsood
10. Mohammad Naveed
11. Farhan Ahmed
12. Qadeer Ahmed
13. Mohammad Usman
14. Fahad Tariq
15. Saqlain Haider

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Asia Cup is starting from 24th February 2016 which will be a T20 cricket tournament for the first time in the history. It will be played on alternate basis that is next season (in 2018) of this tournament will be played in ODI format and so on. This year Bangladesh is going to host all matches of Asia cup. Qualifying matches will be played on Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah and others on Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur. Here is the team squad of Afghanistan as provided by their respective officials.

Afghanistan Team for Asia Cup 2016 & T20 World Cup 2016

1. Asghar Stanikzai (Captain)
2. Noor Ali Zadran
3. Mohammad Shahzad
4. Usman Ghani
5. Mohammad Nabi
6. Karim Sadiq
7. Shafiqullah
8. Rashid Khan
9. Amir Hamza
10. Dawlat Zadran
11. Shapoor Zadran
12. Gulbadin Naib
13. Samiullah Shenwari
14. Najibullah Zadran
15. Yamin Ahmadzai

The team squads of the qualified teams for the tournament are :-

1. Indian Team Squad
2. Sri Lanka Team Squad
3. Bangladesh Team Squad
4. Pakistan Team Squad

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India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are the other teams which will be participating in Asia Cup 2016. The fifth team will be decided after the qualification round between Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman and United Arab Emirates, starting from 19th February 2016.

The best performance of Bangladesh Team in Asia Cup is in 2011 when they reached to the final, but lost by 2 runs against Pakistan. But last year 2015, has been a great year for the team which has surprised everyone with their performance. The team had shown a huge growth by wining series against India, South Africa and Pakistan. The players are very positive for tournament and seeking their first Asia Cup victory.

There are no major changes in the team combination except one that is opening batsman Imrul Kayes has been selected in place of Tamim Iqbal. Tamim Iqbal has opted out as he is expecting his first child soon.

1. Mashrafe Mortaza (captain)
2. Shakib Al Hasan
3. Imrul Kayes
4. Mohammad Mithun
5. Mahmudullah
6. Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper)
7. Soumya Sarkar
8. Sabbir Rahman
9. Nasir Hossain
10. Mustafizur Rahman
11. Al-Amin Hossain
12. Taskin Ahmed
13. Arafat Sunny
14. Abu Hider
15. Nurul Hasan

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Unlike earlier, this time Asia Cup will be played in T20 format instead on 50 overs format. This is a major change made by ICC from this year that tournament will be played in the same format as of next ICC world T20 event. The others team participating in 2016 Asia Cup are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. One more team is yet be finalised after the qualification match starting from 19 to 22 February.

Angelo Mathews will captain the Sri Lanka Team. The team also includes T20 specialists like Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne and Thisara Perrera.

Sri Lanka Team Squad for T20 Asia Cup 2016:

1. Angelo Mathews (captain)
2. Tillakaratne Dilshan
3. Dinesh Chandimal (wicket-keeper)
4. Kusal Perera
5. Lahiru Thirimanne
6. Dimuth Karunaratne
7. Kithruwan Vithanage
8. Lasith Malinga
9. Thisara Perrera
10. Nuwam Kulasekara
11. Dhammika Prasad
12. Rangana Herath
13. Suranga Lakmal
14. Jeevan Mendis

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