The 10th ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup will begin on February 7, with 20 teams competing for the title.

Defending champions India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav, who replaces Rohit Sharma, who retired from the T20 format.

The co-hosts, along with England and West Indies, will aim to become the first nation to win three T20 World Cup trophies.

Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan will look to emulate their performance from 2024, while Pakistan will hope their journey does not stop at the group stage.

The 20 teams participating in the T20 World Cup and their squads are:

Afghanistan

Rashid Khan (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Ishaq (wicketkeeper), Seddiqullah Attar, Darwish Rasooli, Shahidullah Kamal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Zia-ur-Rahman Sharifi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdullah Ahmadzai

Australia

Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Matthew Kuneman, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.

Canada

Dilpreet Bajwa (captain), Navneet Dhaliwal, Shreyas Mova (wicketkeeper), Ravinderpal Singh, Yuvraj Samra, Kanwarpal Tasguru, Ajaveer Hundar, Nicholas Kirton, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Harsh Taker, Dillon Heiliger, Kareem Sana, Ansh Patel, Manjot Battar.

england

Harry Brook (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Bunton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt (captain), Josh Tan, Luke Wood.

India

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper)

Ireland

Paul Stirling (captain), Ross Adair, Ben Calitz, Harry Tector, Tim Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wicketkeeper), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delaney, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphries, Josh Little, Ben White, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young.

Italy

Wayne Madsen (captain), Harry Manenti, John-John Trevor Smuts, Grant Stewart, Ben Manenti, Ali Hasan, Marcus Campiano, Thomas Draka, Jaspreet Singh, Krishan Kargamage, Jean-Pierro Mead, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, Syed Naqvi, Zain Ali

Namibia

Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Jan Barth, Zane Green (wicketkeeper), Malan Kruger, Dylan Reicher, Lauren Steenkamp, ​​Jan Friling, Jan Nicol Lofty-Eaton, Willem Myburg, Johannes Jonathan Smit, Jacques Brassell, Max Heingo, Bernard Scholz, Ben Sikongo, Ruben Trumpelmann.

nepal

Rohit Paudel (captain), Aarif Sheikh, Aasif Sheikh (wicketkeeper), Dipendra Singh Airi, Basheer Ahmad, Kushal Brutel, Sandeep Jora, Lokesh Bam, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Sonpal Kami, Sandeep Lamichine, Shah Malla, Lalit Rajbanshi, Nandan Yadav.

Netherlands

Scott Edwards (captain, wicketkeeper), Noah Croes, Michael Levitt, Max O’Dowd, Colin Akerman, Bas de Reid, Zac Lyon-Cachette, Sakub Zulfiqar, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Fred Klaasen, Kyle Klein, Logan van Beek, Tim van der Gugten, Paul van Meekeren.

new zealand

Mitchell Santner (captain), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (wicketkeeper), Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Ish Sodhi

oman

Jatinder Singh (captain), Hammad Mirza (wicketkeeper), Vinayak Shukla (wicketkeeper), Jay Odedra, Mohammad Nadeem, Nadeem Khan, Karan Sonavale, Wasim Ali, Hasnain Shah, Jiten Ramanandi, Shafiq Jan, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmed, Sufyan Mehmood, Ashish Odedara.

Pakistan

Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafai (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Usman Tariq

Scotland

Richie Berrington (captain), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross (wicketkeeper), Michael Jones, Finlay McCleese, George Mansey, Michael Leask, Brendon McCullen, Brad Currie, Chris Greaves, Safian Sharif, Mark Watt, Brad Whale, Oliver Davidson, Zainullah Ethan

South Africa

Aiden Markram (captain), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Mapaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Jason Smith.

sri lanka

Dasun Shanaka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Kusal Janis Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charice Asaranka, Janis Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunis Wellaledge, Mahish Thekshana, Dushmanta Chameera, Matisha Pathirana, Eshan Malinga.

united states of america

Monank Patel (captain), Jesse Singh, Andries Goose (wicketkeeper), Shehan Jayasuriya, Milind Kumar, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamala, Sanjay Krishnamurti, Harmeet Singh, Noshush Kenjige, Shadri van Schalkwik, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Shubhamranjane.

Zimbabwe

Sikandar Raza (captain), Brian Bennett, Ryan Barr, Brendan Taylor (wicketkeeper), Graham Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande (wicketkeeper), Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Malumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngalaba.