15 Member New Zealand Squad for ICC T20 World Cup Unveil On Monday
The New Zealand Squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 hosted by the United States and West Indies was announced on Monday. New Zealand became the first team to announce their squad for the big event.
The experienced batter Kane Williamson is named the captain of the New Zealand Squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Willamson will play his sixth ICC T20 World Cup.
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There is no surprise overall all the experienced players present who play in at least one or more big events except Bowler Matt Henry and batting all-rounder Rachin Ravindra who are the new to debut in the International T20 World Cup.
The 15-member squad of New Zealand has some power boosters in Bowling including Tim Southe and Trent Boult, Tim Southe 35 years old will play his 7th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup, He is also the leading wicket-taker in T20 Internationals. The speed gun Trent Boult will play his 5th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup.
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Unfortunately, two key players have to miss the event Adam Milne will be out of action following ankle surgery, and Kyle Jamieson was also unavailable for selection as he recovers from a back injury.
The 15 members of the squad have a great experience in Carrabian Conditions as 13 out of 15 are part of the New Zealand series against West Indies. Besides this most of the New Zealand Players are part of the Caribbean Premier League.
Devon Conway who faced a thumb injury this year in February also part of Kane’s 15-member squad, He is ruled out from the Indian Premier League (IPL), But he practised with his franchise to make available himself for selection.
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Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, James Neesham and Ish Sodhi are the only players who are the part of Pakistan tour who have made New Zealand’s squad. Finn Allen has recovered from the back injury that kept him out of the tour of Pakistan.
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The New Zealand 15 members squad Consist of
Kane Williamson (c), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson
Travelling Reserves. Ben Sears
The head coach of Cricket New Zealand “I think when you go to World Cups you want experience and you want people that know what it’s like,” Stead said. “That certainly doesn’t exclude those who have put their hand up. I think that what’s been exciting about the tour to Pakistan. We’ve seen some performances from some younger players, that’s exciting for our future. And the message I had to them was, look, you haven’t been selected in the side, but in two years there’ll be another World Cup and that should be certainly a big enough carrot for you guys to put pressure on these guys that are here now.”
Stead also said that there is a possibility of recalling veteran batters Colin Munro and Martin Guptill because of the experience they have but “Those guys were discussed because of the experience they have,” Stead said. “But when you look at the group of batters that we’ve selected, there was no room for them,” said Stead.
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Date | Match | Time (IST) | Venue |
June 7, Sunday | New Zealand vs Afghanistan | 7:30 PM | Providence Stadium, Guyana |
June 12, Wednesday | New Zealand vs West Indies | 7:30 PM | Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba |
June 14, Thursday | New Zealand vs Uganda | 7:30 PM | Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba |
June 17, Monday | PNG vs New Zealand | 7:30 PM | Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba |
The top 2 teams will qualify for Super 8 which will face the other group’s top 2 teams. Which led to the semi-finals played on June 26 and 27.
The final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 is set to be played at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on June 29.