2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads

This page lists the squads picked for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. This is the first World Twenty20 tournament which had been organized by the ICC. The championship will ran from 11 September to 24 September 2007 in South Africa. 12 teams took part in the championship, and the teams were sorted by their groups in the preliminary group stage. The first-class team listed for each player is the domestic team he plays for in his home country and any English county he has played for in the 2007 season, which was running concurrently to the World Twenty20 tournament. The winner of the Final was Team India. Second place went to Pakistan.

Group A

Bangladesh

Bangladesh announced their squad on 9 August 2007. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/squad/306124.html | title=Bangladesh Squad | publisher=Cricinfo | date=2007-08-09 | accessdate=2007-08-21]

Group B

Australia

Australia's squad was announced on 20 July 2007. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/squad/302811.html | title=Australia Squad | publisher=Cricinfo | date=2007-07-20 | accessdate=2007-08-21] Shaun Tait was named in the original squad but was later ruled out after elbow surgery; he was replaced by Ben Hilfenhaus. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/story/307508.html | title=Hilfenhaus wins Twenty20 promotion | date=2007-08-20 | accessdate=2007-08-21] The squad was generally the same as that which one the ICC Cricket World Cup earlier in the year.

Group C

Kenya

Kenya announced their squad on 14 August 2007. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/story/306834.html Kenya rely on the tried and trusted] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 1 September 2007]

Group D

India

India's squad was announced on 8 August 2007. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/squad/305846.html | title=India Squad | publisher=Cricinfo | date=2007-08-08 | accessdate=2007-08-21] The squad opted for youth in the newest form of the game, with Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, who were at the time permanent fixtures in the ODI squad, opting to sit out of the tournament. This allowed the entry of Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma and Yusuf Pathan. India had at this point only played one Twenty20 with its internationl team.

ee also

*2007 ICC World Twenty20
*2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials

Notes

External links

* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/RSA/2007-08_RSA_ICC_Twenty20_World_Championship_2007-08.html CricketArchive - 2007 ICC World Twenty20 competition page]
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/series/286109.html Cricinfo - 2007 ICC World Twenty20 competition page]
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/squad?object=286109/ Cricinfo - Squad overview]
* [http://www.t20cricinfo.com T20 cricinfo-The home of T20 Cricket]