ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the provisional 30-member squad for the ICC World T20 Men’s Tournament in March and April. West Indies are the defending world champions in this format. They won the title with victory over Sri Lanka in the final at the R Premadasa Stadium back in October, 2012.
The ICC World T20 will be played in Bangladesh from March 16 to April 6.
The Windies will play all their preliminary round matches at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur. They open against India on March 23 and two days later take on one of the ICC Qualifiers. The third match will be against Australia on March 28 followed by a clash against Pakistan on April 1. The semi-finals are slated for April 3 and 4, with the Grand Final on April 6.
PROVISIONAL SQUAD:
1. Christopher Barnwell
2. Sulieman Benn
3. Tino Best
4. Samuel Badree
5. Darren Bravo
6. Dwayne Bravo
7. Johnson Charles
8. Kevon Cooper
9. Sheldon Cottrell
10. Fidel Edwards
11. Rayad Emrit
12. Andre Fletcher
13. Chris Gayle
14. Jason Holder
15. Delorn Johnson
16. Nikita Miller
17. Sunil Narine
18. Ashley Nurse
19. Veerasammy Permaul
20. Kieron Pollard
21. Denesh Ramdin
22. Ravi Rampaul
23. Kemar Roach
24. Andre Russell
25. Darren Sammy
26. Marlon Samuels
27. Krishmar Santokie
28. Lendl Simmons
29. Dwayne Smith
30. Chadwick Walton