8 Out 10 Teams Including India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand Announce Squads For Cricket World Cup 2023

ICC World Cup 2023: The biggest cricket extravaganza of the year is now less than 14 days away and the 15-player provisional squads have started to roll in for this year's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup which will be held in India this October.

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will begin on October 5 when the finalists (England and New Zealand) of the 2019 Cricket World Cup will face each other in the tournament opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

As per the rules set by ICC, all ten teams are required to announce their 15-player squads before September 28. Any replacements after this date will only be authorized post approval from the ICC board.

It should be noted that teams who have already announced thier provisional squads are still allowed to make changes till the September 28 deadline.

As of September 22, the following teams have declared their 15-player provisional squads for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, with England and South Africa confirming their final 15-man squad for the ODI tournament.

• England

• India

• South Africa

• Australia

• Netherlands

• New Zealand

• Afghanistan

• Pakistan

The remaining two teams which are Bangladesh and Sri Lanka still have around 6-odd days to announce their 15-player provisional squads.

Team India squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:

Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.

Team Pakistan squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:

Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Abdullah Shafique, Faqar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-Ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Salman Agha,Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usama Mir

Reserve players: Mohammad Harris, Ibrar Ahmed, Zaman Khan

Team New Zealand squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:

Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (vc,wk), Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young

Team Netherlands squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:

Scott Edwards (c), Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.

Team England squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:

Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.

Brook has replaced Jason Roy

Team Australia squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:

Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.

Team South Africa squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:

Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Lizaad Williams, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.

Phehlukwayo and Lizaad Williams have replaced Sisanda Magala & Anrich Nortje.

Team Afghanistan squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023:

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Abdul Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Riaz Hassan.

• India will be led by Rohit Sharma whereas Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain of the side.

• England will be led by Jos Butler, vice-captain of the side is yet to be confirmed.

• Pakistan will be led by Babar Azam whereas Shadab Khan will be the vice-captain of the side.

• Australia will be led by Pat Cummins, vice-captain of the side is yet to be confirmed.

• South Africa will be led by Temba Bavuma, vice-captain of the side is yet to be confirmed.

• Netherlands will be led by Scott Edwards, vice-captain of the side is yet to be confirmed.

• New Zealand will be led by Kane Williamson whereas Tom Latham will be the vice-captain of the side.

• Afghanistan will be led by Hashmatullah Shahidi, vice-captain of the side is yet to be confirmed.

New Zealand made their World Cup 2023 announcement in a very unique way. Family members including kids took turns announcing the name of the player selected in the ODI squad for the ICC World Cup 2023.

India will play their first match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 against Australia on October 8 in Chennai. The Rohit Sharma-led team will face arch-rivals Pakistan on October 15 in Ahmedabad.

As hosts, India had qualified directly, as have Afghanistan, Australia, England, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa through the 2020-2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. Sri Lanka and the Netherlands were the other two sides who qualified for 2023 ODI World Cup after the recently held World Cup Qualifiers which saw West Indies failing to qualify for this year's ODI World Cup.