Dubai, Sep 18 (Agency) Emirates Cricket Board on Saturday named 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with their most capped player Rohan Mustafa’s absence a major talking point. Mustafa wasn’t named in UAE’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 squad that will be led by CP Rizwan. The veteran 33-year-old had played as recently as last month for UAE, but was dropped subsequently from the playing XI during the Asia Cup qualifiers in Oman.
The selection Committee Chairman of Emirates Cricket, Dr. Tayeb Kamali said that qualifying for the tournament was a major milestone for UAE Cricket. UAE will play Bangladesh in a two-match T20I series, starting September 25. They belong to Group A in the T20 World Cup alongside Sri Lanka and Namibia and will begin their campaign in Australia on October 16 by taking on the Netherlands. T20 World Cup squad: CP Rizwan (c), Vriitya Aravind (vc), Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Basil Hameed, Aryan Lakra, Zawar Farid, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Ahmed Raza, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali, Alishan Sharafu, and Aayan Khan. Reserves: Sultan Ahmed, Fahad Nawaz, Vishnu Sukumaran, Adithya Shetty, Sanchit Sharma