Younus Khan declared captain of ICC World T20 squad
Updated at: 1823 PST, Monday, June 22, 2009
LONDON: International Cricket Council has announced World Twenty20 cricket squad, declaring Younus Khan as its captain.
The squad consists of four Pakistan, three Sri Lanka, three South Africa and two West Indies players.
Indian and Australian cricketers have failed to find a place in the World Twenty20 squad released by ICC in London on Monday.
Besides Younus Khan as skipper of the team, the other Pakistani players who have been selected for the team are all-rounder Shahid Afridi, wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal and paceman Umar Gul.
Sri Lanka's Tillakratne Dilshan, player of the tournament, named as an opener alongwith the West Indies Chris Gayle while South Africa Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers included for the middle-order.
West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, teenage South Africa paceman Wayne Parnell and Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis complete the line-up, with Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga as the 12th man.
ICC’s World Twenty20 squad:
Jacques Kallis (SA), AB de Villiers (SA), Shahid Afridi (Pak), Kamran Akmal (Pak), Chris Gayle (WI), Tilakratne Dilshan (SL), Mohammed Younus Khan (Pak, Skipper), Dwayne Bravo (WI), Wayne Parnell (SA), Umar Gul (Pak), Ajantha Mendis (SL), Lasith Malinga (SL)
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