Scotland gamers have fun a dismissal throughout their ICC Males’s T20 World Cup match in opposition to Australia on the Daren Sammy Nationwide Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet on June 15, 2024. — ICC
Cricket Scotland on Monday introduced a 15-member squad for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, after Bangladesh have been excluded from the match to be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
Skilled top-order batter Richie Berrington will lead the European facet within the 20-team match, with the squad that includes 11 gamers who participated within the earlier version, performed within the West Indies and the USA in 2024.
The squad additional consists of Tom Bruce, Finlay McCreath and Oliver Davidson, who’re set to function in a World Cup for the primary time, whereas Afghanistan-born pacer Zainullah Ihsan obtained a maiden call-up for the upcoming extravaganza briefly after qualifying to play for Scotland.
In addition to the 15-member squad, Scotland additionally named two travelling and three non-travelling reserves for the match and burdened that the choice was topic to all participant and workers visa functions being permitted since they obtained a last-minute inclusion, changing Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) formally approached the ICC to maneuver its nationwide staff’s matches from India to Sri Lanka earlier this month after the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) introduced releasing skilled pacer Mustafizur Rahman from their squad.
The BCB and ICC have been then concerned in a number of negotiations, however a settlement couldn’t be reached, and the apex physique, earlier this week, formally introduced dismissing the board’s plea by asserting that the match’s schedule would stay intact and gave it a 24-hour ultimatum.
Bangladesh, nonetheless, remained agency on their stance and have been ultimately changed by Scotland in Group C of the 20-team match because the ICC dismissed their plea as a result of absence of any “credible or verifiable” safety risk.
For the unversed, Scotland will begin their T20 World Cup 2026 marketing campaign in opposition to West Indies on February 7 in Kolkata, the place they are going to be enjoying two extra group-stage matches in opposition to Italy on February 9 and England on February 14.
The European facet will then journey to Mumbai, the place they may lock horns with Nepal of their ultimate group-stage fixture on February 17.
Scotland squad for T20 World Cup 2026
Richie Berrington (c), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ihsan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt and Bradley Wheal.
Travelling reserves: Jasper Davidson and Jack Jarvis.
Non-travelling reserves: Mackenzie Jones, Chris McBride and Charlie Tear.
