ICC Cricket World cup 2019 Squad announcements

Gayle in Windies squad

West Indies announced their World Cup squad for the tournament with demolisher Chris Gayle named in it. Gayle will be playing his fifth World Cup, this Probably will be his last appearance at a World Cup for West Indies. Jason Holder will captain the Windies.

West Indies squad: Jason Holder ( Captain), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Carlos Brathwaite, Sheldon Cottrell, Shannon Gabriel, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope ( wk), Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, Nicholas Pooran, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas Morgan to lead England

The hosts England announced their squad for Cricket’s showpiece event. They are one of the favourites to win the World Cup this year where Eoin Morgan will be the captain.

England squad: Eoin Morgan (Captain), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow ( wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

Giant killer Afghanistan names squad Afghanistan announced their squad for the World Cup under the captaincy of Gulbadin Naib.

Afghanistan squad: Gulbadin Naib (Captain), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Sri Lanka’s preparations for World Cup hampered

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) decided to call off World Cup preparation camps due to security reasons. SLC decided to cancel the training camp, that was supposed to be a three-day workout in Dambulla ahead of the World Cup in England. Those plans had to be abandoned after the country was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday. The Sri Lanka team will be leaving to the United Kingdom on May 7. Leading up to the World Cup Sri Lanka will play two ODIs against Scotland.