Global T20 Canada Complete Squads: Steve Smith, David Warner Named in Participating Teams

The inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada, which will take place from June 28 to July 15, will see the suspended Australian duo Steve Smith and David Warner in action. The former Australian captain and vice-captain were handed a 12-month ban following their involvement in the ball-tampering incident during a Test match against South Africa. Meanwhile, the Global T20 Canada will be a six-team tournament with players from international teams participating in it.

The six teams to take part in the Global T20 Canada are Toronto Nationals, Vancouver Knights, Winnipeg Hawks, Edmonton Royals, Montreal Tigers and Cricket West Indies representative team. While the squads of five teams have been announced following the players draft, the Cricket West Indies representative team, featuring players from the Caribbean islands only, will be named later.

The Global T20 Canada will see high profile cricketers like Shahid Afridi, Darren Sammy, Kieron Pollard, Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Dwayne Bravo, David Miller, Chris Lynn, Luke Ronchi, Lasith Malinga, Sunil Narine, Thisara Perera and Mohammad Hafeez taking part in the tournament

Here are the full squads of Global T20 Canada:

Toronto Nationals

Darren Sammy, Steve Smith, Kieron Pollard, Kamran Akmal, Hussain Talat, Ruman Rias, Nikhil Dutta, Johnson Charles, Kesrick Williams, Naveed Ahmed, Nasakat Khan, Farhan Malik, Nitesh Kumar, Usama Mir, Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Umair Ghani.

Vancouver Knights

Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Evin Lewis, Tim Southee, Chadwick Walton, Fawad Ahmed, Babar Hayat, Sheldon Cottrell, Saad Bin Zafar, Ruvindu Gunasekara, Srimantha Wijeratne, Kamau Leverock, Steven Jacobs, Salman Nazar, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Jeremy Gordon.

Winnipeg Hawks

Dwayne Bravo, David Miller, David Warner, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Rayad Emrit, Ben McDermott, Ali Khan, Hamza Tariq, Junaid Siddique, Tion Webster, Rizwan Cheema, Hiral Patel, Mark Deyal, Kyle Phillip.

Edmonton Royals

Shahid Afridi, Chris Lynn, Luke Ronchi, Mohammed Irfan, Sohail Tanvir, Christiaan Jonker, Wayne Parnell, Asif Ali, Hasan Khan, Agha Salman, Shaiman Anwar, Ammar Khalid, Satsimranjit Dhindsa, Ahmed Raza, Simon Pervez, Abraash Khan.

Montreal Tigers

Lasith Malinga, Sunil Narine, Thisara Perera, Mohammad Hafeez, Denesh Ramdin, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sikandar Raza, Dasun Shanaka, Isuru Udana, George Worker, Najibullah Zadran, Cecil Pervez, Mohammed Ibrahim Khaleel, Dilon Heylinger, Nicholas Kirton, Rayyankhan Pathan.

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