Ten Teams, One World Cup - HERE WE GO

Ten Captains of World Cup

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Sri Lanka bowlers skittle New Zealand in 140-run win in third ODI
11 Jan 25
The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 is set to get underway tomorrow with a repeat of the 2019 finalists New Zealand and England in Ahmedabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Today [Wednesday] was the day of the 'Captains' Meet' in Ahmedabad for the 13th edition of the extravaganza.
For the first time, cricketing powerhouse and two-time World Champions India will be hosting the event solely as the epic tournament features 10 nations playing 48 matches over 46 days at 10 different venues.
Here are the Ten Team’s factfiles-
Sri Lanka factfile
WORLD RANKING -7
- MATCH SCHEDULE -
Oct 07: v South Africa at New Delhi
Oct 10: v Pakistan at Hyderabad
Oct 16: v Australia at Lucknow
Oct 21: v Netherlands at Lucknow
Oct 26: v England at Bengaluru
Oct 30: v Afghanistan at Pune
Nov 02: v India at Mumbai
Nov 06: v Bangladesh at New Delhi
Nov 09: v New Zealand at Bengaluru
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"We have a good batting line-up. I think the pitches will be a challenge. Bowling will be a challenge. The margin of error is very low. We need to execute really well." - Dasun Shanaka
- SQUAD -
Dasun Shanaka (captain), Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
Kusal Mendis: 3,215 runs, highest score 119, average 32.15, Hundreds 2, Fifties 25
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Dhananjaya de Silva: 44 wickets, best bowling 3-32, average 39.38
PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
1975: Group stage
1979: Group stage
1983: Group stage
1987: Group stage
1991: Group stage
1996: Champions
1999: Group Stage
2003: Semi-finals
2007: Runners-up
2011: Runners-up
2015: Quarter-finals
2019: Group stage
South Africa factfile
- WORLD RANKING - 4
- MATCH SCHEDULE
Oct 07: v Sri Lanka at New Delhi
Oct 12: v Australia at Kucknow
Oct 17: v Netherlanda at Dharamsala
Oct 21: v England at Mumbai
Oct 24: v Bangladesh at Mumbai
Oct 27: v Pakistan at Chennai
Nov 01: v New Zealand at Pune
Nov 05: v India at Kolkata
Nov 10: v Afghanistan at Ahmedabad
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"The confidence that we have gained from this series is something which we can't lose. I was talking to the bowlers and they said it was the best kind of preparation that we can have, bowling in pressure situations."- Temba Bavuma
- SQUAD -
Temba Bavuma (captain), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
Quinton de Kock: 6,176 runs; highest score 178; average 44.75; Hundreds 17; Fifties 30
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Kagiso Rabada: 144 wickets; best bowling 6-16; average 27.75
- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -
1975: Did not participate
1979: Did not participate
1983: Did not participate
1987: Did not participate
1992: Semi-finals
1996: Quarter-finals
1999: Semi-finals
2003: Group stage
2007: Semi-finals
2011: Quarter-finals
2015: Semi-finals
2019: Group stage
Pakistan Factfile
- WORLD RANKING -2
- MATCH SCHEDULE -
Oct 06: v Netherlands at Hyderabad
Oct 10: v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad
Oct 14: v India at Ahmedabad
Oct 20: v Australia at Bengaluru
Oct 23: v Afghanistan at Chennai
Oct 27: v South Africa at Chennai
Oct 31: v Bangladesh at Kolkata
Nov 04: v New Zealand at Bengaluru
Nov 11: v England at Kolkata
- SQUAD -
Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim.
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"We are going to play World Cup and not just going to play against India only. There are eight other teams, and it's not only India, and only if we beat them then we will make it into the final. We are not focused on only one team, we are focused on all other teams in the tournament."- Babar Azam
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
Babar Azam: 5,409 runs; highest score 158; average 58.16; Hundreds 19; Fifties 28
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Hasan Ali: 91 wickets; best bowling 5-34; average 30.36
- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -
1975: Group stage
1979: Semi-finals
1983: Semi-finals
1987: Semi-finals
1992: Champions
1996: Quarter-finals
1999: Runners-up
2003: Group stage
2007: Group stage
2011: Semi-finals
2015: Quarter-finals
2019: Group stage
New Zealand Factfile
- WORLD RANKING -6
- MATCH SCHEDULE (GMT) -
Oct 05: v England at Ahmedabad
Oct 09: v Netherlands at Hyderabad
Oct 13: v Bangladesh at Chennai
Oct 18: v Afghanistan at Chennai
Oct 22: v India at Dharamsala

Oct 28: v Australia at Dharamsala
Nov 01: v South Africa at Pune
Nov 04: v Pakistan at Bengaluru
Nov 09: v Sri Lanka at Bengaluru
- SQUAD -
Kane Williamson (captain), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"It's one of those games which, no doubt, you'll look back on and really have appreciated being involved in it. Then you throw in a bit of context – the World Cup final – and it maybe makes it all that more special." - Kane Williamson
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
Kane Williamson: 6,554 runs; highest score 148; average 47.83; Hundreds 13; Fifties 42
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Tim Southee: 214 wickets; best bowling 7-33; average 33.60
- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -
1975: Semi-finals
1979: Semi-finals
1983: Group stage
1987: Group stage
1992: Semi-finals
1996: Quarter-finals
1999: Semi-finals
2003: Super Sixes
2007: Semi-finals
2011: Semi-finals
2015: Runners-up
2019: Runners-up
Netherlands Factfile:
- WORLD RANKING -14
- MATCH SCHEDULE -
Oct 06: v Pakistan at Hyderabad
Oct 09: v New Zealand at Hyderabad
Oct 17: v South Africa at Dharamsala
Oct 21: v Sri Lanka at Lucknow
Oct 25: v Australia at New Delhi
Oct 28: v Bangladesh at Kolkata
Nov 03: v Afghanistan at Lucknow
Nov 08: v England at Pune
Nov 12: v India at Bengaluru
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"It is massive for the guys, for our supporters back home, and for Dutch cricket in general. The opportunity to play in a 10-team World Cup, it is massive for us. We will lap it up and hopefully put in some good performances there."- Scott Edwards
- SQUAD -
Scott Edwards (captain), Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikramjit Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
Scott Edwards: 1,212 runs; highest score 86; average 40.40; Hundreds 0; Fifties 13
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Logan van Beek: 34 wickets; best bowling 4-24; average 33.41
- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -
1975: Did not participate
1979: Did not qualify
1983: Did not qualify
1987: Did not qualify
1992: Did not qualify
1996: Group stage
1999: Did not qualify
2003: Group stage
2007: Group stage
2011: Group stage
2015: Did not qualify
2019: Did not qualify
India Factfile
- WORLD RANKING -1
- MATCH SCHEDULE -
Oct 08: v Australia at Chennai
Oct 11: v Afghanistan at New Delhi
Oct 14: v Pakistan at Ahmedabad
Oct 19: v Bangladesh at Pune
Oct 22: v New Zealand at Dharamsala
Oct 29: v England at Lucknow
Nov 02: v Sri Lanka at Mumbai
Nov 05: v South Africa at Kolkata
Nov 12: v Netherlands at Bengaluru
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"A person can't change overnight with his success or failures. I don't think one result or one championship can change me as a person. I have not changed as a person in the last 16 years and I don’t think anything needs to change on that front."- Rohit Sharma
- SQUAD -
Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
Virat Kohli: 13,083 runs; highest score 183; average 57.38; Hundreds 47, Fifties 66
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Ravindra Jadeja: 204 wickets; best bowling 5-36; average 36.95
- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -
1975: Group stage
1979: Group stage
1983: Champions
1987: Semi-finals
1991: Round-robin stage
1996: Semi-finals
1999: Super Six
2003: Runners-up
2007: Group stage
2011: Champions
2015: Semi-finals
2019: Semi-finals
England Factfile
- WORLD RANKING -5
- MATCH SCHEDULE -
Oct 05: v New Zealand at Ahmedabad
Oct 10: v Bangladesh at Dharamsala
Oct 15: v Afghanistan at New Delhi
Oct 21: v South Africa at Mumbai
Oct 26: v Sri Lanka at Bengaluru
Oct 29: v India at Lucknow
Nov 04: v Australia at Ahmedabad
Nov 08: v Netherlands at Pune
Nov 11: v Pakistan at Kolkata
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"We're blessed with so many good cricketers in the white-ball game at the moment but in a World Cup, you can only take 15."- Jos Buttler
- SQUAD -
Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
Joe Root: 6,246 runs; highest score 133 not out; average 48.79; Hundreds 16; Fifties 36
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Adil Rashid: 184 wickets; best bowling 5-27; average 32.41
- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -
1975: Semi-finals
1979: Runners-up
1983: Semi-finals
1987: Runners-up
1992: Runners-up
1996: Quarter-finals
1999: Group stage
2003: Group stage
2007: Super Eights
2011: Quarter-finals
2015: Group stage
2019: Champions
Bangladesh Factfile
- WORLD RANKING -8
- MATCH SCHEDULE (GMT) -
Oct 07: v Afghanistan at Dharamsala
Oct 10: v England at Dharamsala
Oct 13: v New Zealand at Chennai
Oct 19: v India at Pune
Oct 24: v South Africa at Mumbai
Oct 28: v Netherlands at Kolkata
Oct 31: v Pakistan at Kolkata
Nov 06: v Sri Lanka at New Delhi
Nov 11: v Australia at Pune
- SQUAD -
Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Liton Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"I think we have got a very good team. I think we will be a dangerous side in the World Cup."- Shakib Al Hasan
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
Mushfiqur Rahim: 7,406 runs, highest score 144, average 37.03, Hundreds 9, Fifties 46
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Shakib Al Hasan: 308 wickets, best bowling 5-29, average 29.32
- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -
1975: Did not participate
1979: Did not qualify
1983: Did not qualify
1987: Did not qualify
1992: Did not qualify
1996: Did not qualify
1999: Group Stage
2003: Group Stage
2007: Super Eights
2011: Group Stage
2015: Quarter-finals
2019: Group stage
Australia Factfile
- WORLD RANKING - 3
- MATCH SCHEDULE -
Oct 08: v India at Chennai (0830)
Oct 12: v South Africa at Lucknow
Oct 16: v Sri Lanka at Lucknow
Oct 20: v Pakistan at Bengaluru
Oct 25: v Netherlands at New Delhi
Oct 28: v New Zealand at Dharamsala
Nov 04: v England at Ahmedabad
Nov 07: v Afghanistan at Mumbai
Nov 11: v Bangladesh at Pune
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"We want to try out a few combinations, a few different players but ideally, we have structured the combination we want to go about. As a captain, I want to get used to how to use my bowlers here." - Pat Cummins
- SQUAD -
Pat Cummins (captain), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
David Warner: 6,397 runs; highest score 179; average 45.04; Hundreds 20; Fifties 31
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Mitchell Starc: 220 wickets; best bowling 6-28; average 22.23
- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -
1975: Runners-up
1979: Group stage
1983: Group stage
1987: Champions
1992: Round-robin stage
1996: Runners-up
1999: Champions
2003: Champions
2007: Champions
2011: Quarter-finals
2015: Champions
2019: Semi-finals
Afghanistan Factfile
- WORLD RANKING -9
- MATCH SCHEDULE -
Oct 07: v Bangladesh at Dharamsala
Oct 11: v India at New Delhi
Oct 15: v England at New Delhi
Oct 18: v New Zealand at Chennai
Oct 23: v Pakistan at Chennai
Oct 30: v Sri Lanka at Pune
Nov 03: v Netherlands at Lucknow
Nov 07: v Australia at Mumbai
Nov 10: v South Africa at Ahmedabad
- WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS -
"The World Cup is a great event, and we are looking forward to it. It's a dream for every player to play there, especially in India where we hope we can get a lot of support. There is a lot of expectation back home during big events. People back home are expecting a lot from us, they want us to win." - Hashmatullah Shahidi
- SQUAD -
Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq.
- LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD -
Rahmat Shah: 3,269 runs; highest score 114; average 36.22; Hundreds 5; Fifties 23
- LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD -
Rashid Khan: 172 wickets; best bowling 7-18; average 19.53
- PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES -
1975: Did not participate
1979: Did not participate
1983: Did not participate
1987: Did not participate
1992: Did not participate
1996: Did not participate
1999: Did not participate
2003: Did not participate
2007: Did not qualify
2011: Did not qualify
2015: Group stage
2019: Group stage