ICC extends deadline for submitting final squad of T20 WC

Dubai: The ICC today extended the deadline for the submission of the 15-player final squad for the World Twenty20 Championship in Sri Lanka by six days after receiving requests from various member nations.

The international governing body in a statement confirmed that it has extended the deadline by six days for the men`s teams to submit its squads. "All participating men`s teams must have its 15-player squads into the ICC no later than Friday 24 August 2012," ICC stated in a release. "The date for the women`s teams to submit its 15-player squads for the ICC Women`s World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 remains unchanged and must still be submitted to the ICC by Sunday 26 August 2012," it added. PTI