Watch: New Zealand Rope in 'Special Guests' to Reveal T20 World Cup Squad in Cute Video

New Zealand Cricket have revealed their squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup and they made the announcement with a twist. Neither captain Kane Williamson nor the head coach Gary Stead who is also the chief selector made the announcement.

Instead, two ‘special guests’ read out the names who had made the cut for the New Zealand’s 15-man squad for the T20 showpiece.

In a cute video shared by New Zealand Cricket on their social media accounts, two kids named Matilda and Angus revealed the names of the 15 players who will represent their men’s cricket team at the marquee event.

Full Squad: Kane Williamson (captain), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee

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New Zealand have included a spin-heavy squad expecting the pitches to assist spinners. Besides the specialist spin duo of Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi, they have the likes of Michael Bracewell, Glenn Phillips and Rachin Ravindra too.

“We expect the venues in the West Indies to offer quite varied conditions and feel we’ve selected a squad with the scope to adapt to those conditions,” Stead said in a statement.

The pace department will be handled by the experienced duo of Trent Boult and Tim Southee and will the assistance of Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson and allrounder Daryl Mitchell.

Additionally, they have another fast bowler Bean Sears as the sole traveling reserve.

“Matt has worked exceptionally hard on his skills across the phases of a T20 game to come back into selection consideration. Rachin has made every post a winner in the past 12 months and it was exciting to see him continue that trajectory over the summer in the T20 format against Australia,” Stead said.

New Zealand squad based in the country will leave for the world cup on May 23.