ICC T20 WCQ: NCF unveils 15-man squad

The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has unveiled a 15-man squad for the men’s senior team, the Yellow Greens, ahead of their United States and West Indies 2024 ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers which will be played in Namibia from November 20 to December 1.

Head coach Steve Tikolo will be going to Windhoek with the same team that won the West Africa Trophy in Lagos last month.

Captain Sylvester Okpe tops the list and he is joined by Ademola Onikoyi, Sesan Adedeji, Chiemelie Udekwe, Daniel Ajekun, Joshua Asia and Akhere Isesele.

Other players include the Most Valuable Player during the West Africa Trophy, Isaac Okpe, former Guinness World record holder with the fastest bowling figure Peter Aho, Prosper Useni, Taiwo Muhammed, Isaac Danladi, Ridwan Abdulkareem, opening batter Sulaimon Runsewe and Ashmit Shrestha.

Meet the YellowGreens selected 15 led by Sylvester Okpe, who will proudly represent Nigeria at the ICC Africa Men’s T20 Qualifier final in Namibia.
Wishing the team success, unity,and memorable victories on the cricket field
Best of luck! 🏏🇳🇬

#TeamNigeria #nigeriacricket pic.twitter.com/JX6ezyoSaS

— Nigeria Cricket Federation (@cricket_nigeria) November 12, 2023

Following their victory at the maiden West Africa Trophy where they won all their 10 matches, the Yellow Greens commenced their preparations for the World Cup qualifiers in Lagos before travelling to Zimbabwe for the final phase of their preparations.

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The team will play a number of test games in Zimbabwe before travelling to Namibia for the qualifiers.

Meanwhile, Nigeria’s opponents have also named their squad and also embarked on training tours ahead of the qualifiers.

Nigeria will battle Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Namibia for a place in the USA and West Indies.

The top two teams from the qualifiers will progress to the World Cup which will be played between June 4 to June to 30, 2024.