Overview
- Jacob Duffy earns a first World Cup call-up after a record 81 international wickets in 2025 and a rise to No. 2 in the T20I bowling rankings.
- Spin options include Ish Sodhi plus all-rounders Michael Bracewell, Glenn Phillips and Rachin Ravindra, complementing pace choices Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry and Adam Milne.
- NZC said Mitchell Santner, Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Ferguson and Henry are on return-to-play programs and currently on track to be fit.
- Ferguson and Henry may take brief paternity leave during the tournament, with Kyle Jamieson named as the travelling pace reserve.
- Tim Seifert will keep wicket as the squad readies for a white-ball tour of India and a USA warm-up before opening Group D against Afghanistan on February 8 in Chennai.