The
Event
Technical
Committee
of
the
tournament
has
approved
Hosein
as
a
replacement
for
Allen,
the
ICC
said
in
a
statement.
Hosein,
who
has
played
nine
ODIs
and
six
T20Is,
was
picked
after
Allen
was
ruled
out
due
to
an
ankle
injury.
Hosein
was
a
reserve
as
per
the
allowance
for
teams
to
travel
with
extra
players
in
view
of
COVID-19
quarantine
requirements.
The
West
Indies
are
the
defending
champions,
having
won
the
last
edition
of
the
tournament
in
2016
when
it
was
held
in
India.
The
replacement
for
Hosein
in
the
reserves
list
will
be
the
uncapped
Gudakesh
Motie.
The
replacement
of
a
player
requires
the
approval
of
the
Event
Technical
Committee
before
the
replacement
player
can
be
officially
added
to
the
squad.
The
Event
Technical
Committee
of
the
tournament
consists
of
Chris
Tetley
(head
of
events,
chair),
Clive
Hitchcock
(ICC
senior
cricket
operations
manager),
Rahul
Dravid
and
Dhiraj
Malhotra
(host
BCCI’s
representatives),
Simon
Doull
and
Ian
Bishop
(independent
members).
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