WELLINGTON [NZ], New Zealand on Monday announced their 15-player squad for the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, with the Black Caps picking an experienced squad that includes Kane Williamson as captain and a pace bowling duo of Tim Southee is included. and Trent Boult This will be Williamson's sixth appearance in the T20 World Cup and fourth as captain, with Southee set to make his seventh appearance in the tournament and Boult set to make his fifth appearance as the Kiwis play in the game's shortest international tournament. Trying to win first title in the format. There were no major surprises in the New Zealand squad, with key pace bowler Kyle Jamieson (back) and all-rounder Adam Milne (ankle injury) also out due to injury and players like Will O'Rourke, Tom Latham, Tim Seifert and Went. Will Young missed out on selection despite recent good form against the white ball. There was also no surprise return for veteran top-order batsman Colin Munro as the selectors opted to include fast bowler Matt Henry as well as young swashbuckler Rachin Ravindra.Two players have not yet participated in the T2 World Cup. If required, the Kiwis will also take young fast bowler Ben Sears to the United States and West Indies as a traveling reserve. New Zealand coach Gary Stead believes he has selected a well-balanced team and is confident. Strong performance at month-long tournament “I want to congratulate everyone nominated today. It's a special time to represent your country at a world tournament.We expect the West Indies venues to offer quite a variety of conditions and we feel we have selected a team suited to those conditions," Stead was quoted as saying by the ICC's official website, adding that Stead was particularly keen to see Keen to see Henry and Ravindra perform on the big stage in what will be their first appearance in the T20 World Cup, Matt worked exceptionally hard on his skills in all phases of the T20 game to be considered for selection. "Rachin has scored a winner at every post in the last 12 months and it was exciting to see him step up in the T20 format in the summer against Afghanistan and Guyana," Stead said. The other Group C matches will be against co-hosts West Indies, Uganda and Papua New Guinea on June 7.New Zealand team: Kane Williamson (captain), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Mike Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson. Matt Henry, Derry Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Is Sodhi, Tim Southee.