Former New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson has been named in the United States squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in June.
Anderson was part of the New Zealand team that lost to Australia in the final of the 50-over World Cup in 2015, and also played two T20 World Cups for the Black Caps.
The 33-year-old last turned out for New Zealand in 2018 and debuted for his adopted country in the home T20 series against Canada in April.
He played the last Big Bash League season for the Hobart Hurricanes.
The tournament co-hosts have retained wicketkeeper-batter Monank Patel as captain of their 15-man squad.
The team will play three T20s against Bangladesh in Houston before taking on Canada in the June 1 World Cup opener in Dallas.
USA T20 WORLD CUP SQUAD
Monank Patel (capt), Aaron Jones, Steven Taylor, Corey Anderson, Saurabh Netravalkar, Jessy Singh, Harmeet Singh, Noshtush Kenjige, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Nitish Kumar, Andries Gous, Shayan Jahangir, Ali Khan, Nisarg Patel, Milind Kumar.
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