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Ahead of the tournament,
Mahela Jayawardene was named the
captain after
Virender Sehwag stepped down from the position. Sehwag had captained the team for four of the past five years.[4]
Hampshire were able to include
Shahid Afridi in their squad as he was registered with the team, despite him having not played any matches in the
2012 Friends Life t20 due to visa issues. From the domestic tournament, Hampshire were unable to have
Neil McKenzie and
Simon Katich due to them having qualified with other teams.[6][7]
Yorkshire's overseas player
David Miller may only be available for their first match due to commitments in South African domestic cricket. Yorkshire were unable to include
Andrew Hodd due to him only being on loan from
Sussex and having not played any Twenty20 matches for Yorkshire.[19]