Mumbai, Feb 23: India's limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, star opener Rohit Sharma and middle-order specialist Yuvraj Singh are set to make their sixth successive appearance at the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 tournament, which is scheduled to start in India next month.

In the women's event, which has been staged alongside the men's event since 2009, the West Indies will enter the competition with six players having played in all tournaments to date -- Stafanie Taylor, Merissa Aguilleira, Deandra Dottin, Stacy-Ann King, Anisa Mohammed and Shakera Selman.

Mitahli Raj, Jhulan Goswami (both India) and Alex Blackwell and Ellyse Perry (both Australia) are the other players to participate in their fifth successive women's competition.

England and South Africa have retained four players each from the previous four tournaments -- Charlotte Edwards, Lydia Greenway, Jenny Gunn, Sarah Taylor (England), and Mignon du Preez, Trisha Chetty, Shabnim Ismail and Dane Van Niekerk (South Africa).

New Zealand and Sri Lanka will be fielding three players each who have been members of the sides that have played in previous events -- Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Sara McGlashan (New Zealand), Chamari Athapaththu, Eshani Lokusooriya and Udeshika Probodani (Sri Lanka).

IANS