The Indian team has been announced for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team, while Axar Patel will be the vice-captain. Shubman Gill has been shown the way out of the team, while Ishan Kishan has returned. Apart from this, Jitesh Sharma has also been dropped from the team.
Rinku Singh has returned after just one series. After the Australia tour, Rinku Singh was dropped from the T20 series against South Africa. However, just before the World Cup, the selectors have given him a place in the team selected for the T20 series against New Zealand and the T20 World Cup.
Which 5 cricketers we are talking about?
Suryakumar Yadav is the team’s captain, while Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, and Abhishek Sharma are the batsmen. Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, and Washington Sundar are the all-rounders. Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan are the wicketkeeper-batsmen. Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, and Arshdeep Singh are the bowlers.
The dream of playing in the T20 World Cup has been shattered not only for Shubman Gill and Jitesh Sharma, but also for these five players. Mohammed Shami, who consistently performed well in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and domestic cricket, was again overlooked. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was benched throughout the last T20 World Cup, also missed out.
Rishabh Pant was also Team India’s primary wicketkeeper-batsman in the last T20 World Cup, but he was not included in the squad this time. Furthermore, Nitish Kumar Reddy, who had consistently been a part of the team in place of Hardik Pandya, was dropped from the T20 series against South Africa. His dream of playing in the T20 World Cup has also been shattered.
Indian team for T20 World Cup 2026
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar and Ishan Kishan.