The superhero catch of suryakumar Yadav and the Incredible captaincy as well as batting skills of Rohit Sharma to lift the T20 Trophy and the journey of the Indian team on the roads of India with the trophy was just like yesterday. But the next World Cup of T20 is all set to begin.
BCCI has officially announced the Indian squad for the upcoming World Cup 2026 of the shorter format of the game. The selectors have finally included the deserving Sanju Samson in the team. Sanju Samson was continuously dropped even after performing well And finally, the selectors included him in the squad.
The selectors have announced the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup 2026 and T20I series against New Zealand, with the BCCI selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, took a big decision by removing Shubman Gill from the team.
Wicket-keeper batter Jitesh Sharma was also remove the from the squad and included the in-form Ishan Kishan and it is worth mentioning that he last played a T20I for India more than two years ago. Suryakumar Yadav remained as captain, while Sanju Samson was selected as the primary wicket-keeper batter. Rinku Singh and Washington Sundar were both included as well. So let’s get into the article to check out the squad of the Indian cricket team.
India’s squad for T20 World Cup 2026 and New Zealand T20Is
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Axar Patel (vice-captain), Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.
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