The date of T20 World Cup 2026 is approaching. India and Sri Lanka will host the World Cup, which will start from 7 February and continue till 8 March. Discussion has already started regarding the Indian squad. Team India is becoming increasingly worried due to the poor form of T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav and vice-captain Shubman Gill. In such a situation, who will get a place and who will not, remains a big question. Know here how the Indian squad could look like in the World Cup?
Will Vaibhav Suryavanshi play World Cup?
14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has impressed the cricket world with his explosive batting in Asia Cup Rising Stars, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 and Under-19 Asia Cup. On the basis of this performance, the demand for giving him a place in the World Cup squad started. Will he get a chance to play in the World Cup or not? The answer to this question is, no. Because according to ICC rules, a player must be 15 years old to debut in international cricket.
Rishabh Pant out! Surya will be the captain
It is difficult for Rishabh Pant to play in the T20 World Cup 2026, because the team already has two wicketkeeper batsman options in the form of Jitesh Sharma and Sanju Samson. Suryakumar Yadav is currently in bad form, but can remain the captain at least till the T20 World Cup 2026. On the other hand, despite poor form, Shubman Gill can also remain in the squad.
The places of Hardik Pandya, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh and Tilak Verma also seem to be confirmed. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rinku Singh have little hope of getting a place in the squad despite good T20 figures. But he may get a place among the reserve players.
India’s probable squad in T20 World Cup: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel.
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