India’s T20 World Cup 2026 Squad Announcement Highlights: India announced their squad for the T20 World Cup 2026 and T20I series against New Zealand, with the BCCI selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, taking the bold call of removing Shubman Gill from the post of vice-captain and axing him from the 15-member squad. Wicket-keeper batter Jitesh Sharma was also left out, with the in-form Ishan Kishan – who last played a T20I for India more than two years ago – included instead. 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.
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.