Men T20 World Cup 2026 India Squad: Complete Players List, Analysis, Schedule and Team Preview

Men t20 world cup 2026 india squad has now emerged as one of the hottest search results on the topic of cricket as the fans are now looking forward to the Indian participation in the world T20 tournament. The 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is the 10th version of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup and it is bound to offer exciting cricket, stiff competition, and full capacity stadiums throughout the sub continent of India. This article will provide complete information about the Men T20 world cup 2026 India squad, table of players, player roles, team strategy, strengths and weaknesses, and expectations.

Men T20 World Cup 2026: Overview

Every team was to provide a tentative squad by 8 January 2026, but the last day of changes was 31 January 2026. India was the first team to declare its line up which indicated confidence and certainty in choice.

Detail	Information
Tournament Name	ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026
Edition	10th
Format	Twenty20 International (T20I)
Dates	7 February – 8 March 2026
Hosts	India & Sri Lanka
Total Teams	20
Total Matches	55
Venues	5 in India, 3 in Sri Lanka
Squad Size	15 players per team

Men T20 World Cup 2026 India Squad: Official Details

The Indian team has a new T20 approach, aggressive batting, versatile all-rounders, enigmatic spin, and fast bowling aristocracy. The screeners were interested in the IPL performance, international experience and the ability to fit the subcontinental pitches.

Category	Details
Squad Announcement Date	20 December 2025
Head Coach	Gautam Gambhir
Captain	Suryakumar Yadav
Vice-Captain	Axar Patel
Wicketkeepers	Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan
Specialist Pacers	Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana
Specialist Spinners	Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
All-Rounders	Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube

Men T20 World Cup 2026 India Squad Full Details 

The ages will be computed as of 7 February 2026. Domestic teams are new IPL teams prior to the world cup.

Jersy No.	Player Name	Age	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Role	IPL Team
#2	Arshdeep Singh	27	Left-handed	Left-arm medium fast	Fast Bowler	Punjab Kings
#4	Abhishek Sharma	25	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Batting All-Rounder	Sunrisers Hyderabad
#5	Washington Sundar	26	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Bowling All-Rounder	Gujarat Titans
#9	Sanju Samson (WK)	31	Right-handed	Part-time off break	Wicketkeeper-Batter	Chennai Super Kings
#20	Axar Patel (VC)	32	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	All-Rounder	Delhi Capitals
#22	Harshit Rana	24	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Fast Bowler	Kolkata Knight Riders
#23	Kuldeep Yadav	31	Left-handed	Left-arm wrist spin	Spinner	Delhi Capitals
#25	Shivam Dube	32	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Power-hitting All-Rounder	Chennai Super Kings
#29	Varun Chakravarthy	34	Right-handed	Mystery leg spin	Spinner	Kolkata Knight Riders
#32	Ishan Kishan (WK)	27	Left-handed	Occasional leg spin	Wicketkeeper-Batter	Sunrisers Hyderabad
#33	Hardik Pandya	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	Pace All-Rounder	Mumbai Indians
#35	Rinku Singh	28	Left-handed	Part-time off break	Finisher	Kolkata Knight Riders
#63	Suryakumar Yadav (C)	35	Right-handed	Part-time off break	Top-order Batter	Mumbai Indians
#72	Tilak Varma	23	Left-handed	Off break	Middle-order Batter	Mumbai Indians
#93	Jasprit Bumrah	32	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Strike Fast Bowler	Mumbai Indians

Playing Order of India’s Squad for Men’s T20 World Cup 2026

Batting Analysis: India’s T20 Firepower

The Men T20 world cup 2026 india squad has one of the strongest batting units in the tournament.

Top Order Strength

• The batting is anchored by Suryakumar Yadav who plays the 360-degree strokes.
• Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan give the powerplay sensational initiations.
• There are several left-right formations that interfere with the plans of opposition bowling.

Middle Order Stability

Tilak Varma is a very good player against spin. Hardik Pandya brings in flexibility being an all-rounder and middle-order aggressor.

Finishing Power

Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube make a fearful finishing combination that can score 50 runs in the last 4 overs.

All-Rounders 

Player	Batting Impact	Bowling Utility
Hardik Pandya	Explosive finisher	Death overs & powerplay
Axar Patel	Reliable middle-order runs	Economy & control
Washington Sundar	Spin hitter	Powerplay off-spin
Shivam Dube	Six-hitting ability	Medium pace option

Fast Bowling Unit

Jasprit Bumrah is the leader of India’s bowling line-up, and is arguably the best T20 fast bowler in the world.

Bowler	Key Strength
Jasprit Bumrah	Yorkers, death overs
Arshdeep Singh	Swing & left-arm angle
Harshit Rana	Raw pace & bounce

Spin Department

Spin is decisive in the subcontinental conditions.

Spinner	Specialty
Kuldeep Yadav	Wrist spin & wicket-taking ability
Varun Chakravarthy	Mystery spin
Axar Patel	Economy & control

Indian Team Probable Playing XI – Men T20 World Cup 2026 India Squad

Position	Player
1	Abhishek Sharma
2	Ishan Kishan (WK)
3	Tilak Verma
4	Suryakumar Yadav
5	Hardik Pandya
6	Shivam Dube
7	Rinku Singh
8	Axar Patel
9	Varun Chakravarthy
10	Arshdeep Singh
11	Jasprit Bumrah

Strengths of Men T20 World Cup 2026 India Squad

Strength	Explanation
Home Conditions	Familiar pitches & crowd support
Batting Depth	Long batting till No. 8
Bowling Variety	Left-arm pace, wrist spin, mystery spin
IPL Experience	Players used to pressure situations

Weaknesses & Challenges

Concern	Impact
Injury Management	Key players like Bumrah & Hardik
Overdependence	On top-order acceleration
Spin-friendly Pitches	Could test fast bowlers

ICC Men T20 World Cup All Team Squad Group Wise

The ultimate team lists of all the teams playing in the ICC Men T20 World Cup of 2026 have been announced. On the day of the deadline, Australia declared that Pat Cummins and Matthew Short will not take part in the tournament because of the issue of injury. Sri Lanka were the final team to confirm their squad, confirming the final list on 2 February 2026.

Group A

Here’s a squad of the teams placed in the Group A

India	USA	Namibia	Netherlands	Pakistan
Suryakumar Yadav (c)	Monank Patel (c)	Gerhard Erasmus (c)	Scott Edwards (c)	Salman Agha (c)
Abhishek Sharma	Jessy Singh	Zane Green	Colin Ackermann	Abrar Ahmed
Tilak Varma	Andries Gous	Bernard Scholtz	Noah Croes	Babar Azam
Sanju Samson	Shehan Jayasuriya	Ruben Trumpelmann	Bas de Leede	Faheem Ashraf
Shivam Dube	Milind Kumar	JJ Smit	Aryan Dutt	Fakhar Zaman
Ishan Kishan	Shayan Jahangir	Jan Frylinck	Fred Klaassen	Khawaja Nafay
Hardik Pandya	Saiteja Mukkamala	Louren Steenkamp	Kyle Klein	Mohammad Nawaz
Arshdeep Singh	Sanjay Krishnamurthi	Malan Kruger	Michael Levitt	Salman Mirza
Jasprit Bumrah	Harmeet Singh	Nicol Loftie-Eaton	Zach Lion-Cachet	Naseem Shah
Harshit Rana	Nosthush Kenjige	Jack Brassell	Max O’Dowd	Sahibzada Farhan
Varun Chakaravarthy	Shadley Van Schalkwyk	Ben Shikongo	Logan van Beek	Saim Ayub
Kuldeep Yadav	Saurabh Netravalkar	JC Balt	Timm van der Gugten	Shaheen Afridi
Axar Patel	Ali Khan	Dylan Leicher	Roelof van der Merwe	Shadab Khan
Washington Sundar	Mohammad Mohsin	WP Myburgh	Paul van Meekeren	Usman Khan
Rinku Singh	Shubham Ranjane	Max Heingo	Saqib Zulfiqar	Usman Tariq

Group B

Given below are the complete teams squads of the teams in Group B.

Australia	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Oman
Mitchell Marsh (c)	Dasun Shanaka (c)	Sikandar Raza (c)	Paul Stirling (c)	Jatinder Singh (c)
Xavier Bartlett	Pathum Nissanka	Brian Bennett	Mark Adair	Vinayak Shukla
Cooper Connolly	Kamil Mishara	Ryan Burl	Ross Adair	Mohammad Nadeem
Tim David	Kusal Mendis	Graeme Cremer	Ben Calitz	Shakeel Ahmad
Ben Dwarshuis	Kamindu Mendis	Bradley Evans	Curtis Campher	Hammad Mirza
Cameron Green	Kusal Janith Perera	Clive Madande	Gareth Delany	Wasim Ali
Nathan Ellis	Charith Asalanka	Tawanda Maposa	George Dockrell	Karan Sonavale
Josh Hazlewood	Janith Liyanage	Tadiwanashe Marumani	Matthew Humphreys	Shah Faisal
Travis Head	Pavan Rathnayake	Wellington Masakadza	Josh Little	Nadeem Khan
Josh Inglis	Wanindu Hasaranga	Tony Munyonga	Barry McCarthy	Sufyan Mehmood
Matthew Kuhnemann	Dunith Wellalage	Tashinga Musekiwa	Harry Tector	Jay Odedara
Glenn Maxwell	Maheesh Theekshana	Blessing Muzarabani	Tim Tector	Shafiq Jan
Matthew Renshaw	Dushmantha Chameera	Dion Myers	Lorcan Tucker	Ashish Odedara
Marcus Stoinis	Matheesha Pathirana	Richard Ngarava	Ben White	Jiten Ramanandi
Adam Zampa	Eshan Malinga	Brendan Taylor	Craig Young	Aamir Kaleem

Group C

Below mentioned are the squads of the teams in Group C.

England	West Indies	Italy	Nepal	Scotland
Harry Brook (c)	Shai Hope (c)	Wayne Madsen (c)	Rohit Paudel (c)	Richie Berrington (c)
Jos Buttler	Shimron Hetmyer	Marcus Campopiano	Dipendra Singh Airee	Tom Bruce
Jofra Archer	Johnson Charles	Gian Piero Meade	Sandeep Lamichhane	Matthew Cross
Phil Salt	Roston Chase	Zain Ali	Kushal Bhurtel	Bradley Currie
Sam Curran	Matthew Forde	Ali Hasan	Aasif Sheikh	Oliver Davidson
Will Jacks	Jason Holder	Crishan Jorge	Sundeep Jora	Chris Greaves
Rehan Ahmed	Akeal Hosein	Harry Manenti	Aarif Sheikh	Zainullah Ihsan
Jacob Bethell	Shamar Joseph	Anthony Mosca	Basir Ahamad	Michael Jones
Tom Banton	Brandon King	Justin Mosca	Sompal Kami	Michael Leask
Liam Dawson	Gudakesh Motie	Syed Naqvi	Karan KC	Finlay McCreath
Ben Duckett	Rovman Powell	Benjamin Manenti	Nandan Yadav	Brandon McMullen
Jamie Overton	Sherfane Rutherford	Jaspreet Singh	Gulshan Jha	George Munsey
Adil Rashid	Quentin Sampson	JJ Smuts	Lalit Rajbanshi	Safyaan Sharif
Luke Wood	Jayden Seales	Grant Stewart	Sher Malla	Mark Watt
Josh Tongue	Romario Shepherd	Thomas Draca	Lokesh Bam	Bradley Wheal

Group D

Here are the complete team squads of the Group D teams.

South Africa	New Zealand	Afghanistan	Canada	UAE
Aiden Markram (c)	Mitchell Santner (c)	Rashid Khan (c)	Dilpreet Bajwa (c)	Muhammad Waseem (c)
Quinton de Kock	Finn Allen	Ibrahim Zadran	Harsh Thaker	Alishan Sharafu
Dewald Brevis	Devon Conway	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Nicholas Kirton	Aryansh Sharma
Tristan Stubbs	Rachin Ravindra	Azmatullah Omarzai	Navneet Dhaliwal	Dhruv Parashar
David Miller	Glenn Phillips	Mohammad Nabi	Ravinderpal Singh	Haider Ali
Ryan Rickelton	Daryl Mitchell	Gulbadin Naib	Shreyas Movva	Harshit Kaushik
Jason Smith	James Neesham	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Saad Bin Zafar	Junaid Siddique
Marco Jansen	Michael Bracewell	Noor Ahmad	Kaleem Sana	Mayank Kumar
George Linde	Mark Chapman	Fazalhaq Farooqi	Jaskarandeep Singh	Muhammad Arfan
Keshav Maharaj	Tim Seifert	Naveen-ul-Haq	Dilon Heyliger	Muhammad Farooq
Kagiso Rabada	Ish Sodhi	Darwish Rasooli	Ansh Patel	Muhammad Jawadullah
Anrich Nortje	Lockie Ferguson	Sediqullah Atal	Shivam Sharma	Muhammad Zohaib
Lungi Ngidi	Matt Henry	Shahidullah Kamal	Kanwarpal Tathgur	Rohid Khan
Corbin Bosch	Jacob Duffy	Abdullah Ahmadzai	Ajayveer Hundal	Sohaib Khan
Kwena Maphaka	Kyle Jamieson	Zia-ur-Rahman	Yuvraj Samra	Simranjeet Singh

Conclusion

The men t20 world cup 2026 india squad is a well considered combination of experience and youthfulness as well as the latest T20 skillful elements. India boasts of a powerful supporting cast of all-rounders and spinners, match-winners such as Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, and is among the top contenders of the title in the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup of Men. The state of home, exposure to IPL and leadership on tactics by Gautam Gambhir gives India an additional boost. With the main players being fit and in shape, this team possesses the strength and the goal of conquering the tournament and striving to win the T20 World Cup in 2026.

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