Team India full squad for T20I World Cup 2026

pritam-santra — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:45:26 GMT

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the squad for the T20I World Cup 2026 on Saturday. The selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar omitted Shubman Gill from the squad, which came as a massive surprise for the entire Indian cricket fan community.

The panel showed their trust in Suryakumar Yadav and kept him as the captain for the title defence. As Gill is not in the squad, Axar Patel is named as the deputy of Yadav. The same squad will feature in the upcoming five-match T20I series against New Zealand in January.

"We know what a quality player Shubman Gill is, short of runs at the moment. Unfortunately he missed out on this T20 World Cup, and it was the last World Cup too," Agarkar said about the exclusion of Gill from the T20 World Cup squad.

Ishan Kishan got his reward for relentless hard work, especially during the past few months. After guiding Jharkhand to Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT 2025) triumph, the keeper-batter was named in the T20 World Cup squad. Rinku Singh, who was out from the India vs South Africa T20I series, also found his place in the squad.

India squad for T20 World Cup:

Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (VC), Ishan Kishan (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh, and Washington Sundar.

India’s full schedule ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup:

1st T20I: January 21, 2026, at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur (7:00 PM IST).

2nd T20I: January 23, 2026, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur (7:00 PM IST).

3rd T20I: January 25, 2026, at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati (7:00 PM IST).

4th T20I: January 28, 2026, at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam (7:00 PM IST).

5th T20I: January 31, 2026, at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram (7:00 PM IST).