Suryakumar Yadav Named Captain as India Announces Squad for T20 World Cup 2026

Team India has been announced for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026. The team will be led by Suryakumar Yadav, while Axar Patel will be the vice-captain. In contrast to the team formed in the last World Cup, a large number of players from the current team have been changed. This team consists of only eight players from the team that had won the world cup in 2024 under the guidance of Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja had retired from T20 cricket immediately after the end of the World Cup. Hence, obviously, these players would not play in the current World Cup. A number of other players will not be part of the team either.

Not only the players, even the coach and the captain have changed. While Rohit Sharma led the Indian cricket team the last time, Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Indian cricket team this time. Hardik Pandya was the vice-captain last time. In the 2026 team, Hardik Pandya will play solely as an all-rounder, while Axar Patel will be the vice-captain. Furthermore, the team coach last time was Rahul Dravid, while this time Gautam Gambhir will assume that responsibility. The players who won the T20 World Cup last time include Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, and Jasprit Bumrah, who will defend the title this time.

Indian team for T20 World Cup 2026: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Axar Patel (vice-captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Abhishek Sharma, and Kuldeep Yadav.

Indian team for T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.