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The selection of Team India for T20 World Cup 2026 is in discussion. The selectors announced the team early and left out many big names. Young players got a chance and the average age of the team reduced. The return of Ishaan Kishan and Rinku Singh was also special.
Delhi: T20 World Cup 2026 is to be played in India and Sri Lanka. The defending champions, Team India, have announced their squad for this mega event. Let us know 10 special things related to this.
1. India chose the team 49 days ago
The tournament starts from 7 February 2026 and India selected the team 49 days in advance. The same team will also play in the 5 T20 series against New Zealand from January 21 next year. The ICC guideline is that India had to name its ‘first’ team one month before the start of the tournament, meaning India had time till January 7. The ‘first’ team is selected so that visa and other arrangements can begin for all of them. India chose the team first.
2. Can India make changes in the team?
Can India make changes in its team for the World Cup? This is possible. The guideline is to reveal your initial team at least one month before the start of the tournament and your final team at least a week before the tournament. In this way, India can make changes in its team till 31 January. You will be surprised to know that there is an example of change in the starting team in India.
3. 7 players who won World Cup 2024 are not part of the team
7 players of the team that won T20 World Cup 2024 are not in this starting team. This is an indication of the new thinking of the selectors and the average age of captain Suryakumar Yadav’s team is less than the last World Cup team.
4. Share of each IPL team
This time, each IPL team’s share in the selected team: 4 from Mumbai Indians (Surya, Hardik, Bumrah, Tilak), 3 from KKR (Varun, Harshit, Rinku), 2 each from Hyderabad (Abhishek, Ishan), Chennai (Dubey, Samson) and Delhi Capitals (Akshar, Kuldeep) and 1 each from Punjab (Arshdeep) and Gujarat (Washington), while no player from champion RCB, Lucknow and Rajasthan. Not in the team.
5. Vice-captain Shubman Gill is out
When the team was selected for the Asia Cup in August this year, the entry of Shubman Gill (in the role of opener and new vice-captain) was the biggest discussion and now his ‘out’ is the biggest discussion. In the 15 T20 Internationals played between these two, they could not score even a single 50, although they were top order batsmen.
6. Ishan Kishan gets award for domestic performance
Ishan Kishan got the reward for his domestic performance, although in recent years, India’s selectors have been famous for not giving much importance to the performance in domestic tournaments. Ishan Kishan has not played any T20 International since 2023. Jharkhand won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy under his captaincy and he was the top scorer in the tournament.
7. Entry of Rinku Singh
The second most special entry was of Rinku Singh. Did not play in T20 against Australia and South Africa but was called for the World Cup in the role of finisher. At the end of his innings, his explosive hitting talent was appreciated by the selectors for the World Cup. In the 35 T20 Internationals played so far, the strike rate is 161.76 and in death overs it is 196.34.
8. 8 players of the team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup included
There are 8 players from the team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup in this team. Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Washington Sundar and Harshit Rana will play their first T20 World Cup. Varun Chakraborty and Ishan Kishan played in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
9. 6 players for spin attack
There are actually 6 players in the team for the spin attack. Of these, Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar have been considered all-rounders. The captain and coach will decide with which combination to play. Two of these wrist spinners are like a variation in T20.
10. Shubman Gill was dropped
Just not selecting Shubman Gill is not a discussion, the way he excluded him is a bigger discussion than that. It is not that after BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia announced the team, it was revealed that Shubman is out. This was decided on the day of cancellation of the fourth T20 International in Lucknow. It is an insult to Shubman that none of the Chief Selector, Captain or Head Coach told anything. Shubman’s injury before the fifth T20 cleared the way for the selectors. Now it has been leaked that he was fit, wanted to play but was not allowed to play.
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