Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Punjab Cricket Association has announced its team for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026-27. Star all-rounder Ramandeep Singh has been appointed as the new captain of the team. Along with this, young batsman Arjun Rajput, who made headlines by scoring a century against Pakistan, is also ready to make his mark in senior cricket soon. At the same time, Indian team's experienced fast bowler Umesh Yadav will also be seen playing for Punjab in this T20 tournament.
Arjun Rajput will join the team after Under-19 Asia Cup
PCA informed on November 11 that young batsman Arjun Rajput will have to wait for some time to join the Punjab team. He is currently a part of the Indian team playing the Under-19 Asia Cup in Oman. He will join the Punjab squad only after India's campaign in the tournament ends. India has to play the second semi-final match against Afghanistan on 12 November in Muscat.
Sahaj Dhawan will replace Prabhsimran Singh
An important change will also be seen in the squad of Punjab. The team's main wicketkeeper-batsman Prabhsimran Singh has been selected in the India-A team for the Men's Rising Stars Asia Cup to be held from 19 to 29 November in Doha. In such a situation, when Prabhasimran will join India-A, then Sahaj Dhawan will be included in the Punjab team in his place. In the absence of Prabhasimran, Salil Arora, who is in excellent form, will take over the responsibility of wicketkeeping.
THE SQUAD IS ANNOUNCED! 🏆
Punjab gears up for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026–27, led by Captain @Raman___19
Wishing the team the very best for the tournament. Go make Punjab proud! 💙🏏#PunjabCricket#PCA#SyedMushtaqAliTrophypic.twitter.com/njpecUGsP1
— Punjab Cricket Association (@pcacricket) November 11, 2026
Bowling will get strength from Umesh Yadav and Harpreet Brar
Experienced fast bowler Umesh Yadav, who left Vidarbha and played 4 Ranji Trophy matches for Punjab this season, has got a place in the squad. He will now lead the pace attack of Punjab in T20 format also. Anmolpreet Singh, Sanveer Singh and Uday Saharan will strengthen the team in batting. Whereas the command of the spin department will be in the hands of left arm spinner Harpreet Brar and leg spinner Raghu Sharma.
Punjab's campaign in Indore from 14th November
In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026-27, the Punjab team has been placed in Elite Group-B, all the matches of which will be held at Holkar Stadium and Daly College Ground in Indore. This group includes Punjab along with a total of 8 strong teams from Haryana, Delhi, Railways, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Saurashtra and Bihar.
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Punjab will start its campaign on November 14 with a match against neighboring team Haryana at 9:00 am at Daly College Ground. After this, the team will play a total of 7 matches in the group stage and will play its last group match against Bihar on 26th November. To make it to the knockout stage, the Ramandeep Singh-led Punjab team will have to top the group.
Punjab's squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026
Vishwanath Pratap, Prabhsimran Singh (later Sahaj Dhawan will replace him), Vihaan Malhotra, Anmolpreet Singh, Uday Saharan, Salil Arora (wicketkeeper), Ramandeep Singh (captain), Sanveer Singh, Raghu Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Sahil Bhaskar, Karthik Chadha, Imanjot Singh Chahal, Sukhdeep Bajwa, Jashan Jindal, Krishna Bhagat and Umesh Yadav.
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