T20 World Cup 2026: A big change in the Indian team in one and a half years! ‘These’ World Cup winning players will not be seen in the field

T20 World Cup 2026 : BCCI Selection Committee 2026 T20 World CupThe 3rd Indian team has been announced. Many have expressed surprise after this announcement. In this tournament, the Indian team will be seen playing under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav while Akshar Patel will hold the responsibility as the vice-captain. India’s Test and ODI captain and T20I vice-captain Shubman Gill has been dropped from the squad. Rinku Singh has returned to the T20 team along with Ishan Kishan.

The Indian team will once again be a contender for the title in this tournament. The Indian team is the first of the 20 announced teams. However, this time the team that won the trophy looks significantly different from the previous team. Because seven major changes have been made in the team.

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On 20 December, BCCI announced the 15-member squad for the World Cup. Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team. The Indian team will be eager to keep its title in this World Cup. The team includes some players, including skipper Surya, who have experience playing in the World Cup and were also part of the 2024 winning team. There are other players including Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Verma, who will be playing their first World Cup.

Rohit and Virat will not be part of the team

Comparing the squads for both the 2024 and the upcoming 2026 T20 World Cup, there are seven players who were part of the Indian squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup but will not be seen playing in the 2026 World Cup. The most prominent names among them are former captains Rohit Sharma And Virat Kohli are theirs. After winning the last World Cup, both these star players retired from this format. Similarly, star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja also announced his retirement.

But apart from this, four players have been dropped from the team this time. Ajit Agarkar was the chief selector then and he is the chief selector this time too. Agarkar has shown the way out to Rishabh Pant, Mohammad Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Yuzvendra Chahal. Of these, only Jaiswal could have made the team this time, but he too was rejected.

These players will play the World Cup for the first time

At this time Rohit SharmaAbhishek Sharma will start the innings in place of Ishan Kishan, who missed out on the World Cup due to his exclusion from Team India, is also back in the squad. However, Ishan was also part of the 2021 T20 World Cup.

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Rinku Singh, who was among the reserves in the previous World Cup, has been named in the main squad. Spinner Varun Chakraborty, all-rounder Washington Sundar, top-ranked batsman Tilak Verma and fast bowler Harshit Rana have also been named in the squad. Abhishek, Tilak, Harshit, Sundar, Varun and Rinku will be seen playing in the T20 World Cup for the first time.

Indian squad for T20 World Cup 2026 is as follows

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, Akshar Patel (vice-captain), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Singh, Harshit Singh, R.