T20 World Cup 2026 Standby Players: The names of 15 players of Team India have been announced for the T-20 World Cup 2026. On December 20, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Devjit Saikia announced the names of 15 players for India. Many young players have got opportunities in the team, while many players have also been ignored. However, BCCI has not announced the reserve players of Team India. What is the reason for this? Let us know.
Why were the reserve players not announced?
BCCI has announced the names of only 15 players. The board did not announce reserve players. The reason for this has been given by BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia himself. He said during the press conference that since the World Cup 2026 will be played in India, he does not want to reveal the name of any specific standby player. If there is a tournament in India, any player can be easily included in the team at any time if needed. When the tournament is held in another country, it takes a lot of time to send players from India to another country. That’s why we did not announce reserve players.
Let us tell you that the last T-20 World Cup 2024 was played hosted by West Indies and USA. In such a situation, India had also announced the name of its standby player. In the last World Cup, the board had selected Shubhman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khalil Ahmed and Avesh Khan as standby players.
Ishaan Kishan is back
Ishan Kishan has been selected in Team India for T-20 World Cup 2026. He last played for India in the year 2023. After this he was continuously being ignored. But after his amazing performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he was selected in Team India.
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Team India’s squad for T20 World Cup 2026
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar and Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper).
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