T20 World Cup 2026 Likely Best Squad Players List for Team India

With Suryakumar Yadav as Captain, explore the best predicted squad and players list for Team India for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. 

We are in December, and we are just a couple of months away from the biggest event of 2026, the T20 World Cup 2026. The 2026 T20 World Cup 2026 is scheduled from. Feb 7 to March 09, and will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. After almost a decade, the T20 World Cup returns to India, with the last World Cup being played in 2016. Coincidentally, Team India are the defending champion for the T20 World Cup

Given India are the defending champion, the squad selection will be extremely crucial. Unlike 2024, the 2026 T20 World Cup won’t see the RoKo jodi, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The team will also see a new Captain and Vice Captain, Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill. Also, Gautam Gambhir has taken over Rahul Dravid as the Head Coach of the Indian team. With such a leadership change, Team India re playing a brand new, aggressive cricket. 

Given that Team India have just 1 more T20 Series before the World Cup, it looks unlikely India will do many experiments in the side. Even today, India have a fair settled squad against South Africa, and the same should continue for the New Zealand series as well. Given the World Cup is scheduled before the Indian Premier League, the excitement will be even higher. So, let’s analyse the current players’ list for Team India, and find out the best predicted squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026. 

Team India T20 World Cup 2026 Best List Squad Explained

Let’s start with the batters, and for that, we should see Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill as the first-choice openers. Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma should be the first-choice middle-order batters in the side. Whereas Sanju Samson should be the backup opener in the side, and Jitesh Sharma should be the finisher WK in the side. So, overall, India should opt for four batters and two wicket-keepers in this side.

Now, coming to All-rounders, Hardik Pandya should be the leading pace All-rounder in the side, and Axar Patel should be the primary spin All-rounder in the side. Supporting these two, we should see Shivam Dube as the backup pace All-rounder and Washington Sundar as the backup spin All-rounder. So, overall, India will pick four All-rounders, and at least three of these four should feature in the first-choice playing 11.

Moving on to the bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh should be the leading pacers in the side, with Harshit Rana as the third pacer. In terms of spin bowling, Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav should be the leading spinners in the side. So, overall, India should opt for 5 bowlers; at least three of these five should feature in the playing 11. This is one of the best bowling attacks for India in the history of the T20 World Cup, with almost all 20 overs being really good. 

T20 World Cup 2026 Likely Best Squad Players List for Team India

Batters

1. Abhishek Sharma
2. Shubman Gill
3. Suryakumar Yadav (c)
4. Tilak Varma

WKs

1. Jitesh Sharma
2. Sanju Samson

All-rounders

1. Axar Patel
2. Hardik Pandya
3. Shivam Dube
4. Washington Sundar

Bowlers

1. Arshdeep Singh
2. Harshit Rana
3. Jasprit Burmah
4. Kuldeep Yadav
5. Varun Chakravarthy

So, that completes the best predicted 15-member squad and players list for Team India for the T20 World Cup 2026. Overall, this looks like a solid squad, and undoubtedly a championship-winning squad. However, if the team had Yashasvi Jaiswal in place of Shubman Gill, and an in-form Captain, it would have been perfect. But nevertheless, Team India will once again go into the tournament as favourites to win the tournament.

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