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The Indian T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav's wholesome moment with a fan is going viral on social media ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026. A fan asked Surya to shake his hand if he is a fan of Virat Kohli, and Surya instantly came forward to shake the fan's hand. Notably, India will begin their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign on 7 February against the USA. During the captain’s photoshoot ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026, a fan asked Suryakumar Yadav, “Hey Surya! If you're a Virat Kohli fan, come shake my hand.” Surya instantly shakes hands with a fan, showing he is a Virat Kohli fan too.
The video has been going viral on social media since Friday morning. Notably, Virat Kohli has already retired from the T20Is. He won the World Cup in 2024 and bid farewell to the format along with Rohit Sharma.
Suryakumar Yadav will lead the young but one of the most explosive teams in the T20 cricket in this World Cup. The Indian team looks solid in both the departments of batting and bowling. Batting is a real strength of the team, featuring batters like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, and Rinku Singh, plus they have all-rounders like Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, and Axar Patel. The bowling also looks great with Varun Chakravarthy and Jasprit Bumrah.
Indian squad for T20 World Cup 2026
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, and Rinku Singh.
India will play their first match of the World Cup on 7 February against the USA at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Then they will play their group stage matches against Namibia and the Netherlands. Notably, Pakistan announced a boycott of the India game, so India will get 2 points without playing the game.
