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Strengths
Defending champions India will be playing at home and have a very aggressive batting unit and a strong bowling unit which compliments well. They have been playing well in this format and their top order batting along with spin bowling will be their strength.
Weaknesses
Their middle and lower order finishers are lacking and on good batting surfaces they might not be able to capitalize. On surfaces which will be tough for batting their aggressive approach might backfire.
X Factor
Abhishek Sharma, the Number 1 ranked T20I batter in the world and by far the most impactful batter in this format for India in the last few years. He will be the X Factor and can take the game away single handedly.
Preferred Playing XI
Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Varma Suryakumar Yadav©, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Key Players to Watch
Hardik Pandya – He is a quality all-rounder and will be one of the key players to watch. He has picked up 105 wickets and also scored 2051 runs in his T20I career.
Varun Chakravarthy – The spinner will be the trump card for India and has picked up 59 wickets in 36 T20I matches.
T20 World Cup history Snapshot
India won the inaugural edition of the WT20 in 2007 and after that they had to wait for almost a decade and a half. They won the 2024 WT20 and are the defending champions. They are also the co-host for this T20 World Cup along with Sri Lanka.
World Cup 2026 Fixtures
- 7th FEB vs USA
- 12th FEB vs Namibia
- 15th FEB vs Pakistan
- 18th FEB vs Netherlands
India Squad T20 World Cup 2026
Suryakumar Yadav ©, 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, Rinku Singh
