The ICC T20 World Cup 2026 has concluded with over a month of exciting cricket, and India became the champions by defeating New Zealand in the final by 96 runs at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. This World Cup will be remembered for how underdogs surprised everyone and gave the message that you cannot write off associate nations in this format. In this article, we are going to make the team of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026.
Team of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026
Sanju Samson, the Player of the Tournament, will open with Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan, who has scored the most runs in this event. Samson has scored 321 runs with an average of 80.25 and a strike rate of 199.37. Notably, Sanju is also the captain of this team. On the other hand, Farhan smashed 383 runs with a 76.60 average.
At number 3, we have put Tim Seifert from New Zealand, who has been outstanding in this World Cup, scoring 326 runs in 9 matches. He is the second-highest run scorer of the tournament. Ishan Kishan will walk out to bat at number 4 in this team, who smashed 317 runs with a strike rate of 193.29. He has been amazing in the middle overs for India.
Shimron Hetmyer will bat at number 5, who scored 284 runs for West Indies with an striuke rate of 186.46. Shivam Dube and Will Jacks will be the finishers of this team. Dube had crucial contributions for Team India, and Jacks is undoubtedly the MVP of England. Dube scored 235 runs with a strike rate of 169. On the other hand, Will Jacks has scored 226 runs with a 56.50 average and taken 9 wickets with the ball.
Despite getting hit for a few runs in the end, Varun Chakravarthy still finished as the joint-highest wicket-taker in the ICC Cricket World Cup, taking 18 wickets. He shares the top spot with Jasprit Bumrah, who also picked up 18 wickets. Both of the tournament’s leading wicket-takers are part of our team.
The last two spots are filled by Blessing Muzarabani and Shadley van Schalkwyk. Muzarabani took 13 wickets in 6 matches, while Schalkwyk from the USA also took 13 wickets in just 4 games.
Here’s our Team of the Tournament
Sanju Samson (c), Sahibzada Farhan, Tim Seifert, Ishan Kishan, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Will Jacks, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Blessing Muzarbani, Shadley van Schalkwyk
