Rinku Singh and Ishan Kishan made it into India's squad for the T20 World Cup 2026, while Shubman Gill was excluded. Jitesh Sharma, who has been the wicketkeeper in the T20 side alongside Sanju Samson in recent times, also failed to make the team led by Suryakumar Yadav. The same squad will play the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, chief selector Ajit Agarkar confirmed on Saturday.

India's squad for T20 World Cup 2026: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (vice-capt), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, Ishan Kishan (wk).

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