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With India's official squad for the 2026 T20 World Cup yet to be announced, Sports Tak has learned that the selection committee has decided to identify a pool of players who will participate in the tournament. These players will most likely be present in the Men in Blue's squad that is expected to be announced soon.
The list of Indian players identified for the T20 World Cup -
Suryakumar Yadav
Shubman Gill
Abhishek Sharma
Tilak Varma
Shivam Dube
Hardik Pandya
Kuldeep Yadav
Washington Sundar
Axar Patel
Sanju Samson
Jitesh Sharma
Arshdeep Singh
Harshit Rana
Varun Chakravarthy
India's likely reserve list for the T20 World Cup -
Prasidh Krishna
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Rinku Singh
Shahbaz Ahmed
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Riyan Parag
Bumrah to be unavailable for NZ series?
Sports Tak has also learned that Jasprit Bumrah will also be added to the squad for the T20 World Cup, but will likely be missing out on the upcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand at home that will be held in January. This isn't very surprising as the team management would want to properly manage the star pacer's workload heading into the mega tournament where he is expected to play a key role. On the other hand, he is expected to feature in the five-match T20I series against the Black Caps that will commence from January 21.
IND vs SA series decider in Ahmedabad
Meanwhile, India are currently leading the ongoing T20I series against South Africa by 2-1. They won the first and third game while the visitors came out on top in the second match. The fourth encounter got abandoned due to there being excessive fog around the pitch at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. This led to South Africa's chances of winning the series drain away and the best that they can do now is to win the fifth match and end the assignment at 2-2. The final match of the series will be held at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on December 19.
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On the other hand, the 2026 T20 World Cup is scheduled to commence from February 7. The tournament will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka with the opening game set to be played between Pakistan and Natherlands. Two other matches will take place on the opening day of the competition including West Indies vs Bangladesh and India vs USA.
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