India won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and Team India became the champion. With the victory in this World Cup, three big giants of India have announced their retirement from T20 cricket. This includes Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja.

Let us tell you that the next T20 World Cup is to be played in India in the year 2026 and due to the retirement of senior players, we are going to see a young team in the next World Cup and this team has also been announced.

Hardik Pandya will be the captain

Veteran all-rounder Hardik Pandya can be the captain of the Indian team in the upcoming World Cup. Actually, Rohit has announced his retirement from that format and Hardik is currently the vice-captain of Team India. In such a situation, Pandya is sure to become the captain in the next World Cup.

This player has previously captained India in T20 cricket and apart from this, he captained Gujarat for two years and is now the captain of Mumbai Indians. In such a situation, Hardik will be the captain of India in the next World Cup.

Sanju Samson and Ravindra Jadeja will be out

Wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson is finding it difficult to get a place in the T20 World Cup 2026 team because Rishabh Pant made a comeback after the injury and has made his place in Team India by consistently performing well. In such a situation, Sanju can be dropped from the next World Cup.

So if we talk about Ravindra Jadeja, he has announced his retirement from this format after winning the T20 World Cup 2024. Now he will not play for India in this format and for this reason Jadeja will not be seen playing in the T20 World Cup 2026.

India's playing XI could be like this in T20 World Cup 2026

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal/Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.