Rinku Singh and Ishan Kishan returned to the Indian side at the back of their SMAT dominance. Especially Ishan Kishan, the left-handed batter from Jharkhand, dominated at the top and helped Jharkhand to their recent Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title. He was also the highest run-getter in SMAT 2025 and scored two centuries.
India cannot make any change to the opening spot held by Abhishek Sharma. The left-handed batter has scored 1000+ runs since his debut in less than 30 games and was the second fastest to do it for India. He bats with a career strike rate of nearly 180 and has delivered under the toughest of conditions for India.
Hence, the opening spot remains guaranteed, with Ishan Kishan acting as a backup since he can also be a possible opener if India needs to bench Sanju Samson due to injuries or form.
All-rounders form the power-packed middle-order for India
The middle order then has some firepower in the form of the three all-rounders, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube. These three remain the three players who played in the previous World Cup in 2024 as well.
Pace and Spin combined form the balanced bowling deck for India
Gautam Gambhir's tactics seemed to have gotten India the finest bowling deck, with the likes of the two highest wicket-takers from the previous T20 World Cup leading the deck. Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh will be leading the pace attack.
India's Playing XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy and Jasprit Bumrah.
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