Rohit Sharma: After the victory of T20 World Cup in West Indies, Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja have announced their retirement from T20I.

In such a situation, these three young players can be seen playing in place of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja in the T20 World Cup to be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka in the year 2026. Team India's playing eleven in T20 World Cup 2026 can be like this.

This young player will play in place of Rohit Sharma

In the T20 World Cup 2026 to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka, the Indian cricket team will defend its trophy under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja. After the retirement of these three senior players, three young players have been given their place in Team India. In this list, left-handed explosive batsman Abhishek Sharma, who plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League, can be seen playing in place of Rohit Sharma.

At the same time, Rajasthan Royals' left-handed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal can be seen playing for Team India in place of star batsman Virat Kohli. While Akshar Patel can get a chance in Team India's playing eleven in place of all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

Hardik Pandya will get the role of captain

After Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma retires from the shortest format of cricket, Hardik Pandya can be seen taking over the responsibility of captaining Team India in the T20 World Cup 2026. Hardik Pandya, captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, has a long experience of captaincy in T20. Hardik has captained Team India in 16 T20 matches, in which he has won 10 matches. Along with this, while captaining in the IPL, he has won a trophy for Gujarat Titans and has taken them to the finals once. However, Mumbai Indians had to remain at the bottom of the points table under his captaincy.

Probable playing XI for T20 World Cup 2026

Abhishek Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Yadav.