Gautam Gambhir: Recently, former Indian player and opener Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the new head of India. He will now take over the charge after the departure of Rahul Dravid. The Sri Lanka tour is going to be Gambhir's first task.

Let us tell you that he has been given this responsibility till the 2027 ODI World Cup. During this time many ICC tournaments will be played. The biggest challenge before him will be to defend the title of T20 World Cup 2026. For this, he has also selected his 15-member team. Let us know in detail which players are going to participate in the upcoming tournament.

Gautam Gambhir selected the team for 2026 T20 World Cup

Before leaving for the Sri Lanka tour, Gautam Gambhir had come to hold a press conference with Team India's chief selector Ajit Agarkar. During this, he talked about his goal. It became clear from Gauti's stance that he will not make many changes in the team during his tenure.

This means that most of the players selected for the T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka will play during Gambhir's tenure. This also makes it clear that the players who will be seen playing in the T20 series against Sri Lanka starting July 27 will also represent India in the 2026 T20 World Cup.

These 15 players are going to get a big chance

In the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, the captaincy of the Indian team will be in the hands of explosive batsman Suryakumar Yadav. Apart from this, Shubman Gill will be the vice-captain of the team.

Apart from this, the team will have a mix of experienced players like Hardik Pandya, Jaspreet Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and young players like Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Washington Sundar. Bumrah has been rested for the Sri Lanka tour. However, he will definitely be present in the World Cup team.

See the tweet here:

🆙 Next 👉 Sri Lanka 🇱🇰#TeamIndia are back in action with 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/aRqQqxjjV0

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 18, 2024

India's probable squad for 2026 T20 World Cup:

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.