Cricket fans are eagerly awaiting the 2026 T20 World Cup. Less than four days remain until the start of this mega event. The 2026 T20 World Cup will begin on February 7th. Three matches will be played on the opening day of the tournament. This year's World Cup features a large number of Indian players. Approximately 40 Indian players will be seen playing for different teams.
Interestingly, some of these players of Indian origin will now showcase their talent in India itself. Among the foreign teams, the USA, Canada, and Oman teams have a significant number of Indian players. These three teams alone have approximately 23 Indian players. Players like Saurabh Sarhawalakar, a fast bowler for the USA team, will play a memorable match against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He has no connection to the country where he was born, yet he will be playing there.
T20 World Cup 2026 Indian Players
The Canadian team in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 includes a total of 11 Indian players. The USA team has 9 Indian players, the Oman team has 7, and the UAE team also has 7 players of Indian origin. Across all participating teams, approximately 40 Indian cricketers will be seen playing for different countries in this World Cup.
Canada team for the 2026 T20 World Cup
The Canadian cricket team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 includes a total of 11 players of Indian origin. This is the highest number of Indian-origin cricketers in any foreign team. The team's captain, Dilpreet Bajwa, is also of Indian origin. The other 10 players are also expected to feature in the tournament, which will be held in India.
- Dilpreet Bajwa (Captain)
- Ajayveer Hundal
- Ansh Patel
- Dillon Heiliger
- Harsh Thaker
- Jaskaran Singh Buttar
- Kaleem Sana
- Kanwarpal Tathgur
- Navneet Dhaliwal
- Nicholas Kirton
- Ravinderpal Singh
- Saad Bin Zafar
- Shivam Sharma
- Shreyas Movva
- Yuvraj Samra
Indian players who will play for foreign teams in the 2026 T20 World Cup
- United States (USA)
- Monank Patel (Captain)
- Shubham Ranjane
- Nisarg Patel
- Saurabh Netravalkar
- Harmeet Singh
- Canada
- Dilpreet Bajwa (Captain)
- Navneet Dhaliwal
- Ravinderpal Singh
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Alishan Sharafu
- Aryansh Sharma
- Dhruv Parashar
- Simranjeet Singh
- Mayank Kumar
- Harshit Kaushik
- Italy
- Jaspreet Singh
- Manpreet Singh
- Netherlands
- Aryan Dutt
- Oman
- Kashyap Prajapati
- Jatinder Singh
- Singapore
- Manpreet Singh
- Aritra Dutta
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