Yashasvi Jaiswal snubbed as Aakash Chopra unveils his choice for India’s squad for T20 World Cup 2026

Aakash Chopra, a former batter, selected India's team for the 2026 T20 World Cup. The major ICC event is scheduled to be in India and Sri Lanka in February of next year. He has left out young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal from his choices. 

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Ahead of the 2026 T20 World Cup, India is headed in the right direction after dominating the shorter format. They won the 2025 Asia Cup and went undefeated. 

Seven games were won by the Men in Blue, including the final victory over Pakistan. They continued to build momentum when they faced Australia in the Twenty20 International series. India prevailed 2-1 in the five-match series.

They have two more T20I series at home against South Africa and New Zealand prior to the 2026 T20 World Cup. For the major competition, they will be eager to win as many games as possible and perfect their combination.

Aakash Chopra chooses his India squad for T20 World Cup 2026

He selected a 15-person team for the Men in Blue. Abhishek Sharma and vice-captain Shubman Gill were Aakash Chopra's openers. Then he selected Jitesh Sharma and Sanju Samson as wicketkeepers, along with captain Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma.

Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, and Hardik Pandya were the four all-rounders that the former batter used. He then selected Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav to be his two spinners. Lastly, he finished the team with three fast bowlers: Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, and Jasprit Bumrah. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal, a star batsman, was left out by the former batter. He did, however, hope that the left-hander would actually make the squad. He was unable to squeeze Jaiswal into the 15-person team, despite his desire to include him.

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"I think Yashasvi Jaiswal will be there. I want him to be there in that squad. But we will have to see what changes till then. I am sad for Jaiswal as I am not able to make a place for him," Chopra said on 2 Sloggers YouTube channel.

Jaiswal has already participated in 23 Twenty20 Internationals. With 105 half-centuries, he has amassed 723 runs at an average of 36.15 and a strike rate of 164.31. With two hundreds and fifteen half-centuries, he has amassed 2166 runs from 67 games at a strike rate of 152.85 in the IPL.

Aakash Chopra's India squad for T20 World Cup 2026: 

Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gil, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana.

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