The T20 World Cup is a special event in the 2026 cricket calendar. While the story of India's previous T20 World Cup victory is still fresh in everyone's minds, another World Cup is already upon us.
One of the surprises of India's T20 World Cup 2026 squad is the absence of Yashasvi Jaiswal from the team. He was being counted as an automatic occupant of the spot vacated by Shubman Gill in the squad. Till a few days back Jaiswal was in the plans in both the white-ball formats and now he has been reduced to a standby status. The reasons may be manifold but the fact is that he is one of the most versatile batters India has for the international circuit. His superior white ball cricket impact has been ignored.
In 22 T20I innings, he has scored 723 runs at an average of 36.15 and a strike rate of 164.32. His IPL performances also underline his T20 credentials. Recently at Vizag, Yashasvi Jaiswal brought up his maiden ODI century and helped India to register a win in the decider against South Africa. He reached 50 off 75 balls but reached his hundred in just 36 more balls. In the process he became the sixth batter from India to be a centurion for India in all three formats (Others: Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill).
