ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 is going to start from February 7, jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. A total of 20 teams are participating in this tournament, which are divided into four groups. Team India is being considered a strong contender for this T20 World Cup. Many players of Indian origin will play in other teams in this World Cup. In such a situation, here we are going to tell you about those 5 players of Indian origin, who can create havoc this time in the T20 World Cup with their strong performance.

These 5 Indian origin players who will play in T20 World Cup 2026

1. Keshav Maharaj (South Africa)

35 year old Keshav Maharaj, who plays for South Africa, is a player of Indian origin. Maharaj is also a part of the South African team in the upcoming T20 World Cup. He is a left arm off spinner and Maharaj may like Asian conditions. He has taken a total of 43 wickets in 43 T20 International matches so far.

2. Saurabh Netravalkar (United States of America)

Mumbai-born Saurabh Netravalkar plays for the United States. Saurabh can perform well in this T20 World Cup. Netravalkar is a left arm fast bowler. He has taken 40 wickets in 41 T20 International matches while bowling at an excellent average of 6.85.

3. Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)

New Zealand’s star all-rounder Rachin Ravindra can do wonders with his bat and ball in the T20 World Cup 2026. When Rachin came to India to play the ODI World Cup in the year 2023, he performed strongly. For New Zealand, Rachin has scored 465 runs in 43 T20 Internationals and taken 14 wickets.

4. Monank Patel (United States of America)

India-born Monank Patel will lead America in the T20 World Cup 2026. Monank is an opening batsman, who can perform well in his batting in the upcoming World Cup. So far, he has scored 920 runs in 43 T20 Internationals while batting at a strike rate of 137.5.

5. Ish Sodhi (New Zealand)

Ish Sodhi, born in Ludhiana city of Punjab, plays for New Zealand. Sodhi is a leg spinner, who can perform well in the World Cup this time. He has taken 162 wickets in 137 T20 International matches.

If no extra runs are scored, a batting team can score a maximum of 72 runs in two overs. This seems like an almost impossible task to do. T20 is the most unpredictable format of cricket, New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has become its victim. Sodhi gave away 58 runs in 2 overs and also hit a lot of fours and sixes.

A strange coincidence happened with Ish Sodhi in the T20 series against India. Indian batsmen scored 58 runs in their 2 overs. In fact, in the fourth T20 match, Shivam Dubey had scored 29 runs in his over, while in the fifth T20 match, Ishan Kishan did the same feat.

58 runs in 12 balls

The fourth T20 match vs India was played in Visakhapatnam. Team India was in a struggling situation, then Ish Sodhi was seen flying in the storm named Shivam Dubey. Till the 11th over of the innings, Shivam Dubey was playing after scoring 12 runs in 6 balls. He hit 3 sixes and 2 fours in Ish Sodhi’s over. A total of 29 runs were scored in this over. Dubey completed his fifty in 15 balls, which was the third fastest fifty for India in the history of international T20 cricket.

Ishan Kishan did the same thing against Ish Sodhi in Thiruvananthapuram. This time too Sodhi came to bowl the 12th over of the innings, in which Ishan Kishan hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. 29 runs came in this over also. In this way Ish Soshi gave away 58 runs in 12 balls of 2 matches.

Ishan Kishan’s first century

Ishan Kishan played an explosive inning of 103 runs in 43 balls in this match. This is his first century in T20 career. In fact, his century was completed in just 42 balls, making him the fifth fastest century for India in T20 International cricket.

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Mitchell Santner Statement After The Win Against India: New Zealand captain and left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner said that his role in T20 International matches is to bowl defensively, create pressure and take wickets and it was satisfying to see the great results of this strategy in the fourth T20 International match played against India in Visakhapatnam. Santner took three wickets for 26 runs in this match. He increased Sanju Samson’s problems by bowling him and then also took the wickets of Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. New Zealand won this match by 50 runs.

Santner gave statement after the victory against India

Mitchell Santner told reporters after the match, ‘I think my job is to bowl a little defensively and take wickets like this. Sometimes one has to act wisely. Giving six single runs is a good option. We have seen a lot of power hitting and big scores. That’s why I think the role of a spinner in T20 international matches is to create pressure and take wickets. He said, ‘If you are defending a big score then let the run rate increase. If the score is low then the only way to stop these batsmen is to take wickets. So I think it’s all about adapting to the circumstances and understanding the situation.

Santner gave the example of dismissing Hardik Pandya

Santner made his argument more clear by giving the example of dismissing Hardik Pandya, whom he got caught by dodging a flying ball. He said, ‘I have bowled a lot to Hardik in the net sessions of Mumbai Indians and he knows me, I know him. So I think being defensive in that situation was the only way we could win the match because when the Indian team is in rhythm, it is very difficult to stop them.

Santner also said on Ish Sodhi’s fierce washing

Leg spinner Ish Sodhi was badly washed out in this match. Shivam Dubey scored 29 runs in his one over. Santner said in this regard, ‘I think if you bowl the ball to Dubey, Hardik or Rinku, they will play shots on it. You have to keep the possibilities in mind and bowl as per the strategy of the batsmen. He further said, ‘If a batsman is not able to understand the wrist spinner, then you ask the bowler to be a little more aggressive like Kuldeep (Yadav) or (Ravi) Bishnoi. So I think Ish was trying to bowl more aggressively considering the conditions of the game.

Santner praised Shivam Dubey’s innings

However, the New Zealand captain did not shy away from praising Dubey’s innings of 65 runs played in 23 balls. Santner said, ‘I have seen Dubey do this many times and he is an expert in playing long shots, but we knew that he had one batsman less and we just had to get Dubey out. Dubey knew what he had to do and when the spinner was bowling, he knew he had a good chance of scoring runs.

New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe badly in the match played on Thursday in the Zimbabwe Tri Nation Series 2025. New Zealand scored 190 runs while batting first with the brilliant half -century innings of Team CIFT, Rachin Ravindra. In response, Zimbabwe’s team collapsed for 130 runs, Esh Sodhi played an important role in the team’s victory by performing the best of his T20 career.

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and decided to bat first. The first wicket as Tim Robinson (10) fell on a score of 19, but was followed by a 108 -run partnership between Tim CIFT and Rachin Ravindra. CIFart scored 75 runs in 45 balls with the help of 1 six and 9 fours. Rachin scored 63 runs in 39 balls, in which he hit 2 sixes and 7 fours.

Ish Sodhi became player of the match

Chasing the target, Zimbabwe’s team was all out for 130 runs in 18.5 overs. Zimbabwe’s 8 players could not even touch the double -tens figure. Tony Monayga scored the highest 40 runs, including his wicket, Ish Sodhi took a total of 4 wickets. In his 4 -overs spell, Sodhi gave 12 runs, this is his best spell of T20 international career. Sodhi was voted the best player of the match.

A Career-Best 4-What haul from Ish Sodhi (4-12) Saw New Zealand Claim A 60-R Win in the Final Round-Robin match of the Tri-Series.

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New Zealand and South Africa will be finalized

Talking about the tri -series, it was decided before this match that the final would be played between New Zealand and South Africa cricket team. Zimbabwe could not win any match of the Tri -series being played at his home ground, he lost all 4 matches. While New Zealand won all four matches. South Africa won 2 matches and lost 2 matches from New Zealand.

The final match of the tri -series between New Zealand and South Africa will be played on 26 July. According to Indian time, the match will start at 4:30 pm.