Recently, Ishan Kishan has been in the news a lot due to his selection in the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup 2026. Kishan has returned to the Indian squad after a long time and the credit for this goes to his explosive performance in domestic cricket. He became the captain immediately after his selection in the World Cup squad. Actually, Ishan Kishan will be seen captaining the Jharkhand team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 season starting from 24th December.

Ishan Kishan will be the captain of Jharkhand team for Vijay Hazare Trophy. Other wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Kushagra has been appointed vice-captain. Let us tell you that Ishan Kishan is in great form, he was the highest run-scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26. He scored 517 runs after playing 10 matches in the tournament. He also scored 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Jharkhand team has Anukul Roy, who is coming with 18 wickets in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Strong performance will be expected from him in Vijay Hazare Trophy also, because he can also bat strongly. Vice-captain Kumar Kushagra and Virat Singh are also running in great rhythm. Utkarsh Singh, Bala Krishna and Shubham Singh are also present in this team.

Jharkhand’s squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy: Ishan Kishan (captain), Kumar Kushagra (vice-captain), Utkarsh Singh, Virat Singh, Robin Minz, Anukul Roy, Sharandeep Singh, Shikhar Mohan, Panjak Kumar, Bala Krishna, Mohammad Kunin Qureshi, Shubh Sharma, Amit Kumar, Manishi, Abhinav Sharan, Sushant Mishra, Vikas Singh, Saurabh Shekhar, Rajandeep Singh, Shubham Singh.

Vijay Hazare Trophy will start from 24th December and the final match will be played on 18th January. A total of 38 teams will participate in the tournament, among which a total of 135 matches will be played.

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