Not Hardik or Jasprit Bumrah! After Shubman Gill dropped from the T20 World Cup, India appointed this player as the vice-captain. Last Updated: December 21, 2025, 05:15 IST India appoints new vice-captain after dropping Gill for T20 World Cup: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced a 15-member squad for next year’s T20 World Cup 2026. Despite fielding experienced players like the Hardik Pandya team and the Patat team in the A team. vice captain New Delhi. The day Indian cricket fans have been waiting for has arrived. The selectors have announced the squad for the T20 World Cup. However, the way the team was announced surprised. As Shubman Gill was suddenly made the vice-captain of the team and given continuous opportunities, everyone was hopeful that he would definitely be given a chance in the mega tournament. The selectors didn’t make match-winner Hardik Pandya, but Akshar Patel the vice-captain and Ishan Kishan, who bowled Syed Mushtaq Ali, got entry. Shubman Gill has been dropped from the Indian squad for the 2026 T20 World Cup. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a 15-member squad for this major tournament. The tournament will be played from 7 February to 8 March. Akshar Patel was made the vice-captain while Ishan Kishan returned to the team after his brilliant performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. BCCI also said that the same team will also play in the five-match T20 series against New Zealand from January 21 to 31. 🚨India’s squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 announced 🚨 Gambhir has faith in Akshar Patel Indian team coach Gautam Gambhir has great faith in Axar Patel rounder. In addition to spin bowling, he also shows power in batting. Gambhir has promoted Akshar in the batting order many times by giving him promotion during the match. To prove his coach’s faith justified, he also scored runs in difficult situations. Akshar Patel has so far scored 681 runs in 85 T20 International matches while also taking 82 wickets. T20 World Cup and T20 Team against New Zealand Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yakraav, Isty, Kirun Chabord, Washington, Isty. Author Viplove Kumar has been active in sports journalism for over 15 years. Works on cricket website of Etv Bharat, Zee News. Was the sports head of Dainik Jagran website. Covered the Olympics, Commonwealth, Cricket and Soccer World Cups. October … read more Location: New Delhi, Delhi First published: 20 December 2025, 15:08 IST home cricket Neither Hardik nor Bumrah! After sending Gill off, that player was made vice-captain