2 min learnFeb 26, 2026 08:30 AM IST
India vs Zimbabwe T20 World Cup 2026 Match Taking part in 11: Suryakumar Yadav’s India will tackle Sikandar Raza’s Zimbabwe on Thursday in Chennai. For the hosts, it’s a must-win recreation. They’ve performed some fairly first rate cricket by way of the event, however their first recreation in opposition to South Africa and India was utterly outplayed.
Sanju Samson is predicted to return to the facet to interrupt the sequence of left-handers within the batting order. Nonetheless, Samson, coming into the event, has been in a reasonably extraordinary kind and acquired his alternative in opposition to Namibia, the place he managed to get 22 runs from eight balls. Aside from that, Axar Patel was benched for the sport in opposition to South Africa, with the shape the all-rounder was in, and he too will return to the facet.
As per Zimbabwe, after a terrific group stage efficiency, they too have been thrashed by the West Indies of their first Tremendous 8 encounter. Not too many gave them an opportunity to achieve this stage, however they performed some fairly stable cricket and can hope to ship an identical intestine punch, which they’ve managed to ship to Australia and Sri Lanka within the first spherical of the occasion.
Predicted XI
India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun CV, Jasprit Bumrah
Zimbabwe XI:Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), Dion Myers, Ryan Burl, Sikandar Raza (c), Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Graeme Cremer, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani
Squads:
India Squad: Ishan Kishan(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson
Zimbabwe Squad: Tadiwanashe Marumani(w), Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Ryan Burl, Sikandar Raza(c), Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Graeme Cremer, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Ben Curran, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maposa, Wellington Masakadza