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T20 World Cup 2026: Match playing 11 of India vs USA: Ishan Kishan to open, Tilak Varma returns to No.3 spot

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Today match playing 11 of India vs USA, Squad: Check playing 11 prediction, full squad, Captain details and player list of India vs USA T20 World Cup 2026.After Tilak Varma back from injury, Indian Team would be heaving a sign of relax as their No. 3 is secured for the T20 World Cup 2026. Due to this Ishan Kishan will be begin the innings with Abhishek Sharma with captain Suryakumar Yadav all but confirming that the Tilak Varma will not play anywhere lower than the No. 3 position. Its means after failing to deliver in the recent T20 series against New Zealand, Sanju Samson is unlikely to get a look in any time soon.

Meanwhile, India are seems to go ahead with the tried and tested route of Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and allrounder Hardik Pandya in the bowling department as the main pace attack with a dose of Shivam Dube sprinkled in when the match requires.

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Mohammad Siraj has been drafted in the squad with Harshit Rana ruled out but is unlikely to play the first match vs USA. Kuldeep Yadav is likely to sit out as Indian Team are likely to prefer Varun Chakravarthy and vice captain Axar Patel leading the lines in the spin department.

Predicted XIs of IND vs USA T20 World Cup

Predicted XI of India : Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel (vc), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh

Predicted XI of USA : Andries Gous, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Shayan Jahangir, Monank Patel (c & wk), Milind Kumar, Harmeet Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Sanjai Krishnamurthi, Mohammed Mohsin, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netravalkar

The T20 World Cup 2026 match of India vs USA will start at 7:00 PM IST on Saturday, February 7, and toss will take place at 6:30PM IST and will take place at the Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai. The match will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network and live streamed on JioHotstar.