Samson and delight: ICC picks its team

Sanju Samson with his Trophy

• Pakistan’s Farhan nudges adversaries, India’s Suryakumar Yadav is not the captain

Four members of the victorious India team have been named in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Team of the Tournament.

Player of the Tournament Sanju Samson leads the winning quartet with 321 runs from just five innings. 

Samson started the tournament outside of the Indian XI but shone with Player of the Match performances against the West Indies and England before making the highest individual score in a Men’s T20 World Cup final with 89 against New Zealand on Sunday.

He is joined by teammates Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah as India’s victory on home soil is recognised.

Kishan hit 317 runs – the fourth highest – as his performances across the top of the order anchored India’s batting with a huge strike rate of 193.29.

Pandya scored two half-centuries with the bat and produced devastating spells when it mattered, including 52 off 28 against Namibia, while he also took nine wickets in all.

Bumrah, the Player of the Match in the final is recognised for his excellent bowling performances finishing as the tournament’s joint-leading wicket taker with 14 from eight matches. He finished with figures of four for 15 in the final.

The top of the order also includes Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan, who finished as the tournament’s top run-scorer with an aggregate of 383. That came at an average of 76.60 and was headlined by centuries against Sri Lanka and Namibia.

Aiden Markram, named as captain, is one of two South Africans included in the side. He scored 286 including three half-centuries with South Africa entering the semifinals.

Compatriot Lungi Ngidi is also included after he took 12 wickets at an average of 15.58. Against India he conceded just 15 runs from four overs.

England’s Will Jacks slots into the middle order thanks to his brilliant displays as an all-rounder that earned him four Player of the Match awards. Teammate Adil Rashid joins him in the side after the spinner took 13 wickets at 14.15.

ICC’s T20 World Cup team:

Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan), Sanju Sansom (India-wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (India), Aiden Markram (South Africa-captain), Hardik Pandya (India), Will Jacks (England), Jason Holder (West Indies), Jasprit Bumrah (India), Lungi Ngidi (South Africa), Adil Rashid (England), Blessing Muzarabani (Zimbabwe)