The Main T20 teams to consider only players below 35 years of age as on 31st December of the year of the tournament .. for T20 WC if it were to happen in 2026 it would require that a player should be born after 31st December 1991. A team must announce a list of 25 players at the beginning of the year to list top 25 players who could play or represent India during the year.
Team India for T20 Internationals (15 Players)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Priyansh Arya, Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rinku Singh, Devdutt Padikkal, Suyash Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Prince Yadav, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Dhruv Jurel(WK).
Reserve – (10 Players) – Ravi Bishnoi, Ayush Mhatre, Tilak Varma, Anshul Kamboj, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK) , Mohsin Khan, Shakib Hussain and Arshdeep Singh






- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 17 Wickets – 264 Runs
- Ehsan Malinga – 15 Wickets – 284 Runs
- Jofra Archer – 15 Wkts -319 Runs
- Anshul Kamboj – 14 Wickets – 237 Runs
- Kagiso Rabada – 14 Wkts – 326 Runs
- KL Rahul – DC – 433 Runs – 233 Balls
- Abhishek Sharma – SRH – 425 Runs – 203 Balls
- Heinrich Klaasen – 414 Runs – 263 Balls
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – RR – 404 Runs -170 Balls
- Virat Kohli – RCB – 379 Runs – 229 Balls
- Devdutt Padikkal – RCB – 10 Catches in 9 Matches
- Rinku Singh – KKR – 9 Catches in 8 Matches
- Heinrich Klaasen – SRH – 9 Catches in 9 Matches
- Dewald Brevis – CSK – 8 Catches in 5 Matches
- Glen Phillips – GT – 8 Catches in 6 Matches
- Dhruv Jurel – RR – 15 Dis – 14 C +1 S
- Jitesh Sharma – RCB – 11 Dis – 10 C + 1 S
- Jos Buttler – GT -11 Dis – 11 C
- Rishabh Pant – LSG – 8 Dis – 8 C
- Prabhsimran Singh – PBKS – 5 Dis – 5 C
- KL Rahul – Delhi Capitals – 152 *
- Abhishek Sharma -Sunrisers Hyderabad – 135*
- Ryan Rickelton – Mumbai Indians – 123*
- Sanju Samson – Chennai Super Kings – 115 *
- Quinton de Kock – Mumbai Indians – 112*
- Mohsin Khan – LSG – 5 for 23
- Josh Hazlewood – RCB – 4 for 12
- Akel Hosein – CSK – 4 for 17
- Jamie Overton – CSK – 4 for 18
- Ashwani Kumar – MI – 4 for 24
- Sakib Husaain – SRH – 4 for 24
- Rasikh Salam – RCB – 4 for 24
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – RCB – 3-0-5-3 (Econ. 1.66)
- Suyash Sharma – RCB – 4-1-7-1 (Econ. 1.75)
- Mohammed Shami – LSG – 4-0-9-2 (Econ. 2.25)
- Ravindra Jadeja – CSK – 3-0-8-2 (Econ. 2.66)
- Sunil Narine – KKR – 4-0-13-1 (Econ. 3.25)
- 265 for 4 – Punjab Kings (Won)
- 264 for 4 – Delhi Capitals (Lost)
- 254 for 7 – Punjab Kings (Won)
- 250 for 3 – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Won)
- 249 for 4 – Sunrisers Hyderabad (Won)
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – RR – 37 Sixes – 400 Runs
- Abhishek Sharma – SRH – 31 Sixes – 425 Runs
- Priyansh Arya – PBKS – 26 Sixes – 283 Runs
- Rajat Patidar – RCB – 24 Sixes – 257 Runs
- KL Rahul – DC – 24 Sixes – 433 Runs
Criteria – Minimum 15 Overs and 5 Wickets (Player-Team-Econ-Overs-Wickets)
- Mohsin Khan – LSG – 6.37 – 16 Overs – 9 Wickets
- Sunil Narine – KKR – 6.66 – 27 Overs – 7 Wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja – 7.21 – 19 Overs – 6 Wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 7.61 – 31 Overs – 15 Wickets
- Suyash Sharma – 7.84 – 26 Overs – 6 Wickets
Matches – Points and NRR for Top Five Teams and simple Table order for other teams )-
- Punjab Kings – Shreyas Iyer -8 M – 13 Points – 1.04
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Rajat Patidar – 8 M – 12 Points – 1.92
- Sunrisers Hyderabad – Ishan Kishan/Pat Cummins 9 M – 12 Points – 0.832
- Rajasthan Royals – Riyan Parag – 9 M – 1 2 Points – 0.617
- Gujarat Titans – Shubman Gill
- Chennai Super Kings – Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Delhi Capitals – Axar Patel
- Kolkata Knight Riders – Ajinkya Rahane
- Mumbai Indians – Hardik Pandya
- Lucknow Super Giants – Rishabh Pant
Point System for selecting Top Player of the 1PL 2026 Season –
- 250 Runs Bonus – 2 Points
- Total Runs – One point for every complete multiple of 50 runs
- 10 Plus Wickets Bonus – 2 Points
- Total Wickets – one point for every 2 wickets
- Hundred Scored – 2 Points ( 3 Points for 150 )
- Fifties Scored – 1 Point for each Fifty plus score
- 4 Wkt Haul – 2 Points (3 point for 5W Haul)
- Three Wicket Haul – 1 Point each
- Top Economic Spell (Less than or equal to 12 runs in 3 or more overs – 3 Points
- Economic Spell (Less than or equal to 24 runs in full quota) – 2 Points
- Bowling Points – 1 point for each 30 deliveries bowled ( 5 Overs)
- Bonus for 10 + Catches or Dismissals – 2 Points
- 1 point for each catch/dismissal
- Most Sixes Bonus – 1 point for every 5 Sixes
- All-Rounder Bonus – 100 runs and 5 Wkts – 3 points ( Additionally Every Wicket gets 1 Point0
NB These points would be awarded only to Batsman with either 300 Plus Runs or 12 or More Wickets and exceptionally for 10 or more catches or dismissals
Example – Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – 2+8+2+3+7 =22 Points
- 250 Plus Runs – 2 Points Bonus
- 400 Runs – 8 Points
- 1 Hundred – 2 Points
- 3 Fifty Plus – 3 Points
- 37 Sixes – 7 Points (1 point for every 5 Sixes)
Example – Abhishek Sharma – 2+8+2+4+3+6 =25 Points
- 250 Plus Runs – 2 Points Bonus
- 425 Runs – 8 Points
- 1 Hundred – 2 points
- 4 Fifty Plus – 4 points
- 3 Catches – 3 Points
- Sixes – 31 Sixes – 6 Points
Example Bhuvaneshwar Kumar – 2+7 +3 +2 + 6 +1 = 21 Points
- 10 Plus Wickets – 2 Points Bonus
- 14 Wickets – 7 Points
- 3 Three Wicket Hauls – 3 Points
- Econ Spell – 2 Points
- Bowling – 186 Balls – 6 points
- Fielding – 1 point
Example – Nitish Kumar Reddy – 3+5+1+3+2+7=21
- 172 Runs – 3 Points
- 5 Wickets – 5 Points
- 1 Fifty – 1 Point
- 14 Sixes – 2 Points
- 114 Balls – 3 Points
- All Rounder Bonus – 2 Points
- Fielding – 7 Catches – 7 Points
India (Seniors) – 35 Plus as on 31st December 1991 (15 Players)- as a special case players not considered as 20 players above and born before 31st December 1993 (33 Years) could be picked among seniors
Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Yazuvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Krunal Pandya.
Reserve (Seniors) – 5 Players – Varun Chakravarthy, Shardul Thakur, Rajat Patidar, Ajinkya Rahane and Jitesh Sharma
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