Sanju Samson was not named in India’s starting XI against the United States in the first match of the 2026 T20 World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.india captain Suryakumar Yadav confirmed in toss Ishan Kishan Replaced Samson at No. 1 and opened with Abhishek Sharma. Tilak Verma was included in the middle order. U.S. captain Monank Patel won the toss and elected to bowl first.India also rule out Jasprit Bumrah who is unfit Mohammad Siraj Enter the eleven. Washington Sundar also did not make the team.“We missed Vashi (Washington Sundar), we missed Sanju (Samson). Unfortunately, Bumrah is not well, so Siraj is playing. ” Suryakumar Yadav said while tossing the ball.“We want to bat first. The wicket is looking good and there is wind around so we are not expecting any dew. It has been full of energy even before the game starts and I am sure it will be better,” he added.Samson batted first in the last five T20Is of the series against New Zealand but failed to score many runs. Samson did not bat in India’s only warm-up match before the T20 World Cup.Kishan, meanwhile, has strengthened his case with his recent performance. He scored a half-century and a century in the New Zealand series as the No. 3 batsman. He also opened the warm-up match against South Africa, scoring 53 runs off 20 balls, and kept a wicket in that match.Apart from Samson, Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar were not included in India’s starting XI for this match.teamIndia: Ishan Kishan (women), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (centre), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakaravarthy.United States: Saiteja Mukkamalla, Andries Gous (wk), Monank Patel (c), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Harmeet Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan.
