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India Playing XI: Predicted Lineup and Batting Order

India v Sri Lanka, Tue 22 Dec, 13:30: the last XI stands until the toss confirms one

Updated 1 November 2026, after the New Zealand game

Match lineups →
1 Sanju Samson Keeper, batted 1 4 10 balls 2 Abhishek Sharma All-rounder, batted 2 1 2 balls 3 Ishan Kishan Keeper, batted 3 61 32 balls 4 Shreyas Iyer Batter, batted 4 50 23 balls 5 Tilak Varma Batter, batted 5 6 8 balls 6 Naman Dhir All-rounder, batted 6 33 23 balls 7 Nitish Kumar Reddy All-rounder, batted 7 22 17 balls 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Bowler, batted 8 6 4 balls 9 Prince Yadav Bowler, batted 9 0* 1 balls 10 Arshdeep Singh Bowler, batted 10 1* 1 balls 11 Varun Chakaravarthy Bowler 1-45 bowling
Last T20I: New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining), 1 Nov 2026. The scorecard →

India Batting Order

Who batted where over the last 20 T20Is, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Sanju Samson 12 26.0 167.7 V. Sooryavanshi (6), A. Sharma (2)
2Abhishek Sharma 18 35.7 214.0 S. Samson (1), V. Sooryavanshi (1)
3Ishan Kishan 14 39.3 156.3 S. Samson (3), T. Varma (2)
4Shreyas Iyer 19 35.4 151.3 S. Dube (1)
5Tilak Varma 11 56.8 163.3 I. Kishan (3), S. Dube (2)
6Tilak Varma 4 157.0 212.2 N. Dhir (4), R. Singh (2)
7Nitish Kumar Reddy 4 21.3 154.5 N. Dhir (3), T. Varma (2)
8Axar Patel 6 8.3 110.0 N. Kumar Reddy (2), N. Dhir (1)
9Arshdeep Singh 3 7.5 107.1 P. Yadav (2), W. Sundar (1)
10Prince Yadav 2 - 134.8 A. Singh (2), P. Krishna (1)
11Mayank Yadav 3 3.0 50.0 -
Inns is how often each batted there. A player who did not bat is left out.

India Selections

Every player India picked in the last 20 T20Is, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
Abhishek Sharma 20/20 2 XI
Shreyas Iyer 20/20 4 XI
Tilak Varma 20/20 5 XI
Ishan Kishan 18/20 3 XI
Sanju Samson 16/20 1 XI
Axar Patel 16/20 8 -
Arshdeep Singh 13/20 9 XI
Shivam Dube 11/20 7 -
Nitish Kumar Reddy 10/20 7 XI
Prince Yadav 10/20 9 XI
Naman Dhir 9/20 6 XI
Ravi Bishnoi 9/20 9 -
Mayank Yadav 9/20 11 -
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 8/20 1 -
Jasprit Bumrah 5/20 - -
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/20 8 XI
Washington Sundar 4/20 9 -
Yash Thakur 4/20 - -
Suryansh Shedge 3/20 7 -
Rinku Singh 2/20 6 -
Prasidh Krishna 2/20 10 -
Varun Chakaravarthy 2/20 - XI
Kuldeep Yadav 2/20 - -
Ashok Sharma 2/20 - -

India T20I Lineups Questions

What is India's predicted XI against Sri Lanka?

Until the toss, India's last XI stands as the predicted one, from 1 Nov 2026 against New Zealand: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Who opens the batting for India?

Over the last 20 T20Is, Sanju Samson batted at one 12 times and Abhishek Sharma at two 18 times.

Who bats at three for India?

Ishan Kishan, 14 times in the last 20 T20Is, then Sanju Samson (3).

Who has played every T20I for India recently?

Abhishek Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma played all of India's last 20 T20Is.