India, Feb. 7 -- India will open their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign against the USA at a packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. Suryakumar Yadav and Co. take on a USA team with only four players born in the USA. Meanwhile, the rest of the players are from India, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka. For the hosts, all eyes will be on Ishan Kishan, who is expected to open the innings with Abhishek Sharma. The wicketkeeper-keeper is the favourite to open with Abhishek, instead of out-of-form Sanju Samson.

Kishan was in hot form during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and was initially picked as the back-up wicketkeeper-batter. But then Samson flopped in the New Zealand series, and Kishan responded with a sensational comeback performance....