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News India Live, Digital Desk: Recently, Punjab Kings’ explosive batsman Shashank Singh has revealed his “secret plan” to make the Indian team champion in the T20 World Cup to be held in the year 2026. Interestingly, Shashank has not been able to make his debut in international cricket yet, but there is no lack in his confidence.
Shashank Singh, who has grabbed everyone’s attention with his tremendous finishing abilities in the last two IPL seasons, has made two big predictions. First, he believes that his IPL franchise, Punjab Kings, will win the 2026 IPL title. And secondly, he has full confidence that he will play for India in the T20 World Cup to be held in India and Sri Lanka in 2026 and will also win the matches.
“If you ask about the team, Punjab Kings are definitely going to lift next year’s IPL. And I have another prediction, and that is that in the upcoming (T20) World Cup, I will play and I will win matches for the team. I don’t know how it will happen, but I am confident that it will happen,” he said in an interview with ESPNcricinfo.
33-year-old Shashank Singh had scored 354 runs in IPL 2024 at an average of 44.25 and a strike rate of 164.65, after which in IPL 2025 also he continued his brilliant performance by scoring 350 runs at an average of 50 and a strike rate of 153.50. He cited players like Suryakumar Yadav as his inspiration, who broke into the Indian T20 team after the age of 30. Joined and is now the captain, and Praveen Tambe Like the cricketer, who made his IPL debut at the age of 41.
Shashank also praised Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer and coach Ricky Ponting, under whose guidance the team finished runner-up in IPL 2025. He also praised Shreyas Iyer as his best captain till date.
Let us tell you that the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be jointly organized by India and Sri Lanka from February to March 2026. India is the defending champion, who won the 2024 T20 World Cup. The Indian team will aim to defend its title in the T20 World Cup 2026. The performance of IPL 2025 will play an important role in the final selection of the Indian team for this World Cup.
