Canada Team: Schedule, Squad, Strengths, History, Probable Playing XI for T20 World Cup 2026

Strengths Canada have a good bowling attack and they on pitches that offer enough help they can surprise a few teams. They have already shown it in the last WT20 by defeating Ireland and they would be keen to do well once again in this tournament. Weaknesses Their batting department lacks fire power and they do not have a most of their batters struggle to play at a higher strike rate. They might struggle to set up above par totals on good batting pitches.

X Factor Left arm pacer, Kaleem Sana took 10 wickets in the Qualifiers and proved to be quite effective. He will play a crucial role for Canada in the upcoming WT20.

Preferred Playing XI Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa ©, Harsh Thaker, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva, Kaleem Sana,

Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Dilon Heyliger

Key Players to Watch Nicholas Kirton – He will be a key player for Canada in the middle order. He has scored 744 runs in 36 T20I matches. The left-hand batter has a good record in white ball cricket.

Saad Bin Zafar – The left arm spinner will be key in the middle overs. He has picked up 72 wickets in 65 T20I matches and can also be handy with the bat lower down the order.

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T20 World Cup history Snapshot

2024 WT20 was their inaugural appearance and Canada had finished fourth in the group stage, but had managed to secure three points. They also had a 12-run win over Ireland. Canada qualified for the 2026 WT20 by winning the ICC Americas Regional Final. They played six games and won all of them to seal their spot in this WT20.

World Cup 2026 Fixtures 9th FEB vs South Africa 13th FEB vs UAE 17th FEB vs New Zealand 19th FEB vs Afghanistan

Canada Team T20 World Cup 2026 Dilpreet Bajwa ©, Ajayveer Hundal, Ansh Patel, Dilon Heyliger, Harsh Thaker, Jaskarandeep Buttar, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Shreyas Movva, Yuvraj Samra.