England announced their provisional squad for the 2026 T20I World Cup, with Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue named despite injury setbacks. England’s new leader Harry Brook along with attacking batters like Phil Salt and Tom Banton get a place. One of the white-ball greats, Jos Buttler, will be there as the most senior player and prominent all-rounder Sam Curran who won the man of the series award in the 2022 T20 World Cup is also in the squad.
Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue get a place in the team
Archer and Tongue are named in the team despite injury setbacks, Archer will not travel with the team to Sri Lanka as he will continue his rehab, after sustaining a side strain in the third test of the Ashes. Meanwhile, Josh Tongue who has a good Ashes so far, has been rewarded with his maiden T20I call-up and has been selected in the squad for the Sri Lanka tour as well. While Brydon Carse features in the Sri Lanks touring squad but is not part of the provisional World Cup sqaud set up.
England provisional squad for T20 World Cup and T20I squad for Sri Lanka tour
Harry Brook (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer* (T20 World Cup only), Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse* (Sri Lanka tour only), Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood
These players will also visit for the Sri Lanka series which is going to start from 30th January.
Eight players from the previous World Cup have retained their spots. Brook's inclusion as captain remains the major change. Stalwart players like Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone missed out on the mission.
