Former India player Sanjay Bangar has said that a potentially fit Washington Sundar is unlikely to get a place in India’s playing XI for their T20 World Cup 2026 match against Namibia. However, he added that Jasprit Bumrah will likely return to the XI as well. However, India will take on Namibia in their second T20 World Cup 2026 Group A game in Delhi on Thursday, February 12 as well.

During an interaction on the Star Sports show ‘Follow the Blues,’ Bangar said, “It’s great news that Washington Sundar is going to be joining the team because the Indian team were patient with him. They have high confidence in his abilities, and the very fact that they persisted with him despite not being available for the start of the tournament means that they want to play with a similar combination. If, say for instance, a spin-bowling all-rounder is not available, then Washington Sundar can certainly come in. But I don’t see him playing in Delhi. I certainly see Jasprit Bumrah making it to the playing XI, and the player to miss out would be the in-form Mohammed Siraj.”

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However, Sanjay Bangar was also asked about the lessons for Team India ahead of their T20 World Cup 2026 clash against Namibia as well.

“I don’t think Indian batters should overanalyze what happened at Wankhede against USA because the kind of approach the Indian batting bats with nowadays in T20 cricket, it is obviously fraught with risk. On days like that, when maybe a couple of wickets fall, and you still want to keep going hard, you are going to lose wickets in clutches,” he added.

“So it is one learning. Maybe slow down a little bit, but do not have too much of a doubt in terms of your approach because that fearless approach has given you a lot of success. So keep backing your abilities and keep playing the way this Indian batting has approached T20 cricket over the last 18 months or so,” Sanjay Bangar concluded.