Big blow for Zimbabwe! Brendan Taylor out, Ben Curran roped into T20 World Cup 2026 squad

Curran was named as a replacement when Taylor was ruled out after sustaining a right hamstring injury during the match against Oman on February 9.

The replacement of a player requires the approval of the Event Technical Committee before the replacement player can be officially added to the squad.

The Event Technical committee of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 consists of Wasim Khan (Chair, ICC General Manager - Cricket), Gaurav Saxena (ICC General Manager – Events & Corporate Communications, IBC representative), Hemang Amin (Tournament Director, host representative) and Shaun Pollock (Independent nominee).