News India Live, Digital Desk: Due to citizenship and eligibility rules in cricket, it has now become quite common to play from one country to another. The 2026 T20 World Cup includes many players who were earlier part of some other big team, but are now taking the field in New Jersey. Key ‘two-nation’ players of the 2026 T20 World CupPlayer NameCountry 1 (earlier)Country 2 (current)Main informationTim DavidSingaporeAustraliaAfter playing 14 matches for Singapore, he is now Australia’s main finisher. Ishan Kishan*India (Discussion) (Reference: Recent reports have discussed the race for Kishan and Samson, but they are playing only for India). JJ Smuts (JJ Smuts) South Africa (Italy) After playing for South Africa, he is now leading Italy in the 2026 World Cup. Tom Bruce (Tom Bruce) New Zealand (Scotland) Former Kiwi team batsman is now seen in Scotland’s jersey. Sheehan JayasuriyaSri LankaUSAFormer Sri Lankan all-rounder is now strengthening the US team.Corey AndersonNew ZealandUSACorey, who made the record of the fastest ODI century, is now playing for America.Other famous players who changed their palayThere have been many greats in history who have played T20 Internationals for two countries: Roelof van der Merwe: South Africa and Netherlands.David Wiese: South Africa and Namibia.Mark Chapman: Hong Kong and New Zealand. Dirk Nannes: Netherlands and Australia. Eoin Morgan: Ireland and England. Why do players change their country? There are mainly three big reasons behind this: Better opportunities: Due to not getting a place in their original team, players move to Associate Nations. Residency rule: Getting citizenship of another country after living there for a long time. Family heritage: Native country of parents An emotional decision to play for Samoa (such as Ross Taylor’s decision to play for Samoa).