The 2026 team was comprised of:
- Tejas Pugalia (Captain) [Modern Indian School]
- Veda Kalra [Vasant Valley School]
- Manveer Pratap Rathore [Emerald Heights International School]
- Adyant Gupta [Cathedral & John Connon School]
- Zaynah Lucien [Cathedral & John Connon School]
Team India 2026 finished as the Runners-Up at the World Schools Debating Championship under Tejas Pugalia’s captaincy. Team India’s campaign demonstrated consistency and control across the tournament. In the preliminary rounds, the team faced Netherlands, Brazil, Malaysia, Estonia, Philippines, Singapore, and the USA, finishing with a 6–2 record to place sixth overall. In the knockout stages, they advanced past Japan in the octofinal, USA in the quarterfinal, and Kenya in the semifinal, before losing against Canada. Tejas Pugalia was ranked best open speaker and best ESL speaker of the tournament, Veda Kalra placed fourth-best open and second-best ESL speaker, and Adyant Gupta placed ninth-best open and sixth-best ESL speaker.