The 2026 T20 World Cup begins on February 7 and concludes on March 8. Eight locations in Sri Lanka and India have been selected to host the 2026 T20 World Cup. All of Pakistan's games will be place in Sri Lanka.
As the worldwide cricketing event gets ready to begin next month, the final teams for the T20 World Cup 2026 have begun to settle in. Former champions Australia and England have already announced their provincial squads for the T20 World Cup 2026, but defending champions India were the first to do so.
India and Sri Lanka will co-host the 10th T20 World Cup. Pakistan will play all of their games in Sri Lanka, including the knockout stages if they qualify, even though the majority of the competition will take place in India. On February 7, the 2026 T20 World Cup will begin.
On the first day, there will be up to three games, including a match between the USA and the hosts, India. March 8 is the date of the final. Four groups of five teams each have been formed from twenty teams. In the group stage, each team will play four games. The top two teams advance to the Super 8 stage, where eight teams will be split into two groups.
Each group's top two Super 8 teams advance to the semifinals. It should be mentioned that eight seeded teams were revealed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) before the competition. The ICC claims that the seeding was done for practical reasons.
In the Super 8 stage, the seedings will be taken into consideration. Regardless of where they finished in the group round, the eight seeded teams will occupy their designated spots in the Super 8 stage. The slot of the seeded team that did not advance to the following round would be taken by an unseeded team that qualifies for the Super 8 round.
For instance, regardless of where they end up in Group A, India and Pakistan have been seeded as A1 and A2.
|
Date |
Match |
Venue |
Time
(IST) |
|
February
7 |
Pakistan
vs Netherlands (Group A) |
SSC,
Colombo |
11:00
AM |
|
February
7 |
West
Indies vs Bangladesh (Group C) |
Kolkata |
3:00 PM |
|
February
7 |
India
vs USA (Group A) |
Mumbai |
7:00 PM |
|
February
8 |
New
Zealand vs Afghanistan (Group D) |
Chennai |
11:00
AM |
|
February
8 |
England
vs Nepal (Group C) |
Mumbai |
3:00 PM |
|
February
8 |
Sri
Lanka vs Ireland (Group B) |
RPS,
Colombo |
7:00 PM |
|
February
9 |
Bangladesh
vs Italy (Group C) |
Kolkata |
11:00
AM |
|
February
9 |
Zimbabwe
vs Oman (Group B) |
SSC,
Colombo |
3:00 PM |
|
February
9 |
South
Africa vs Canada (Group D) |
Ahmedabad |
7:00 PM |
|
February
10 |
Netherlands
vs Namibia (Group A) |
Delhi |
11:00
AM |
|
February
10 |
New
Zealand vs UAE (Group D) |
Chennai |
3:00 PM |
|
February
10 |
Pakistan
vs USA (Group A) |
SSC,
Colombo |
7:00 PM |
|
February
11 |
South
Africa vs Afghanistan (Group D) |
Ahmedabad |
11:00
AM |
|
February
11 |
Australia
vs Ireland (Group B) |
RPS,
Colombo |
3:00 PM |
|
February
11 |
England
vs West Indies (Group C) |
Mumbai |
7:00 PM |
|
February
12 |
Sri
Lanka vs Oman (Group B) |
Kandy |
11:00
AM |
|
February
12 |
Nepal
vs Italy (Group C) |
Mumbai |
3:00 PM |
|
February
12 |
India
vs Namibia (Group A) |
Delhi |
7:00 PM |
|
February
13 |
Australia
vs Zimbabwe (Group B) |
RPS,
Colombo |
11:00
AM |
|
February
13 |
Canada
vs UAE (Group D) |
Delhi |
3:00 PM |
|
February
13 |
USA vs
Netherlands (Group A) |
Chennai |
7:00 PM |
|
February
14 |
Ireland
vs Oman (Group B) |
SSC,
Colombo |
11:00
AM |
|
February
14 |
England
vs Bangladesh (Group C) |
Kolkata |
3:00 PM |
|
February
14 |
New
Zealand vs South Africa (Group D) |
Ahmedabad |
7:00 PM |
|
February
15 |
West
Indies vs Nepal (Group C) |
Mumbai |
11:00
AM |
|
February
15 |
USA vs
Namibia (Group A) |
Chennai |
3:00 PM |
|
February
15 |
India
vs Pakistan (Group A) |
RPS,
Colombo |
7:00 PM |
|
February
16 |
Afghanistan
vs UAE (Group D) |
Delhi |
11:00
AM |
|
February
16 |
England
vs Italy (Group C) |
Kolkata |
3:00 PM |
|
February
16 |
Australia
vs Sri Lanka (Group B) |
Kandy |
7:00 PM |
|
February
17 |
New
Zealand vs Canada (Group D) |
Chennai |
11:00
AM |
|
February
17 |
Ireland
vs Zimbabwe (Group B) |
Kandy |
3:00 PM |
|
February
17 |
Bangladesh
vs Nepal (Group C) |
Mumbai |
7:00 PM |
|
February
18 |
South
Africa vs UAE (Group D) |
Delhi |
11:00
AM |
|
February
18 |
Pakistan
vs Namibia (Group A) |
SSC,
Colombo |
3:00 PM |
|
February
18 |
India
vs Netherlands (Group A) |
Ahmedabad |
7:00 PM |
|
February
19 |
West
Indies vs Italy (Group C) |
Kolkata |
11:00
AM |
|
February
19 |
Sri
Lanka vs Zimbabwe (Group B) |
RPS,
Colombo |
3:00 PM |
|
February
19 |
Afghanistan
vs Canada (Group D) |
Chennai |
7:00 PM |
|
February
20 |
Australia
vs Oman (Group B) |
Kandy |
7:00 PM |
|
February
21 |
Y2 vs
Y3 |
RPS,
Colombo |
7:00 PM |
|
February
22 |
Y1 vs
Y4 |
Kandy |
3:00 PM |
|
February
22 |
X1 vs
X4 |
Ahmedabad |
7:00 PM |
|
February
23 |
X2 vs
X3 |
Mumbai |
7:00 PM |
|
February
24 |
Y1 vs
Y3 |
Kandy |
7:00 PM |
|
February
25 |
Y2 vs
Y4 |
RPS,
Colombo |
7:00 PM |
|
February
26 |
X3 vs
X4 |
Ahmedabad |
3:00 PM |
|
February
26 |
X1 vs
X2 |
Chennai |
7:00 PM |
|
February
27 |
Y1 vs
Y2 |
RPS,
Colombo |
7:00 PM |
|
February
28 |
Y3 vs
Y4 |
Kandy |
7:00 PM |
|
March
1 |
X2 vs
X4 |
Delhi |
3:00 PM |
|
March 1 |
X1 vs
X3 |
Kolkata |
7:00 PM |
|
Semifinal
1 (March 4) |
TBD |
Kolkata/Colombo |
7:00 PM |
|
Semifinal
2 (March 5) |
TBD |
Mumbai |
7:00 PM |
|
Final
(March 8) |
TBD |
Ahmedabad/Colombo |
7:00 PM |
Venues for the 2026 T20 World Cup
Eight locations in Sri Lanka and India have been selected to host the T20 World Cup in 2026. The T20 World Cup 2026 will take place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Eden Gardens in Kolkata, and Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy and R Premadasa Stadium and Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo are two of the Sri Lankan locations.
Details about the 2026 T20 World Cup live streaming
The official broadcaster of the 2026 T20 World Cup in India is Star Sports. Every game will be broadcast live on Star Sports channels at the designated time. The JioStar app and website will offer live streaming of the 2026 T20 World Cup.
Group A Indian squads for the 2026 T20 World Cup include Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, and Rinku Singh.
USA: TBA
Namibia: TBA
Netherlands: TBA
Pakistan: TBA
Group B
Australia (provisional squad): Mitchell Marsh (C), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
Sri Lanka (preliminary squad): Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Janith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachchige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Milan Rathnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Eshan Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Traveen Mathew
Zimbabwe: TBA
Ireland: TBA
Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmad, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonavale, Shah Faisal, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedara, Jiten Ramanandi, Hasnain Ali Shah.
Group C
England (Provisional Squad): Harry Brook (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood
West Indies: TBA
Bangladesh: TBA
Italy: TBA
Nepal: TBA
Group D
South Africa: TBA
New Zealand: TBA
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (C), Noor Ahmad, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran; Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai and Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi.
Canada: TBA
UAE: TBA
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