ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Full Schedule: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the 10th edition of the tournament, will be held from February 7 to March 8, 2026, and will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. A total of 20 teams will compete in the month-long event. The month-long tournament will feature 20 teams, divided into four groups of five teams each. The opening day will feature three matches. Pakistan will face the Netherlands in Colombo in the first match, followed by West Indies against Scotland in Kolkata. Defending champions India will take on the United States in the final match of the day at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Format
Each team will play four matches in the group stage. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super 8 stage.
The Super 8s will be divided into two groups of four teams. Each side will play three matches in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each Super 8 group will advance to the semifinals.
Groups
Group A: India, Pakistan, United States, Netherlands, Namibia
Group B: Australia, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Oman
Group C: England, West Indies, Nepal, Italy, Scotland
Group D: New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Venues
Matches will be played across five venues in India and three in Sri Lanka.
India venues:
Arun Jaitley Stadium (New Delhi), Eden Gardens (Kolkata), MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai), Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad), Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai)
Sri Lanka venues:
R Premadasa Stadium (Colombo), Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (Kandy), Sinhalese Sports Club (Colombo)
The ICC said one semifinal and the final venues will depend on team qualification. If India reach the semifinals, their match will be played in Mumbai. If Pakistan qualify, their semifinal will be held in Colombo.
Squads and Players List
Group A
India: 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, Rinku Singh
USA: Monank Patel (c), Jessy Singh, Andries Gous, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milind Kumar, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamala, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Harmeet Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Shubham Ranjane
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelmann, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Louren Steenkamp, Malan Kruger, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, JC Balt, Dylan Leicher, WP Myburgh, Max Heingo
Reserve: Alexander Volschenk
Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Noah Croes, Bas de Leede, Aryan Dutt, Fred Klaassen, Kyle Klein, Michael Levitt, Zach Lion-Cachet, Max O'Dowd, Logan van Beek, Timm van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Saqib Zulfiqar
Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq
Group B
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Janith Perera, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Matheesha Pathirana, Eshan Malinga
Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (c), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Brendan Taylor
Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Ben Calitz, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphreys, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Tim Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young
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, Aamir Kaleem
Group C
England: 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: Shai Hope (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd
Italy: Wayne Madsen (c), Marcus Campopiano, Gian Piero Meade, Zain Ali, Ali Hasan, Crishan Jorge Kalugamage, Harry Manenti, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, Syed Naqvi, Benjamin Manenti, Jaspreet Singh, JJ Smuts, Grant Stewart, Thomas Draca
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Sundeep Jora, Aarif Sheikh, Basir Ahamad, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sher Malla, Lokesh Bam
Scotland: Richie Berrington (c), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ihsan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheal
Travelling reserves: Jasper Davidson, Jack Jarvis
Non-travelling reserves: Mackenzie Jones, Chris McBride, Charlie Tear
Group D
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmad, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Ishaq Rahimi, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi
Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai, Farid Ahmad Malik
Canada: Dilpreet Bajwa (c), Ajayveer Hundal, Ansh Patel, Dilon Heyliger, Harsh Thaker, Jaskarandeep Singh, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Shreyas Movva, Yuvraj Samra
UAE: Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rohid Khan, Sohaib Khan, Simranjeet Singh
ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule
| Date | Match | Time (Local / GMT) | Stadium |
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| Feb 7 | Netherlands vs Pakistan | 11:00 / 05:30 | SSC, Colombo |
| Feb 7 | Scotland vs West Indies | 15:00 / 09:30 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Feb 7 | India vs USA | 19:00 / 13:30 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Feb 8 | Afghanistan vs New Zealand | 11:00 / 05:30 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Feb 8 | England vs Nepal | 15:00 / 09:30 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Feb 8 | Sri Lanka vs Ireland | 19:00 / 13:30 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Feb 9 | Scotland vs Italy | 11:00 / 05:30 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Feb 9 | Oman vs Zimbabwe | 15:00 / 09:30 | SSC, Colombo |
| Feb 9 | Canada vs South Africa | 19:00 / 13:30 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 10 | Namibia vs Netherlands | 11:00 / 05:30 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Feb 10 | New Zealand vs UAE | 15:00 / 09:30 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Feb 10 | Pakistan vs USA | 19:00 / 13:30 | SSC, Colombo |
| Feb 11 | Afghanistan vs South Africa | 11:00 / 05:30 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 11 | Australia vs Ireland | 15:00 / 09:30 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Feb 11 | England vs West Indies | 19:00 / 13:30 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Feb 12 | Sri Lanka vs Oman | 11:00 / 05:30 | Pallekele Stadium, Kandy |
| Feb 12 | Italy vs Nepal | 15:00 / 09:30 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Feb 12 | India vs Namibia | 19:00 / 13:30 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Feb 13 | Australia vs Zimbabwe | 11:00 / 05:30 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Feb 13 | Canada vs UAE | 15:00 / 09:30 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Feb 13 | Netherlands vs USA | 19:00 / 13:30 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Feb 14 | Ireland vs Oman | 11:00 / 05:30 | SSC, Colombo |
| Feb 14 | Scotland vs England | 15:00 / 09:30 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Feb 14 | New Zealand vs South Africa | 19:00 / 13:30 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 15 | Nepal vs West Indies | 11:00 / 05:30 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Feb 15 | Namibia vs USA | 15:00 / 09:30 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Feb 15 | India vs Pakistan | 19:00 / 13:30 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Feb 16 | Afghanistan vs UAE | 11:00 / 05:30 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Feb 16 | England vs Italy | 15:00 / 09:30 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Feb 16 | Australia vs Sri Lanka | 19:00 / 13:30 | Pallekele Stadium, Kandy |
| Feb 17 | Canada vs New Zealand | 11:00 / 05:30 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Feb 17 | Ireland vs Zimbabwe | 15:00 / 09:30 | Pallekele Stadium, Kandy |
| Feb 17 | Scotland vs Nepal | 19:00 / 13:30 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Feb 18 | South Africa vs UAE | 11:00 / 05:30 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Feb 18 | Namibia vs Pakistan | 15:00 / 09:30 | SSC, Colombo |
| Feb 18 | India vs Netherlands | 19:00 / 13:30 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 19 | Italy vs West Indies | 11:00 / 05:30 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Feb 19 | Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe | 15:00 / 09:30 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Feb 19 | Afghanistan vs Canada | 19:00 / 13:30 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Feb 20 | Australia vs Oman | 19:00 / 13:30 | Pallekele Stadium, Kandy |
| Feb 21 | TBD vs TBD | 19:00 / 13:30 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Feb 22 | TBD vs TBD | 15:00 / 09:30 | Pallekele Stadium, Kandy |
| Feb 22 | TBD vs TBD | 19:00 / 13:30 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 23 | TBD vs TBD | 19:00 / 13:30 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Feb 24 | TBD vs TBD | 19:00 / 13:30 | Pallekele Stadium, Kandy |
| Feb 25 | TBD vs TBD | 19:00 / 13:30 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Feb 26 | TBD vs TBD | 15:00 / 09:30 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Feb 26 | TBD vs TBD | 19:00 / 13:30 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Feb 27 | TBD vs TBD | 19:00 / 13:30 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Feb 28 | TBD vs TBD | 19:00 / 13:30 | Pallekele Stadium, Kandy |
| Mar 1 | TBD vs TBD | 15:00 / 09:30 | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Mar 1 | TBD vs TBD | 19:00 / 13:30 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Mar 4 | Semi-final 1 | 19:00 / 13:30 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata / Colombo |
| Mar 5 | Semi-final 2 | 19:00 / 13:30 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Mar 8 | Final | 19:00 / 13:30 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad / Colombo |
Broadcast Details
The ICC T20 World Cup 2026 will be broadcast live on Star Sports channels. Matches will also be live-streamed on Jio Hotstar in India.
