ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule: The 10th edition of the T20 World Cup is scheduled to be played between February 07 and March 08, 2025. The tournament is set to be played in India and Sri Lanka, with India set to defend their title.

Initially, Sri Lanka was set to host the entire tournament, but with the expansion of the tournament, it was decided that Sri Lanka would co-host with India.

India will be aiming to defend the title, which it won in the previous edition of the tournament, having defeated South Africa in the finals.

With the tournament drawing near, every participating team has started releasing information on their squads, official jerseys, training kits, support staff, and the ticket booking portals for the global event.

Ahead of the season’s start, the ICC has unveiled the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 ticket booking link with price details for the fans to book their tickets.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026

A total of 55 matches will be played between 20 teams during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

In addition to the two hosts, the top 7 teams from the previous tournament automatically qualified, as did the next 3 teams in the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings. The remaining 8 teams were decided via a regional qualification process.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule

As per the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 schedule, the first match will be played between Pakistan and the Netherlands on February 07 at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Squad

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Squad: The participating 20 teams will be divided into four groups of five teams. Squad details will be updated here right after the official announcement.

Pakistan

Salman Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk) Usman Tariq

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

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

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

India

Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (VC), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj

United States of America

Monank Patel (c), Jessy Singh (vc), Ehsan Adil, Andries Gous, Shayan Jahangir, Shehan Jayasuriya, Aaron Jones, Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Milind Kumar, Mohammad Mohsin, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shubham Netravalkar, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Rushil Ugarkar, Shadley van Schalkwyk

New Zealand

Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi

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, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi

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

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

Sri Lanka

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, Pramod Madushan

Ireland

Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Ben Calitz, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphreys, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Tim Tector, Lorcan Tucker (vc), Ben White, Craig Young, Sam Topping

Italy

Wayne Madsen (c), Marcus Campopiano, Gian Piero Meade, Zain Ali, Ali Hasan, Crishan Jorge, Harry Manenti, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, Syed Naqvi, Benjamin Manenti, Jaspreet Singh, JJ Smuts, Grant Stewart, Thomas Draca

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, Ben Curran

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.

South Africa

Aiden Markram(c), Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi, Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje

Canada

Dilpreet Bajwa (c), Ajayveer Hundal, Ansh Patel, Dilon Heyliger, Harsh Thaker, Jaskarandeep Buttar, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Shreyas Movva, Yuvraj Samra

Namibia

Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelmann, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Louren Steenkamp, Malan Kruger, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jack Brassell, JC Balt, Dylan Leicher, WP Myburgh, Max Heingo, Alexander Volschenk

United Arab Emirates

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

Australia

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

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Format 

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Format: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 will follow the group stage, Super 8s and knockout stage format.

• The qualified 20 teams will be divided into 4 groups of five teams.
• The top 2 teams in each group will advance to the Super8 round.
• The qualified teams will be categorised into 2 groups of four teams, where the top 2 teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stage.
• In the knockout stage, a total of 2 semifinals and a final game will be played to decide the winner of the tournament.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Teams

The two hosting nations, along with the top 7 teams from the previous edition of the tournament, have qualified automatically for the tournament.

The remaining 3 automatic qualification spots were taken by the top-ranked teams in the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings.

The remaining 8 spots were filled via the ICC’s regional qualifiers – One from the Americas qualifier, two each from the Africa and Europe qualifiers and three from the Asia-EAP qualifiers.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Venues

A total of  8venues across the United States and the West Indies will host the 2026 edition of the tournament. Check out the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Venues below:

The 1st semi-final and finals will be decided with the qualification of Pakistan to the knockout stages, as the ICC brought an agreement with the BCCI and PCB on hosting the games between the rivals at a neutral venue after geopolitical tensions escalated with the Pahalgam attack in 2025.

FAQs

When will ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 begin?

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 will begin on February 07 with the final game scheduled to be played on March 08, 2026.

How many teams will participate in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026? 

A total of 20 teams will participate in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

Which country will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026? 

Sri Lanka and India will co-host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

When will India vs Pakistan match will be played in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026? 

India vs Pakistan match in Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 will be played on February 15.

How many venues will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026? 

A total of 8 venues across the United States and the West Indies will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.

• Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
• Eden Gardens, Kolkata
• Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
• R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
• Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
• Pallekele International Stadium, Pallekele
• Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
• M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai