ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule Announcement Live Update: Defending champions and co-hosts India will find out their schedule and where they will play their T20 World Cup games in a few minutes when they attempt a title defence at next year’s T20 World Cup. The schedule and venue list for the T20 World Cup 2026 will be released today. The schedule announcement will reveal dates and venues for the 20-team tournament, that is scheduled to run from February to March across India and Sri Lanka. One of the biggest interests in the T20 World Cup schedule reveal will be when India will meet Pakistan.
The 2026 T20 World Cup tournament will be played in the same format as the 2024 event, that India won defeating South Africa. The 20 teams who have qualified will be placed in four different groups of five sides each. Then, the will play the Super Eight stage where the top two finishers from each group will compete. Then the top two four sides will compete in the semi-finals.
This year’s edition will also have teams like Canada, Italy, Nepal, the Netherlands, Namibia among top sides like India, England, Australia and New Zealand.
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ICC chief Jay Shah reveals that the World Cup will be played at eight venues: this includes five Indian cities: Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. Meanwhile two venues from Colombo, Premadasa Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club will host the World Cup. Besides these two, the third Sri Lankan venue will be in Kandy.
Rohit Sharma has been announced as the brand ambassador for the T20 World Cup.
The World Cup will happen from 7th February to 8th of March, we can now reveal. So the final will be March 8!
Former India captain Rohit Sharma, current India t20 captain Suryakumar Yadav and current India women's captain Harmanpreet Kaur are in attendance at the ceremony to reveal the schedule and the venues for the T20 World Cup. Also present is Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews.
We're just a couple of minutes away from the big reveal.
India boast an impressive win percentage in T20Is since the T20 World Cup that India won.
India have a win percentage of 86.7 per cent while Australia are a close second with 81 per cent.
An insane stat about India’s T20 side that will provide solace for Indian cricket fans currently looking at the Test team’s fortunes against South Africa: since the Men in Blue recaptured the T20 World Cup last year, the defending champions have won each of the seven T20I series they have been a part of, with their most recent being a 2-1 series victory in Australia.
The Indian team, who are the defending champions heading to the 2026 edition besides being the co-hosts, are chasing a few records at next year's extravaganza:
They are looking to be the first team to defend the title. They are looking to be the first team to lift the trophy at home, which has not been done in nine editions. India are looking to be the first team to win the T20 World Cup for the third time. So far, three teams have won it twice.
The T20 World Cup to start on February 7th, we can now reveal. The rest of the updates are awaited.
Here's a list of former T20 World Cup champions from the past: Defending champions and hosts India have won the event twice. So have West Indies and England. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Australia have won the event one time each.
There are the 20 teams that will compete in the T20 World Cup next year, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
A couple of surprise teams in the fray: Italy for example. The Italians these days struggle to make the cut for the FIFA World Cup. But they are here in the T20 World Cup, trying to script a Cinderella story.
So the moment we are all waiting for is coming shortly! The schedule for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka next month is dropping in a few minutes.
There is a possibility that Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium will be hosting a semi-final while the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host the final!
We shall soon soon enough! Stay tuned for all the latest updates
An insane stat about India's T20 side that will provide solace for Indian cricket fans currently looking at the Test team's fortunes against South Africa: since the Men in Blue recaptured the T20 World Cup last year, the defending champions have won each of the seven T20I series they have been a part of, with their most recent being a 2-1 series victory in Australia.
In this phase, India have won 26 T20 games while only losing four games since becoming T20 World Cup winners.
With the World Cup happening at home and in Sri Lanka, Suryakumar Yadav and Co's form has been impeccable.
Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium has been shortlisted to host one of the semi-finals while Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium will host the opener and final of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2026 which is likely to start from February 7 to March 8. Ahmedabad had hosted both marquee matches for the 2023 World Cup as well.
The Indian Express' Devendra Pandey understands that in case there is a semi-final clash between India and Pakistan then both countries will play in Colombo and second semi-final will be held in Mumbai.
The ICC has made it clear to the Indian board that if Sri Lanka qualifies for the semi-finals, the neighbouring country will be playing in Colombo. And if Pakistan comes in the final, the tournament summit clash will be played at a neutral venue.
The Indian board has made it clear that the India and Pakistan game will be played in Colombo as per the agreement signed before, which will allow India and Pakistan to play their league games in a third nation.
Here's a list of all the 20 teams in action at next year's T20 World Cup:
India (Tournament Hosts), Sri Lanka (Tournament Hosts), Afghanistan (Top 7 finish T20WC 2024), Australia (Top 7 finish T20WC 2024), Bangladesh Top 7 finish T20WC 2024), England (Top 7 finish T20WC 2024), South Africa (Top 7 finish T20WC 2024), USA (Top 7 finish T20WC 2024), West Indies (Top 7 finish T20WC 2024), Ireland (ICC Men's T20 Team Rankings), New Zealand (ICC Men's T20 Team Rankings), Pakistan (ICC Men's T20 Team Rankings), Canada (Americas Qualifier), Italy (Europe Qualifier), Netherlands (Europe Qualifier), Namibia (Africa Qualifier), Zimbabwe (Africa Qualifier), Nepal (Asia/EAP Qualifier), Oman (Asia/EAP Qualifier), UAE (Asia/EAP Qualifier).
According to a report in The Indian Express, there is also no clarity on whether Bengaluru and Lucknow will be considered as venues to host games.
The Indian board has already decided that those venues that hosted the ICC Women’s 50-over World Cup won’t be considered to host the men’s tournament. Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, Indore and Navi Mumbai hosted the Women’s ODI World Cup matches in India.
According to a report from The Indian Express' Devendra Pandey, Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium is in line to play host to the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 final, the blue-riband game of the event. India are co-hosts of the T20 World Cup with Sri Lanka.
Pandey also reported that in a meeting held among top BCCI officials, it was decided that this time the World Cup will be played in fewer cities compared to the 2023 World Cup, and each venue is expected to get at least six games each.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had shortlisted Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. It is learnt that three stadiums in Sri Lanka will host the matches, but there is no clarity over which those venues would be.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the T20 World Cup schedule announcement where defending champions India, who are also the co-hosts of the 2026 T20 World Cup next year with Sri Lanka, will find out the dates of their title defence.
Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium is shortlisted to host the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 final as the International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to announce the schedule in the coming days.
The Indian Express understands that in a meeting held among top BCCI officials, it was decided that this time the World Cup will be played in fewer cities compared to the 2023 World Cup, and each venue is expected to get at least six games each.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had shortlisted Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. It is learnt that three stadiums in Sri Lanka will host the matches, but there is no clarity over which those venues would be.
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