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The T20 World Cup 2026 will be held in 8 venues - 5 in India and 3 in Sri Lanka. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host the final, while the two semi-finals will be held at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

If Pakistan qualify for the semis, the Kolkata semi will instead be played in Colombo. If Pakistan reach the final, it will be played in Colombo, not Ahmedabad.

Here are the two pre-seeded pots for the Super 8 stage:

Group 1: India, Australia, West Indies, South Africa

Group 2: England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Only if one of these teams fail to qualify from the initial group phase, they will be directly replaced by the team that qualified instead of them. The group positioning will not matter.

India will face Australia, South Africa and West Indies in the Super 8 stage, if all favourites go through without a fuss. The Super 8s are pre-seeded, and not decided based on group ranking.

Apart from the India vs Pakistan clash on February 15, here's a list of some more high-profile group stage fixtures at the T20 World Cup 2026:

Feb 8 - NZ v AFG

Feb 10 - PAK v USA

Feb 11 - SA v AFG

Feb 11 - ENG v WI

Feb 14 - NZ v SA

Feb 16 - AUS v SL

On most days of the T20 World Cup 2026, three group stage games will take place on each day. On days with three games, the first one will start at 11:00 AM IST, the second at 3:00 PM IST, and the third at 7:00 PM IST.

India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has predicted that India and Australia will face off in the T20 World Cup 2026 final. That would mark the repeat of the Cricket World Cup 2024 final, which India lost in heartbreaking fashion. Remember, the final will be held on March 8 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Take a look at every single fixture announced for the T20 World Cup 2026! Some spicy contests to take place in the group stage, after which we will have the Super 8 and then the semis and final!

The schedule for ICC Men's @T20WorldCup 2026 is here!
The matches and groups were unveiled at a gala event in Mumbai led by ICC Chairman @JayShah, and with new tournament ambassador @ImRo45 and Indian team captains @surya_14kumar and Harmanpreet Kaur in attendance.
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— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) November 25, 2025

India's current T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav speaks on captaining his nation at a World Cup: "It's challenging going into the World cup, I am excited to lead the team. When we were in West Indies, we used to hear the national anthem every game."

India's Women's World Cup 2025-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur speaks on the historic triumph: "It's been a month since the win. Whenever I try to calm myself, I get reminded of the win. Rohit also told me how it was to win the first ICC cup. It's very special."

Here are the full official groups of the T20 World Cup 2026. Some juicy fixtures!

Group A: India, Pakistan, USA, Netherlands, Namibia

Group B: Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Oman

Group C: England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Nepal, Italy

Group D: South Africa, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Canada, UAE

Rohit Sharma, on being named ambassador: "It's a huge honour to be an ambassador for the event. I was told that no one's being an ambassador while playing. Hopefully we create the magic like last year, with a different set of boys. It's a huge task to win this World Cup. I played this tournament for 18 years. After winning the first, there was a drought. We saw the happiness spread in the country with the sport we play."

Legendary India cricketer Rohit Sharma, who was the winning captain of the 2024 edition, has been announced by ICC chairman Jay Shah as the brand ambassador of the T20 World Cup 2026! Rohit is a two-time T20 World Cup winner, having won it in 2007 and 2024, announcing his retirement from T20 cricket after the victory in the latter.

A two-time @t20worldcup champion, a record-setter across T20 World Cups and now the tournament ambassador for ICC Men's #T20WorldCup 2026
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— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) November 25, 2025

"For Women's World Cup 2025, it was our aim to propel the women's cricket team deeper. The win of women's cricket was a start of a socio-cultural event in India. We want to make the next T20 World Cup the most accessibly cricket event," says ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta, as per NDTV's Anuj Rayate, who is present at the schedule announcement.

The T20 World Cup 2026 will be a big moment for Italy. A nation that has won 4 FIFA World Cups will now be making its debut on the global stage in cricket. Italy have been placed alongside England, West Indies, Bangladesh and Nepal.

The T20 World Cup is returning to India for the first time in 10 years. It was last held in India in 2016, when the hosts suffered semi-final heartbreak to West Indies, as the latter went on to lift their second title.

A grand event is taking place for the official announcement of the T20 World Cup 2026 schedule. ICC chairman Jay Shah, India's T20 World Cup 2024-winning captain Rohit Sharma and India's Women's World Cup 2025-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur are among the star names in attendance.

India have been placed alongside Pakistan, USA, the Netherlands and Namibia. India will begin their campaign on February 7 against the USA. Here are all of India's fixtures:

Feb 7, 2026 - India vs USA (Mumbai)

Feb 12, 2026 - India vs Namibia (Delhi)

Feb 15, 2026 - India vs Pakistan (Colombo)

Feb 18, 2026 - India vs Netherlands (Ahmedabad)

The T20 World Cup 2026 will kickstart on February 7, 2026, with a match between Pakistan and Netherlands at Colombo. The final will be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 8.

However, if Pakistan reach the final, it will be held in Colombo.

India and Pakistan have been placed in the same group! The T20 World Cup 2026 schedule has officially been announced, with the two Asian rivals facing off on February 15, in Colombo.

OFFICIAL: The T20 World Cup 2026 schedule will be revealed at 7 PM. The wait isn't too long from now. India and Pakistan are expected to be in the same group, according to reports, while there is also intrigue regarding the groups of giants like Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and New Zealand.

We are just a few minutes away from the official announcement of the T20 World Cup 2026 schedule announcement. Are the reports going to be proven true and we'll be served another India-Pakistan contest? Stay tuned to NDTV Sports, as we bring you all the live updates.

"With only 10 T20Is left before the T20 World Cup, you won't see many changes happening in the squad proper unless someone is ruled out due to any specific injury," a BCCI source privy to development told PTI.

"One of the biggest reasons being continuity and the 15 chosen for the series against South Africa won't be tinkered with because of the short turnaround time," it added.

India have a total of 10 maches to play before they co-host the T20 World Cup 2026 with Sri Lanka. The Indian team will play South Africa in a series of five matches. After the Proteas, India will host New Zealand for their final series of five games before the world event begins.

A total of nine editions of the T20 World Cup, which began in 2007, have taken place so far. India (2007 and 2024), England (2010 and 2022), and West Indies (2012 and 2016) are the joint-most successful sides with two titles each to their credit. Australia (2021), Sri Lanka (2014), and Pakistan (2008) have bagged the trophy one time apiece.

The schedule for the T20 World Cup 2026 is expected to be announced after 6:30 PM IST. While India and Pakistan are all set to get the same group, it will be interesting to see how other teams are grouped.

The ICC tournament rules mandate teams to submit their final 15-member squad, a month prior to the commencement of the tournament. The selection committee will announce their picks with an option to make changes till a specified cut-off date.

India won their second T20 World Cup title with a narrow 7-run win in the final in Barbados last year. The match went down to the wire, with the then Rohit Sharma-led side eventually clinching the trophy. Notably, India also won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2007.

India and Pakistan have faced off 8 times previously in T20 World Cups, with India winning a whopping 7 times. Pakistan's only victory over India came in the 2021 edition. India's most notable victory over Pakistan came in the final of the inaugural edition in 2007.

According to several reports, the USA will be placed in the same group as India and Pakistan, and that could be a big test for the two Asian giants. Remember, the USA were also in the same group as India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2024. India were given a few scares, while Pakistan were outright defeated by the USA.

If India move to the Super Eight stage, their three Super-Eight clashes will be held in Ahmedabad, Chennai and Kolkata. If India make it to the semifinals, their match will be held in Mumbai. The other semifinal location is Colombo or Kolkata, depending on whether Pakistan or Sri Lanka qualify. The final will be played in Ahmedabad. But if Pakistan makes it to the title clash, it is likely to be moved to Colombo, an ANI report stated.

The format of the tournament is unchanged, with 20 teams divided into groups of four with five teams each. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super Eight stage, where the teams will be divided into groups of four. The top two teams from each will move to the semifinals.

As per multiple reports, the 2026 edition of the tournament will be held from February 7 to March 8, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, with Pakistan playing all their games at Colombo or Kandy.

India will start their campaign against the USA in Mumbai on February 7, the opening day of the tournament, following which the Men in Blue will head to Delhi for the clash against Namibia scheduled for February 12. After this, India will take on Pakistan on Feburary 15 in Colombo. Their final group game would be against the Netherlands at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on February 18.

Here are the 20 teams that have qualified for the world event to be held in 2026 -

India (host), Sri Lanka (host), Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, United States, West Indies, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.

It is an open secret that India and Pakistan will be grouped together for T20 World Cup 2026. According to ESPNCricinfo, USA, Namibia, and the Netherlands will be the other teams to join the arch-rivals in that group.

The much-anticipated India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026 contest will mark the first time the two teams square off following a trilogy of heated matches that India won during this year's Asia Cup, which also saw plenty of on-and-off-field controversy.

India and Pakistan will be locking horns with each other in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup next year in Colombo on February 15, as per the tournament schedule, which the International Cricket Council (ICC) will unveil in Mumbai today, said an ANI report.

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