The 10th edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be played in India and Sri Lanka.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 is hosted by the International Cricket Council. It takes place every two years. Presently, Jay Shah has been appointed as the chairman of ICC. It was first played in South Africa in 2007. This event was hosted by Sri Lanka (2012) and India (2016).
Italy has qualified for The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 for the first time. The final match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat. The former Indian captain has been appointed as the ambassador for International Cricket Council tournament.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Schedule
The schedule for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 is as follows. 20 teams will participate in the 10th edition of the T20 World Cup. India will be aiming to win this T20 World Cup for the second time with a squad of 15 players.
Group A:
India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (vc), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Shan Masood, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Abrar Ahmed, Salman Agha and Naseem Shah.
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Frylinck, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Zane Green, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelmann, Ben Shikongo, Malan Kruger, Bernard Scholtz, Dylan Leicher
Netherland: Scott Edwards (c), Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, alongside batsmen Max O’Dowd, Teja Nidamanuru, bowlers Aryan Dutt and Paul van Meekeren.
USA: Monank Patel (C), Aaron Jones, Steven Taylor, Harmeet Singh, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shayan Jahangir, Smit Patel, Harmeet Singh, Milind Kumar, Jasdeep Singh, Smit Patel, Harmeet Singh, Saiteja Mukkamall, Gajanand Singh, Sushant Modani, Ali Sheikh.
India and Pakistan will clash on February 15th at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Group B:
Australia: Pat Cummins(c), Travis Head, Adam Zampa, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Marcus Stoinis
Sri Lanka: 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, Traveen Mathew, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth.
Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (c), Richard Ngarava, Ryan Burl, Craig Ervine, Wellington Masakadza, Brad Evans, Clive Madande, Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Tayl, Blessing Muzarabani.
Oman: Jatinder Singh (Captain), Jiten Ramanandi, Aamir Kaleem, Aqib Ilyas, Zeeshan Maqsood, Karan Sonavale, Sufyan Yousuf, Hashir Dafedar, Bilal Shah, Ayan Khan, Aryan Bisht, Wasim Ali, Shakeel Ahmed, Bilal Khan, Fayyaz Butt, Jay Odedra, Muhammad Imran, Hassnain Ali Shah, Faisal Shah, Sandeep Goud, Vinayak Shukla, Zikria Islam.
Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Andy McBrine, Andrew Balbirnie, Harry Tector, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Mark Adair, Lorcan Tucker, Barry McCarthy, Ben White, Neil Rock, Tom Mayes, Stephen Doheny, Ross Adair.
Australia won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title in 2021.
Group C:
England: Jos Buttler (c), Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Mark Wood, Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Sam Curran, , Phil Salt,Joe Root, Tom Banton, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Tymal Mils, Chris Jordan, David Willey.
West Indies: Shai Hope (c), Alzarri Joseph, Kraigg Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Brandon King, Akeal Hosein, and Nicholas Pooran, alongside contracted stars such asJason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Rovman Powell, Alick Athanaze, Shamar Joseph, Daren Sammy, Jayden Seales.
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c): Kushal Bhurtel, Anil Kumar Sah, Sundeep Jora, Aasif Sheikh, Dependra Singh, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Sandeep, Kushal Malla, Lamichhane, Sompal Kami, Abinash Bohara, Lajit Rajbanshi
Italy: Wayne Madsen (c), Ben Manenti, Anthony Mosca, Emilio Gay, Dinuka Samarawickrama, Justin Mosca, Harry Manenti,Achintha Denuwan, Muhammad Khan, Gian-Piero Meade , Baljit Singh, Anik Ahmed, Jaspreet Singh, Anmoldeep Singh.
Bangladesh: Litton Das (c), Tanzim Hasan SakibShakib Al Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, and Towhid Hridoy, alongside others like Mahedi Hasan, Shoriful Islam.
Italy and Nepal are participating in this mega tournament for the first time.
Group D:
Canada: Saad Bin Zafar(c), Nicholas Kirton, Harsh Thakur, Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Dilon Heyliger, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Shreyas Movva, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Ravinderpal Singh, Nikhil Dutta, Rishiv Joshi.
South Afrika: Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton.
Afganistan: Rashid Khan (c), Mohammad Ishaq, Nabi, Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Najibullah Zadran, Fareed Ahmad, Nangeyalia Kharote, Mohammad Ishaq.
UAE: Muhammad Waseem (c), Asif Khan, Rahuil Chopra, Junaid Siddique, Alishan Sharafu, Zahoor Khan, Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Zohaib, Vriitya Aravind, Aayan Afzal Khan, Ali Naseer, Basil Hameed.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), James Neesham, Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra,Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi.
Total ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Winner
Year Winner Runner-up
2007 India (157/5/20) Pakistan (152/19.4, Johannesburg)
2009 Pakistan (139/2/18.4) Sri Lanka (138/6/20, London)
2010 England (148/3/17) Australia (147/6/20, Bridgetown)
2012 West Indies (137/6/20) Sri Lanka (101/18.4, Colombo)
2014 Sri Lanka (134/4/175.5) India (130/4/20, Dhaka)
2016 West indies (161/6/19.4) England (155/9/20, Kolkata)
2021 Australia (173/2/19) New Zealand (172/4/20, Dubai)
2022 England (138/5/19) Pakistan (137/8/20, Melbourne)
2024 India (176/7/20) South Africa (169/8/20, Barbados)
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Best Qualification
This included a first direct qualification phase and a second regional qualification phase in the tournament. Meanwhile, 81 teams participated in the regional qualifiers to compete for the remaining 8 spots. ICC created sub-regional qualifiers and regional finals for the regional qualifications in June 2024 and October 2025.
Sub-regional Qualifier- This involves the main stage of ICC. It includes one or more ICC tournaments. All ICC matches in this tournament are held in a single round-robin or double round-robin format. All of these matches have a fixed time limit. This stage is crucial for all cricket teams. It must be completed within the stipulated time frame. After completing this stage, the team will advance to the next stage.
Rigional Final – This is the final stage for these new teams. This stage includes teams that did not qualify automatically, as well as teams from the sub-regional qualifiers. These are held in a single or double round-robin types.
ICC Men’s T20 World cup 2026 Award
ICC gives substantial prize money to both the winner and the runner-up. It had set aside a prize money of 93.50 crore rupees for the Men T20 World Cup 2024. In 2024, ICC awarded India 20.40 crore rupees and runner-up South Africa 10.64 crore rupees. BCCI Award the Indian team with 125 crore rupees.
ICC Men’s T20 world cup 2026 tickets
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