ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: Complete Guide to Teams, Schedule, Live Streaming & Matches

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 arrives with cricket's biggest celebration across India and Sri Lanka. Twenty nations compete for the ultimate trophy starting February 7, 2026. 

India hosts most matches while Sri Lanka co-hosts this massive event. The tournament features four groups with five teams each battling for eight Super 8 spots. Only the top two teams from each group advance to the next stage. 

Fans worldwide prepare for six weeks of explosive T20 action as the best cricketers showcase their skills on the grandest stage, making this Men's T20 World Cup 2026 schedule packed with thrilling encounters at iconic venues.

Tournament Format

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 brings 20 teams divided into four groups. Each team plays four matches in the group stage. The top two teams from each group qualify for Super 8. 

Every match carries huge importance for championship dreams. Here’s a look at all groups and their probable squads for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026:

Group A Teams and Squads

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

Pakistan (Probable): Babar Azam, Abdul Samad, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Salman Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Salman Mirza, Usman Tariq

USA (Probable): Monank Patel (c & wk), Andries Gous, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ehsan Adil, Harmeet Singh, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Ali Khan, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Milind Kumar, Jessy Singh, Shayan Jahangir

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

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

Group B Teams and Squads

Australia (Provisional): 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

Sri Lanka (Preliminary): 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, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Traveen Mathew

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, Hasnain Ali Shah

Group C Teams and Squads

England (Provisional): 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 (Probable): Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Keacy Carty, Justin Greaves, Shimron Hetmyer, Quentin Sampson, Matthew Forde, Shamar Springer, Gudakesh Motie, Khary Pierre, Ramon Simmonds

Bangladesh: Litton Das (c), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Tawhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shaif Uddin, Shoriful Islam

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

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

Group D Teams and Squads

South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi, Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, 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, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran

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

UAE (Probable): Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem, Mayank Kumar, Rahul Chopra, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Arfan, Zahid Ali, Muhammad Farooq, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Abdul Samad, Shoma Sugaya-Slater, Charlie Hara-Hinze, Esam Rahman, Abhishek Anand, Declan Suzuki, Ibrahim Takahashi

Men's T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule

Date	Match	Venue
07 Feb 2026	Pakistan vs Netherlands	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
07 Feb 2026	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
07 Feb 2026	India vs USA	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
08 Feb 2026	New Zealand vs Afghanistan	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
08 Feb 2026	England vs Nepal	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
08 Feb 2026	Sri Lanka vs Ireland	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
09 Feb 2026	Bangladesh vs Italy	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
09 Feb 2026	Zimbabwe vs Oman	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
09 Feb 2026	South Africa vs Canada	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
10 Feb 2026	Netherlands vs Namibia	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
10 Feb 2026	New Zealand vs UAE	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
10 Feb 2026	Pakistan vs USA	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
11 Feb 2026	South Africa vs Afghanistan	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
11 Feb 2026	Australia vs Ireland	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
11 Feb 2026	England vs West Indies	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
12 Feb 2026	Sri Lanka vs Oman	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
12 Feb 2026	Nepal vs Italy	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
12 Feb 2026	India vs Namibia	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
13 Feb 2026	Australia vs Zimbabwe	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
13 Feb 2026	Canada vs UAE	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
13 Feb 2026	USA vs Netherlands	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
14 Feb 2026	Ireland vs Oman	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
14 Feb 2026	England vs Bangladesh	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
14 Feb 2026	New Zealand vs South Africa	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
15 Feb 2026	West Indies vs Nepal	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
15 Feb 2026	USA vs Namibia	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
15 Feb 2026	India vs Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
16 Feb 2026	Afghanistan vs UAE	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
16 Feb 2026	England vs Italy	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
16 Feb 2026	Australia vs Sri Lanka	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
17 Feb 2026	New Zealand vs Canada	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
17 Feb 2026	Ireland vs Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
17 Feb 2026	Bangladesh vs Nepal	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
18 Feb 2026	South Africa vs UAE	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
18 Feb 2026	Pakistan vs Namibia	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
18 Feb 2026	India vs Netherlands	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
19 Feb 2026	West Indies vs Italy	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
19 Feb 2026	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
19 Feb 2026	Afghanistan vs Canada	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
20 Feb 2026	Australia vs Oman	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

T20 Men's World Cup 2026 Live Streaming Guide

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Key Matches to Watch

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup features several blockbuster clashes that fans cannot miss during the group stage.

India faces Pakistan on February 15, 2026, at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. This rivalry match always delivers drama and excitement. 

England battles West Indies on February 11, 2026, at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. These two teams play aggressive T20 cricket. 

Australia meets Sri Lanka on February 16, 2026, at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy. The co-hosts face the defending champions in a crucial group match. 

New Zealand plays South Africa on February 14, 2026, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both teams possess quality players across departments. 

Conclusion

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 promises six weeks of thrilling cricket action across India and Sri Lanka starting February 7, 2026. Twenty nations compete for ultimate glory, with only eight teams advancing to Super 8 from four groups. 

Fans can follow the complete Men's T20 World Cup 2026 schedule across iconic venues while enjoying T20 Men's World Cup 2026 live streaming on tapmad. 

The tournament features blockbuster matches, including India versus Pakistan and England against West Indies. Every team brings its best players for this massive event.