2026 Men's T20 World Cup

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The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the tenth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Board of Control for Cricket in India and Sri Lanka Cricket from 7 February to 8 March 2026. Sri Lanka had previously hosted the competition in 2012 and India in 2016. A total of twenty teams competed in 55 matches across five venues in India and three in Sri Lanka. More than 1.3 million spectators attended the matches across the two nations.[1]

Twenty teams competed in the tournament, which included the teams from the two hosts, six of the top seven teams from the previous edition, the four highest-ranked teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings not already qualified, and eight other teams determined through regional qualifiers. Italy qualified for the Men's T20 World Cup for the first time.

India were the defending champions, having won the 2024 edition. They defended their title by defeating New Zealand by 96 runs in the final, becoming the first team to win two consecutive T20 World Cups, the first country to win the title at home, and the first team to win the tournament three times.

Background

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was first played in 2007 in South Africa, and the 2026 tournament marked its tenth edition.[2] The ninth edition, held in 2024 in the West Indies and the United States, was contested by 20 teams, and was won by India, who defeated South Africa in the final.[3]

Host selection

In November 2021, as part of the 2024–2031 ICC men's hosts cycle, the ICC announced that the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup would be played in India and Sri Lanka.[4] Initially Sri Lanka Cricket proposed to host the entire tournament, however, due to expansion of the tournament to 20 teams from the previous edition and lack of cricket stadiums in Sri Lanka, it was decided to be co-hosted with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[5] Sri Lanka had previously hosted the competition in 2012 and India in 2016.[6]

Format

The tournament's format remained the same as the previous edition. The 20 qualifying teams were divided into four groups of five each. In the group stage, each team played each of the other teams in the group once in a round-robin format, and the top two teams in each group advanced to the Super 8 stage, where the teams were placed into two groups of four teams each. Prior to the tournament, the ICC had announced the eight seeded teams based on the ICC T20I rankings, who were placed in predetermined positions in the Super 8 stage, irrespective of their position in the group stage. If an unseeded team qualified at the expense of a seeded team, it took the position of the corresponding seeded team that failed to qualify from their group. In the Super 8 stage, each team played against each of the other teams in the group once. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage, which consisted of two semi-finals, the winners of which faced off in the final.[7][8][9] No points were carried over between stages.[10]

Schedule

In the 2023–2027 ICC Men's Future Tours Programme, the tournament was scheduled to be held in February–March 2026.[11] The ICC announced the final schedule on 25 November 2025, with the tournament scheduled to take place from 7 February to 8 March 2026. The teams will play 55 matches across five venues in India and three venues in Sri Lanka.[6][12] On 26 January 2026, the ICC announced that warm-up matches would be held from 2 to 6 February.[13][14][15]

Prize money

The ICC allocated a pool of $11.25 million in prize money for the tournament. The prize for winning was $2.45 million, with each team receiving an additional $31,154 for each match they won, excluding the semi-finals and final.[16]

Prize money allocation for the tournament[17]
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Champions Template:Center $2.45 million $2.45 million
Runners-up Template:Center $1.28 million $1.28 million
Semi-finalists Template:Center $787,500 $1.575 million
5th–8th place (Super 8) Template:Center $382,500 $1.53 million
9th–12th place (Group stage) Template:Center $247,500 $0.99 million
13th–20th place (Group stage) Template:Center $225,000 $1.8 million
Match winners Template:Center $31,154 $1.62 million
Total Template:Center $11.25 million

Marketing

Template:External media In November 2025, former Indian captain Rohit Sharma was named as an ambassador for the tournament.[18] The official theme song for the tournament, "Feel the Thrill", produced and performed by Anirudh Ravichander with lyrics by Heisenberg and Raqueeb Alam, was released on 30 January 2026.[19] A remix version featuring Sri Lankan artist Dinesh Gamage, sub-titled "Tamil Sinhalese version", which replaced Hindi verses with Tamil and Sinhala verses, was released on 7 February.[20] A promotional event, the "Captains' Carnival", featuring all the team captains and social media influencers, was held on 5 February in Mumbai and Colombo.[21][22] On 6 February, the ICC announced that an opening ceremony would be held at the Wankhede Stadium ahead of the third match of the opening day between India and the United States.[23] Badshah, Nora Fatehi, Rishab Sharma, and Sivamani performed at the opening ceremony.[24][25]

Qualification

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The hosts, India and Sri Lanka,[26] along with the top seven teams from the 2024 tournament: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, the United States, and the West Indies; directly qualified for the 2026 tournament. The remaining three direct qualification places were allocated to the next best-ranked teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings as on 30 June 2024, that had not finished in the top seven: Ireland, New Zealand, and Pakistan.[27] The eight remaining places were filled through the ICC's regional qualifiers, consisting of two teams each from Africa and Europe regions, three teams combined from Asia and East Asia-Pacific and one team from the Americas.[28][29][30] In June 2025, Canada qualified for the World Cup from the Americas region,[31] followed by Italy and Netherlands from the Europe region in July.[32] In October 2025, Namibia and Zimbabwe qualified from the Africa region,[33] followed by Nepal, Oman, and United Arab Emirates from the combined Asia-EAP qualifier.[34] Italy qualified for the men's T20 World Cup for the first time.[35] Ahead of the 2026 tournament, Bangladesh withdrew from the tournament, and they were replaced by the next highest ranked T20I team: Scotland.[36]

Map highlighting the countries at the 2026 T20 World Cup qualification pathway
Highlighted are the countries that participated in the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup qualification pathway. Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend

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Teams qualified for the tournament[37]
Method of qualification No. of teams Teams T20I rankingTemplate:Efn
Hosts 2 Template:Cr 1
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2024 Men's T20 World Cup
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Venues

On 6 November 2025, the ICC announced the finalised venues for the World Cup, five in India: Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Eden Gardens in Kolkata and Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai; and three in Sri Lanka: R. Premadasa Stadium and Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo and Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy.[38][6]

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Venues in India
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Ahmedabad Chennai Delhi
Narendra Modi Stadium M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 132,000 Capacity: 39,000 Capacity: 55,000
Matches: 7 (Final) Matches: 7 Matches: 6
Narendra Modi Stadium in 2023 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in 2023 Arun Jaitley Stadium in 2023
Kolkata Mumbai
Eden Gardens Wankhede Stadium
Capacity: 68,000 Capacity: 33,108
Matches: 7 (Semi-final 1) Matches: 8 (Semi-final 2)
Eden Gardens in 2017 Wankhede Stadium in 2011

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Venues in Sri Lanka
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Colombo Kandy
R. Premadasa Stadium Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 35,000
Matches: 8 Matches: 5 Matches: 7
R. Premadasa Stadium in 2014 SSC Cricket Ground in 2001 Pallekele Cricket Stadium in 2012

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Squads

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Each team was allowed a maximum squad size of 15 players and was required to submit the provisional squad to the ICC by 8 January 2026. The teams were allowed to make changes to the squads until 31 January 2026.[39] Any changes after this required permission from the ICC's technical committee.[40]

Match officials

On 30 January 2026, the ICC released the list of match referees and umpires for the tournament.[41]

Match referees

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Umpires

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Warm-up matches

A total of 16 warm-up matches were played from 2 to 6 February, involving 18 teams participating in the World Cup in addition to the India A and Sri Lanka A teams.[13][14] The warm-up matches were held at four venues in India: BCCI Centre of Excellence Grounds 1 & 2 in Bengaluru, M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, and DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai; and three in Sri Lanka: Colombo Cricket Club Ground, R. Premadasa Stadium and SSC Cricket Ground in Colombo.[15] Sri Lanka and England played a three-match T20I series from 30 January to 3 February at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy as preparation for the World Cup.[42]

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Group stage

The ICC announced the groups and fixtures on 25 November 2025, with group stage played from 7 to 20 February.[6][12] The 20 teams were divided into four groups of five with each team facing the other teams in the group. The group stage featured a total of 40 matches.[7] The opening match was played between Netherlands and Pakistan at the SSC Cricket Ground on 7 February.[43] The following table lists teams in order of their initial group stage seedings.[10]

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Group A

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Group C

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Group D

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Super 8 stage

The top two teams from the four groups advanced to the Super 8 stage, where they were divided into two groups of four teams each. In the Super 8 stage, each team played the others in their respective group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semifinals.[7]

Prior to the tournament, eight teams were pre-seeded for the Super 8 stage based on the T20I rankings at the time:[10] Australia, India,[44] South Africa,[45] and the West Indies[46] in Group 1; England,[47] New Zealand,[48] Pakistan,[49] and Sri Lanka[50] in Group 2.[51] Australia did not qualify for the Super 8 stage, and their place was taken by Zimbabwe.[52][53] Due to the pre-seeding, all of the group stage winners ended up in Group 1, and all the runners-up in Group 2.[54] The ICC faced criticism for its pre-seeding system with critics also commenting that its tournaments have always been similarly unfair.[55][56] The ICC replied that the pre-seedings were made to enable fans to safely arrange travel for their team's games.[57]

Qualification Super 8 stage
Group 1 Group 2
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Group 1

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Knockout stage

The knockout stage consisted of two semi-finals played on 4 and 5 March, and the final on 8 March.[7] Both semi-finals and the final had a reserve day available on 5, 6, and 9 March respectively. If a reserve day had come into play, the match would not have beeen restarted but instead resumed from the previous day's play, if there was any; with the semi-finals commencing at 15:00 and final at 19:00 (both UTC+05:30).[10][58] In the event of no minimum play (at least 10 overs per side) on the scheduled day and the reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the Super 8 stage would progress to the final, and if no play were possible in the final, the teams would be declared as joint-winners.[10][59] If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner. If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, subsequent Super Overs will be played until there's a winner.[10]

The first semi-final and the final were scheduled to be held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad respectively, but both would have been moved to the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo if Pakistan had qualified.[60] The second semi-final was held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.[58] If Pakistan fails to qualify while either India or Sri Lanka qualifies they would have played in semi-final 2 and 1 respectively.[10] If Sri Lanka is not to face against India, then semi-final 1 would have been moved to Colombo as well.[61] Otherwise, group 1 winner and group 2 runner-up will play in semi-final 1 while, group 2 winner and group 1 runner-up will play in semi-final 2.[10]

Bracket

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Semi-finals

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Sanju Samson in 2024
India's Sanju Samson received the player of the match for the Semi-final 2, and the player of the tournament award.

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Final

Template:Main Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first.[63] Indian opener Sanju Samson scored 89 runs from 46 balls along with half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan. James Neesham dismissed Samson, Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav in the 16th over. In the final two overs, Shivam Dube scored 26 runs from 8 balls to take India to the total of 255 runs for the loss of five wickets—the highest total in a T20 World Cup knockout match. Chasing the target, New Zealand opener Tim Seifert was the only batter from his team to register a 50+ score; Mitchell Santner scored 43 runs, Daryl Mitchell scored 17 runs, while the remaining batters were dismissed for single-digit scores. New Zealand were all-out for 159 to see them lose by 96 runs.[64][65][66]

This was India's third T20 World Cup title victory, after 2007 and 2024. India were the first team to successfully defend their title to win two consecutive titles and the first tournament hosts to win.[67] Suryakumar Yadav became the fourth Indian captain to win a major ICC event after Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.[68] Jasprit Bumrah picked up four wickets for India, conceding only 15 runs in 4 overs and received the player of the match award.[69] The match was attended by 86,824 fans.[70]

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Jasprit Bumrah in 2024
Jasprit Bumrah received the player of the match award for the final.

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Statistics

Sahibzada Farhan of Pakistan scored the most runs in the 2026 tournament (383 runs from innings).[71] This was also the most runs in a single T20 World Cup, surpassing Virat Kohli's 2014 record.[72] A total of seven centuries were scored in the 2026 tournament surpassing the previous high of two in a single edition of T20 World Cup (2010, 2014, 2016 and 2022).[73] Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy of India both took 14 wickets each and were tied for the most wickets in the 2026 tournament.[74]

Most runs scored by a batter[71]
Runs Player Team
383 Sahibzada Farhan Template:Cr
326 Tim Seifert Template:Cr
321 Sanju Samson Template:Cr
317 Ishan Kishan Template:Cr
298 Finn Allen Template:Cr
Most wickets taken by a bowler[74]
Wickets Player Team
14 Jasprit Bumrah Template:Cr
Varun Chakravarthy Template:Cr
13 Template:Nobr Template:Nobr
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Team of the tournament

On 9 March, the ICC announced its team of the tournament with Sanju Samson being named as player of the tournament and Aiden Markram as the captain of the team.[75][76]

Aiden Markram in 2018
South Africa's Aiden Markram was named as the captain for the ICC's team of the tournament.
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Hardik Pandya Template:Cr All-rounder
Will Jacks Template:Cr
Jason Holder Template:Cr
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Controversies

Withdrawal of Bangladesh

After the Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders, on the BCCI's request, from the 2026 Indian Premier League squad, on 3 January 2026, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) requested for Bangladesh's matches at the World Cup to be moved from India, citing security reasons.[77][78] Officials from the ICC met with members of the BCB to try and find a solution to the issue.[79] On 6 January, ESPNcricinfo reported that the ICC rejected the BCB's request and Bangladesh would forfeit points if they refused to play.[80] A day later, the BCB denied this, stating, "the ICC has conveyed its willingness to work closely with the BCB to address [our] concerns".[81]

On 12 January, media reported that the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and the Kerala Cricket Association offered to host the matches at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium at Chennai and Greenfield International Stadium at Thiruvananthapuram respectively instead of Eden Gardens and Wankhede Stadium in India.[82] The same day, the ICC refused Bangladesh's security assessment, stating that "there was no overall threat to the [team]" and that there was "low to moderate risks [to the team] in some venues and low to nil in others".[83] A day later, the BCB reiterated its request to move Bangladesh's matches outside of India citing security concerns.[84] On 17 January, the BCB requested to swap groups with Ireland, who were scheduled to play their matches in Sri Lanka, which was rejected by the ICC.[85]

On 18 January, the ICC announced that the final decision on the matter would be taken after the board meeting scheduled on 21 January.[86] Following the meeting on 21 January, the ICC refused to shift Bangladesh's matches, and offered a revised deadline of one day for the BCB to decide on the participation.[87][88] The next day, the BCB reiterated their refusal to play in India.[89] On 24 January, the ICC officially announced that Bangladesh would be replaced by Scotland, the next highest ranked team in the ICC T20I rankings, who had not qualified for the tournament.[90][91] In a press release issued on 9 February 2026, the ICC stated that no financial, sporting, or administrative penalty would be imposed on the BCB with regards to its withdrawal from the tournament. It also said that the BCB have the right to appeal against the same as per existing ICC regulations, and Bangladesh would be given the hosting rights to an ICC event in the 2028–2031 events cycle.[92]

India–Pakistan tensions

Template:See also On 1 February, the Pakistani government allowed its cricket team to participate in the World Cup but directed the team not to play its match against India on February 15. While the PCB did not officially communicate the decision to the ICC, it was reportedly taken in protest against the ICC's refusal to relocate Bangladesh's matches out of India.[93][94] The ICC warned the PCB of possible sanctions for a potential boycott of the match against India.[95] Following discussions between the ICC, PCB and BCB, on 9 February,[92] the Pakistan government announced that it was directing the team to take part in the match against India.[96]

During the India–Pakistan match on the 15 February 2026, there was no handshake between the Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav and the Pakistani captain Salman Ali Agha, which typically happens during coin tosses, and among players after the match is concluded.[97][98] This policy has continued since the 2025 Asia Cup, due to the Pahalgam terror attack and the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict.[99] However, this is the first time this has occurred in an ICC tournament.[100]

Broadcasting

JioStar handled the global broadcasting rights as part of its deal with the ICC,[101] and the global broadcasters for the tournament were confirmed by the ICC on 5 February 2026.[102][103] The matches were broadcast across more than 80 territories.[103] The matches were also broadcast through ICC.tv and the ICC's official YouTube channel.[104] JioHotstar provided a vertical live feed along with 360 degree view and multi-camera features.[102] The ICC partnered with American sports podcaster Jomboy to provide an alternate commentary feed for American viewers.[105][106]

Broadcasters for the tournament[102][103][104]
Region Country/Sub-region Broadcasting licensee(s) Broadcasting platforms Radio
Africa Middle East and North Africa E& CricLife Max & StarzPlay rowspan="2" Template:N/A
Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport SS Cricket
Americas Canada Willow Willow TV & Cricbuzz rowspan=3 Template:N/A
Caribbean Islands ESPN ESPN Caribbean & Disney+
United States Willow Willow TV & Cricbuzz
Asia Afghanistan Lemar TV Lemar TV rowspan=7 Template:N/A
Bangladesh TSM Nagorik TV, T Sports, Toffee & Rabbithole
Bahrain Template:N/A VOX & Epix Cinemas
Qatar Template:N/A VOX & Epix Cinemas
Kuwait Template:N/A VOX & Epix Cinemas
China International Cricket Council Douyin (only final)[107]
Hong Kong Cricbuzz Cricbuzz, Astro Cricket & PCCW
India Disney Star Star Sports & JioHotstar All India Radio
Malaysia Cricbuzz Cricbuzz, Astro Cricket & PCCW rowspan="6" Template:N/A
Nepal Kantipur Television Kantipur MAX & Styx Nepal
Oman Template:N/A VOX Cinemas
Pakistan PTV & Myco PTV Sports & Geo Super
Myco, Tamasha, ARY ZAP & Tapmad
Pacific Islands Digicel PNG Digicel
Singapore Hub Sports Hub Sports 4
Sri Lanka Dialog TV Dialog Play, Peo TV, ThePapare & TV Supreme FM Derana
United Arab Emirates Template:N/A VOX Cinemas, Reel, Roxy, Cinepolis & Star Template:N/A
Europe Ireland Sky Sports Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Go rowspan = 3 Template:N/A
Italy Sky Sports Sky Italia
Netherlands NOS NOS
United Kingdom Sky Sports Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Go & Now BBC Radio
Oceania Australia Amazon Prime Video ABC Radio & SEN
New Zealand Sky TV NZ Sky Sport & Sky Sport Now Template:N/A
In-flight & At sea Sport 24 Sport 24 & Sport 24 Live Template:N/A
Rest of the world International Cricket Council ICC.tv & YouTube Template:N/A

Commentators

The ICC released the following list of commentators for the tournament on 6 February 2026.[108][109]

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Viewership

The semi-final 2 between India and England had a peak of 65.2 million concurrent viewers and a total of 619 million views, becoming the most watched T20 match, surpassing 2024 Men's T20 World Cup final.[110][111] The final match had a peak of 72.5 million concurrent viewers.[1]

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