The 20 teams have been divided into four groups for the tournament.
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 will be played in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8. A total of 20 teams will take part in the World Cup, with 55 matches scheduled across the two host countries.
India will start their title defence against the USA in Mumbai. The India vs Pakistan match will be played on February 15 in Colombo, as Pakistan will play all their matches in Sri Lanka.
Let’s take a look at all the T20 World Cup 2026 squads.
Group A: India, USA, Namibia, Netherlands, Pakistan
Group B: Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Oman
Group C: England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Italy, Nepal
Group D: South Africa, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Canada, UAE
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.
Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai, and Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi.
Australia: 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, and Adam Zampa.
Bangladesh: Litton Kumer Das (C), Tanzid Hasan, Mohammad Parvez Hossain Emon, Mohammed Saif Hassan, Md Tawhid Hridoy, Md Shamim Hossain, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Md Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Md Mustafizur Rahman, Md Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Md Shaif Uddin, and Md Shoriful Islam.
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.
England Provisional Squad: 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, and Luke Wood.
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, and Rinku Singh.
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 (vc), Ben White, Craig Young
Italy: To be announced
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, and Max Heingo.
Travelling reserve: Alexander Volschenk.
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.
Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Noah Croes, Bas de Leede, Max O’ Dowd, Aryan Dutt, Fred Klaasen, Kyle Klein, Michael Levitt, Zach Lion-Cachet, Paul van Meekeren, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Tim van der Gugten, Saqib Zulfiqar.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi.
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, and Hasnain Ali Shah.
Pakistan: To be announced
South Africa: Aiden Markram (C), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, and Jason Smith.
Sri Lanka (preliminary squad): 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, and Traveen Mathew.
UAE: To be announced
USA: To be announced
West Indies: To be announced
Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (C), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Creamer, Brad Evans, Clive Mandande, Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, and Brendan Taylor.
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| Date | Match | Venue |
| 7 February | Pakistan v Netherlands | SSC, Colombo |
| 7 February | West Indies v Bangladesh | Kolkata |
| 7 February | India v USA | Mumbai |
| 8 February | New Zealand v Afghanistan | Chennai |
| 8 February | England v Nepal | Mumbai |
| 8 February | Sri Lanka v Ireland | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 9 February | Bangladesh v Italy | Kolkata |
| 9 February | Zimbabwe v Oman | SSC, Colombo |
| 9 February | South Africa v Canada | Ahmedabad |
| 10 February | Netherlands v Namibia | Delhi |
| 10 February | New Zealand v UAE | Chennai |
| 10 February | Pakistan v USA | SSC, Colombo |
| 11 February | South Africa v Afghanistan | Ahmedabad |
| 11 February | Australia v Ireland | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 11 February | England v West Indies | Mumbai |
| 12 February | Sri Lanka v Oman | Kandy |
| 12 February | Nepal v Italy | Mumbai |
| 12 February | India v Namibia | Delhi |
| 13 February | Australia v Zimbabwe | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 13 February | Canada v UAE | Delhi |
| 13 February | USA v Netherlands | Chennai |
| 14 February | Ireland v Oman | SSC, Colombo |
| 14 February | England v Bangladesh | Kolkata |
| 14 February | New Zealand v South Africa | Ahmedabad |
| 15 February | West Indies v Nepal | Mumbai |
| 15 February | USA v Namibia | Chennai |
| 15 February | India v Pakistan | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 16 February | Afghanistan v UAE | Delhi |
| 16 February | England v Italy | Kolkata |
| 16 February | Australia v Sri Lanka | Kandy |
| 17 February | New Zealand v Canada | Chennai |
| 17 February | Ireland v Zimbabwe | Kandy |
| 17 February | Bangladesh v Nepal | Mumbai |
| 18 February | South Africa v UAE | Delhi |
| 18 February | Pakistan v Namibia | SSC, Colombo |
| 18 February | India v Netherlands | Ahmedabad |
| 19 February | West Indies v Italy | Kolkata |
| 19 February | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 19 February | Afghanistan v Canada | Chennai |
| 20 February | Australia v Oman | Kandy |
| 21 February | TBA | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 22 February | TBA | Kandy |
| 22 February | TBA | Ahmedabad |
| 23 February | TBA | Mumbai |
| 24 February | TBA | Kandy |
| 25 February | TBA | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 26 February | TBA | Ahmedabad |
| 26 February | TBA | Chennai |
| 27 February | TBA | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 28 February | TBA | Kandy |
| 1 March | TBA | Delhi |
| 1 March | TBA | Kolkata |
| 4 March | Semi Final 1 | Kolkata |
| 4 March | Semi Final 1 | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 5 March | Semi Final 2 | Mumbai |
| 8 March | Final | Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 8 March | Final | Ahmedabad |
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