ICC Cricket World Cup

T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule Announcement LIVE Updates: There's been no shortage of retirements since the last T20 World Cup concluded in June of 2024. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired within a few hours, before Ravindra Jadeja made his final call a few days later. Across the globe, David Warner said his goodbyes to T20 internationals for Australia, as did New Zealand's Trent Boult. A couple of months ago, in September, Mitchell Starc called time on his T20I career to focus on Test cricket and the 2027 World Cup.

India play their first group match against USA in Mumbai on February 7, the opening day of the T20 World Cup. They then take on Namibia in Delhi on February 12, followed by Pakistan, and their final group game is against the Netherlands in Ahmedabad on February 18. There will be three matches a day during the group stage of the tournament.

The 2026 Men's T20 World Cup from February 7 to March 8 is being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, with Pakistan playing all their games in Colombo or Kandy. The format is the same as the previous tournament in 2024 in the USA and West Indies, where the 20 teams were divided into five groups of four. The top two teams from each of the four groups progress to a Super Eight phase, where they will be further divided into two groups of four each. The top two teams in each of the two Super Eights groups will qualify for the semi-finals, which will be followed by the final.