{"id":43171,"date":"2026-01-30T02:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=43171"},"modified":"2026-01-30T02:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:33:10","slug":"whats-the-format-and-full-match-schedule-of-the-t20-world-cup-2026-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=43171","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the format and full match schedule of the T20 World Cup 2026? | ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cricket fans will turn their attention to India and Sri Lanka as the International Cricket Council\u2019s (ICC) T20 World Cup 2026 gets under way from February 7.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament\u2019s 10th edition, which will be spread over 54 matches, will conclude on March 8.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know about the T20 World Cup 2026\u2019s format and schedule:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"which-teams-are-in-the-t20-world-cup-and-what-are-their-groups\">Which teams are in the T20 World Cup, and what are their groups?<\/h2>\n<p>The tournament was expanded to include 20 teams in 2024, and the number of competitors will remain the same this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was a late change in the team list as the ICC expelled Bangladesh from the tournament following a weeks-long impasse on their participation. Scotland replaced Bangladesh, who were kicked out due to their refusal to travel to India for the World Cup over security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The 20 teams have been divided into four groups of five teams each. These are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India<\/li>\n<li>Namibia<\/li>\n<li>Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Group B:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australia<\/li>\n<li>Ireland<\/li>\n<li>Oman<\/li>\n<li>Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li>Zimbabwe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Group C:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>England<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>Nepal<\/li>\n<li>West Indies<\/li>\n<li>Scotland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Group D:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li>Canada<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand<\/li>\n<li>South Africa<\/li>\n<li>United Arab Emirates (UAE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"what-s-the-format-of-the-t20-world-cup-2026\">What\u2019s the format of the T20 World Cup 2026?<\/h2>\n<p>The tournament will be divided into two group-based rounds and a knockout round, comprising the semifinals and the final.<\/p>\n<p>The top two teams from each of the four groups will qualify for the Super 8 stage, where they will be divided into two groups of four teams each.<\/p>\n<p>The two best-performing Super 8 teams will enter the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a breakdown of the tournament\u2019s schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Group stage:<\/strong> February 7 \u2013 20<\/li>\n<li><strong>Super 8:<\/strong> February 21 \u2013 March 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Semifinals:<\/strong> March 4 and 5<\/li>\n<li><strong>Final:<\/strong> March 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"venues\">Venues<\/h2>\n<p>Five stadiums in India and three in Sri Lanka will host the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The venues for all fixtures, barring one semifinal and the final, have been confirmed by the ICC.<\/p>\n<p>If India qualify for the semifinals, they will play in the second one at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>Should Pakistan qualify for the last-four stage, they will play their match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on March 4.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a list of the venues:<\/p>\n<p><strong>India:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi<\/li>\n<li>Eden Gardens, Kolkata<\/li>\n<li>MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai<\/li>\n<li>Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad<\/li>\n<li>Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/li>\n<li>Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy<\/li>\n<li>Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC), Colombo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"full-match-schedule\">Full match schedule<\/h2>\n<h3>Group stage<\/h3>\n<h3>Saturday, February 7<\/h3>\n<p>Netherlands vs Pakistan at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 SSC, Colombo<\/p>\n<p>Scotland vs West Indies at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 Eden Gardens, Kolkata<\/p>\n<p>India vs USA at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/p>\n<h3>Sunday, February 8<\/h3>\n<p>Afghanistan vs New Zealand at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai<\/p>\n<p>England vs Nepal at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka vs Ireland at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n<h3>Monday, February 9<\/h3>\n<p>Scotland vs Italy at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 Eden Gardens, Kolkata<\/p>\n<p>Oman vs Zimbabwe at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 SSC, Colombo<\/p>\n<p>Canada vs South Africa at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad<\/p>\n<h3>Tuesday, February 10<\/h3>\n<p>Namibia vs Netherlands at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand vs UAE at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan vs USA at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 SSC, Colombo<\/p>\n<h3>Wednesday, February 11<\/h3>\n<p>Afghanistan vs South Africa at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad<\/p>\n<p>Australia vs Ireland at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n<p>England vs West Indies at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/p>\n<h3>Thursday, February 12<\/h3>\n<p>Sri Lanka vs Oman at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy<\/p>\n<p>Italy vs Nepal at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/p>\n<p>India vs Namibia at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi<\/p>\n<h3>Friday, February 13<\/h3>\n<p>Australia vs Zimbabwe at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n<p>Canada vs UAE at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013\u00a0Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi<\/p>\n<p>Netherlands vs USA at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai<\/p>\n<h3>Saturday, February 14<\/h3>\n<p>Ireland vs Oman at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 SSC, Colombo<\/p>\n<p>Scotland vs England at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 Eden Gardens, Kolkata<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand vs South Africa at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad<\/p>\n<h3>Sunday, February 15<\/h3>\n<p>Nepal vs West Indies at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/p>\n<p>Namibia vs USA at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai<\/p>\n<p>India vs Pakistan at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n<h3>Monday, February 16<\/h3>\n<p>Afghanistan vs UAE at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi<\/p>\n<p>England vs Italy at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 Eden Gardens, Kolkata<\/p>\n<p>Australia vs Sri Lanka at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy<\/p>\n<h3>Tuesday, February 17<\/h3>\n<p>Canada vs New Zealand at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai<\/p>\n<p>Ireland vs Zimbabwe at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy<\/p>\n<p>Scotland vs Nepal at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/p>\n<h3>Wednesday, February 18<\/h3>\n<p>South Africa vs UAE at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi<\/p>\n<p>Namibia vs Pakistan at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 SSC, Colombo<\/p>\n<p>India vs Netherlands at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad<\/p>\n<h3>Thursday, February 19<\/h3>\n<p>Italy vs West Indies at 11am (05:30 GMT) \u2013 Eden Gardens, Kolkata<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan vs Canada at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"friday-february-20\">Friday, February 20<\/h3>\n<p>Australia vs Oman at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Super 8<\/h3>\n<h3>Saturday, February 21<\/h3>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n<h3>Sunday, February 22<\/h3>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy<\/p>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad<\/p>\n<h3>Monday, February 23<\/h3>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/p>\n<h3>Tuesday, February 24<\/h3>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy<\/p>\n<h3>Wednesday, February 25<\/h3>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n<h3>Thursday, February 26<\/h3>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad<\/p>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai<\/p>\n<h3>Friday, February 27<\/h3>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n<h3>Saturday, February 28<\/h3>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy<\/p>\n<h3>Sunday, March 1<\/h3>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 3pm (09:30 GMT) \u2013 Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi<\/p>\n<p>TBD vs TBD at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Eden Gardens, Kolkata<\/p>\n<h3>Knockouts<\/h3>\n<h3>Wednesday, March 4<\/h3>\n<p>First semifinal at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Eden Gardens, Kolkata or R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n<h3>Thursday, March 5<\/h3>\n<p>Second semifinal at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/p>\n<h3>Sunday, March 8<\/h3>\n<p>Final at 7pm (13:30 GMT) \u2013 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad or R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket fans will turn their attention to India and Sri Lanka as the International Cricket Council\u2019s (ICC) T20 World Cup 2026 gets under way from February 7. The tournament\u2019s 10th edition, which will be spread over 54 matches, will conclude on March 8. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Here\u2019s what you need<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[130,10981,1052,11022,1978,1143,150,1824,2441,264,550],"class_list":{"0":"post-43171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-cup","9":"tag-format","10":"tag-full","11":"tag-icc","12":"tag-match","13":"tag-mens","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-schedule","16":"tag-t20","17":"tag-whats","18":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}