DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – The 2026 T20 World Cup, which India and Sri Lanka are collectively internet hosting, will reportedly be held between February 7 and March 8 subsequent 12 months.
Whereas the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has not made any official bulletins, studies are that it has recognized the window and knowledgeable the collaborating international locations.
The matches might be performed in at the least 5 venues in India and two in Sri Lanka, whereas the ultimate might be in Ahmedabad or Colombo, relying on whether or not Pakistan is taking part in.
India and Pakistan aren’t taking part in in one another’s international locations on account of strained political relations between the 2 governments at current.
At the moment, 15 groups have been confirmed for the 2026 males’s T20 World Cup: India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, USA, West Indies, New Zealand, Pakistan, Eire, Canada, Netherlands, and Italy, who’ve certified for a World Cup for the primary time.
Of the remaining 5 groups, two will come from the Africa regional qualifier and three from the Asia and East Asia Pacific qualifier.
The format would be the similar because the 2024 males’s T20 World Cup within the West Indies and the USA, the place the 20 groups have been divided into 4 teams of 5 every, with the highest two from every group qualifying for the Tremendous Eight spherical, the place as soon as once more the eight groups have been break up into two teams of 4.
The highest two from every Tremendous Eight group progressed to the semi-finals.
