- By Namrata Vijay
- Sun, 23 Nov 2025 06:09 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule: The 2026 T20 World Cup is just a few months away, and the excitement level for the same is sky high. India, which is going to be the reigning champions, will be hosting this mega event in 2026, apart from Sri Lanka, and that's why the excitement for the same is higher. There will be 20 teams, who will be participating in the 2026 T20 World Cup, which will be held from February 7, Saturday, to March 8, Sunday. All the teams, including India and Sri Lanka, have qualified for this mega event, where Italy will be making its debut.
India will be the reigning champions as they won the title in the 2024 T20 World Cup. The Rohit Sharma-led side ended their 17-year title drought.
Ahead of the mega event, the Men in Blue will be playing a T20I series against New Zealand, and that's going to be their last preparation before the mega event.
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“With only 10 T20Is left before the T20 World Cup, you would not see many changes happening in the squad proper unless someone is ruled out due to any specific injury," a BCCI source recently told.
The five-match T20I series against New Zealand will be held in Nagpur (January 21), Raipur (January 23), Guwahati (January 25), Vizag (January) 28 and Trivandrum (January 31).
The T20I series against South Africa will be the last time that Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav will get to analyse a few players before the series against New Zealand, which will be their last preparation for the mega event.
All eyes will be on the clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan as both teams have been put in the same group.
When and where will the T20 World Cup schedule be announced?
The ICC has revealed that the schedule of the 2026 T20 World Cup will be released along with the BCCI on Tuesday in Mumbai. The announcement will be made at 6.30 p.m. IST, and the ICC Chairman will also attend this.
This schedule announcement will be livestreamed on Jiostar.