The dates of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 have been detected, and the Shikhar Clash of the competition has been given to the Narendra Modi Stadium or Colombo in Ahmedabad. Premdasa is hosted by the International Stadium.
A new report by Espncricinfo has revealed important details about the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, including the date, format and number of participants.
ICC T20 World Cup 2026 will be played from 7 February to 8 March
The ICC men’s T20 World Cup 2026 is set to co-condemn by India and Sri Lanka. Allegedly, the upcoming 20-over World Cup is expected to be played between 7 February and 8 March.
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Like the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, which is also co-maintained by India and Sri Lanka, the T20 World Cup 2026 matches will be played at at least five places in two countries.
In particular, the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Match ACA Stadium (Guwahati), Holkar Stadium (Indore), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam), R. Premdasa Stadium (Colombo), and Dye Patil will be played at Stadium (Nav-Mumbai).
Ahmedabad or Colombo T20 World Cup 2026 to host the final
R. at Narendra Modi Stadium or Colombo in Ahmedabad. The T20 World Cup will host the final of the 2026, based on the merit of the Pakistan National Cricket Team for Summit Clash, Premdasa International Stadium.
This is due to the formal agreement that India and Pakistan entered the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, stating that both teams will not travel to each other countries for ICC or ACC events.
All matches related to India and Pakistan in ICC or ACC events, hosted by the two countries, including the knockout game, will be played at a neutral site by 2027.
Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is actively engaged in finalizing full schedule and fixtures for the Marki tournament, but has already informed the teams that have already participated about the February-March window.
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ICC T20 World Cup 2026 format explained
The format of ICC T20 World Cup 2026 will be similar to the final T20 World Cup, which was held in Caribbean and USA in 2024.
In particular, the India National Cricket Team led by Rohit Sharma dominated the previous edition of the T20 World Cup and won the trophy by defeating the South Africa National Cricket Team in an exciting final.
Returning in the format, 20 teams will participate in the competition, which includes automatic qualifiers and regional qualification tournaments.
Each will form four groups of five teams, and will qualify for the top two super eight rounds of each group. In the super eight rounds, two groups of four teams will be made each, and the top two from each will make it in the semi -finals.
India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, United States, West Indies, New Zealand, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada, Netherlands, Italy have already qualified for the event, and the remaining five teams will come from Africa and Asia-refinance. Two of them will be from the Africa regional qualifiers and three from the Asia and East Asia-Pacific region.
