10th edition of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup The event is set to light up the cricket calendar from February 7 to March 8 with India and Sri Lanka co-hosting the biggest T20 spectacle ever organized by the International Cricket Council.
For the first time, 20 teams will compete in the same ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, underlining the growing global influence of the tournament. The format begins with a competitive group stage, where teams are divided into four groups of five. Each side will play four matches, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the Super 8.
The Super 8s will feature two groups of four teams each, followed by semi-finals and a final, ensuring a high-stakes conclusion to the month-long event.
T20 World Cup 2026: Teams
Group A
India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.
USA: Monank Patel (captain), Jesse Singh, Andries Goss, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milind Kumar, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamala, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Harmeet Singh, Nostush Kenzige, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netrawalkar, Ali Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Shubham Ranjane.
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelman, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Lauren Steenkamp, Malan Kruger, Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Jesse Balt, Dylan Leichter, WP Myburgh, Max Hengo. (Reserve: Alexander Voloshenk)
Netherlands: Scott Edwards (captain), Colin Ackerman, Noah Croes, Bas de Lied, Aryan Dutt, Fred Klaasen, Kyle Klein, Michael Levitt, Zac Lyon-Cashette, Max O’Dowd, Logan van Beek, Tim van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Saqib Zulfikar.
Pakistan: Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafe, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saeem Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq.
group b
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnman, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Zenith Perera, Charith Asalanka, Zenith Liyanage, Pawan Rathnayake, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Vellaage, Mahish Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Mathisha Pathirana, Ishan Malinga.
Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (captain), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maphosa, Tadivanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarawa, Brendan Taylor.
Ireland: Paul Stirling (captain), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Ben Callitz, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphreys, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Tim Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young
Oman: Jatinder Singh (captain), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmed, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonawale, Shah Faesal, Nadeem Khan, Sufiyan Mahmood, Jay Odedara, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedara, Jiten Ramanandi, Aamir Kaleem.
group c
England: Harry Brook (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethel, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tong, Luke Wood.
West Indies: Shai Hope (captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Moti, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd.
Italy: Wayne Madsen (captain), Marcus Campopiano, Gian Piero Meade, Zain Ali, Ali Hasan, Chrisann George Kalugamage, Harry Mainenty, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, Syed Naqvi, Benjamin Mainenty, Jaspreet Singh, JJ Smits, Grant Stewart, Thomas Dracula
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (captain), Deependra Singh Airey, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh, Sandeep Jora, Arif Sheikh, Baseer Ahmed, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sher Malla, Lokesh Bam.
Scotland: Richie Berrington (captain), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ihsan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheal. (Reserves: Jasper Davidson, Jack Jarvis. Non-traveling reserves: McKenzie Jones, Chris McBride, Charlie Tear)
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group d
South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brewis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Mfaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Abdullah Ahmedzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq Rahimi, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran. (Reserved: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai and Zia ur Rehman Sharifi)
Canada: Dilpreet Bajwa (captain), Ajayveer Hundal, Ansh Patel, Dilon Heiliger, Harsh Thaker, Jaskarandeep Singh, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Shreyas Movva, Yuvraj Samra.
United Arab Emirates: Muhammad Wasim (captain), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddiqui, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rohid Khan, Sohaib Khan, Simranjeet Singh.
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