India is officially on their road to T20 World Cup defence with the final year before the event, namely 2026.
The tournament which is an Indo-Sri Lankan co-host will take place between February 7 and March 8 and will consist of 20 teams including first-time entrants Italy.
India is coming off the back of winning the 2024 title in the USA and West Indies and therefore will be outright favourites in the campaign they are going to play on home soil and their schedule is nothing short of a blockbuster.
Ready to defend the title on home soil 🇮🇳 🏆
Here are #TeamIndia‘s group stage fixtures for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026! 🗓️#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/MdL6Qa9mlg
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 25, 2025
The entire 2026 T20 world cup general plan of INDIA.
Group Stage & Super 8 Fixtures
February 7: Mumbai (Wankhede stadium)
India vs USA
February 12: New Delhi
India vs Namibia
February 15: Colombo
India vs Pakistan
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February 18: Ahmedabad (Narendra Modi stadium)
India vs Netherlands
An All subcontinental Tour to the Defending champions.
The schedule for ICC Men’s @T20WorldCup 2026 is here! 📅
The matches and groups were unveiled at a gala event in Mumbai led by ICC Chairman @JayShah, and with new tournament ambassador @ImRo45 and Indian team captains @surya_14kumar and Harmanpreet Kaur in attendance.
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— ICC (@ICC) November 25, 2025
The schedule will include the most iconic venues in the two host countries: Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Colombo and will provide home fans in different parts of the world with the opportunity to watch the title defence.
The highlight, however, is, no doubt, the match on February 15 in Colombo where India and Pakistan revive the most intense rivalry in the history of cricket in neutral grounds. That game will be highlighted on callendars the world over as usual.
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India hope to win the trophy in the first time ever. The team goes back to home conditions where they have not hosted a T20 world cup since 2016.
Spin-friendly conditions may characterize the whole tournament with Sri Lanka as one of the co-hosts.
