T20 World Cup 2026 full schedule: Complete list of matches, venues, updated squads, timings, live streaming information

The final squads of the T20 World Cup 2026 have started settling in as the global cricketing spectacle gears up for next month's start. Defending champions India were the first team to announce their squad for the T20 World Cup 2026, with the likes of former champions Australia and England naming their provincial squads at the moment.

The 10th edition of the T20 World Cup will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. While the majority of the tournament will be held on Indian soil, Pakistan will play all their matches in Sri Lanka, including the knockouts, if qualified. The T20 World Cup 2026 starts on February 7.

As many as three matches will be played on the opening day, including hosts India taking on USA. The final is scheduled for March 8. Twenty teams have been divided of four groups of five teams each. Each team will play four matches in the group stage with the top two sides qualifying for the Super 8 stage where eight teams will be divided into two groups.

The top two teams in the Super 8 stage from each group will make it to the semifinals. It must be noted that the International Cricket Council (ICC) had announced eight seeded teams prior to the tournament. According to the ICC, the seeding have been applied for logistical reasons.

The seedings will come into play in the Super 8 stage. The eight seeded teams will take their predetermined positions in Super 8 stage irrespective of their positions in the group stage. If an unseeded team qualify for the Super 8 stage, it would take the position of the seeded team that failed to make it to the next round.

For example, India and Pakistan have been seeded as A1 and A2 regardless of their final positions in Group A.

Full schedule of T20 World Cup 2026

Among the Sri Lankan venues are R Premadasa Stadium and Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo and Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Kandy.

USA: TBA

Namibia: TBA

Netherlands: TBA

Pakistan: TBA

Sri Lanka (preliminary squad): Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Janith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachchige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Milan Rathnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Eshan Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Traveen Mathew

Zimbabwe: TBA

Ireland: TBA

Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmad, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonavale, Shah Faisal, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedara, Jiten Ramanandi, Hasnain Ali Shah.

West Indies: TBA

Bangladesh: TBA

Italy: TBA

Nepal: TBA

New Zealand: TBA

Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (C), Noor Ahmad, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran; Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai and Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi.

Canada: TBA

UAE: TBA