Rohit Sharma has been made the brand ambassador of T20 World Cup 2026. He has retired from T20 and Test formats, so he will not be seen playing in the 2026 World Cup. Rohit Sharma has said that he is now getting used to staying at home. Rohit Sharma now plays only ODI matches, hence compared to earlier he is seen playing very few matches in a year.

Rohit Sharma had said goodbye to T20 and Test formats within a year. The decision of retirement is not easy for any cricketer, but with this he is able to spend more time with his family.

habit of staying at home

ICC Chairman Jay Shah had announced Rohit Sharma as the brand ambassador of the 2026 T20 World Cup. On this, Rohit Sharma said, “Being a part of all the previous T20 World Cups, but now just sitting and watching on TV, it will be a very different experience. I am getting used to staying at home and watching the matches.”

Rohit Sharma has been India’s most successful batsman in T20 cricket. He scored 4231 runs in 159 T20 matches in his career. Second in the list of Indians is Virat Kohli, who had scored 4188 runs in his T20 career.

Hope India wins…

Rohit Sharma expressed hope that under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team will once again win the T20 World Cup title. He said, “Hopefully the team will once again be able to repeat last year’s miraculous performance, this time with some new players. Winning an ICC tournament is a very difficult task. In my 18-year-old career, I have been fortunate to have won 2 ICC trophies in the recent past.”

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T20 World Cup 2026 will start from 7th February. The first match of the tournament will be played between Pakistan and Netherlands. The venues for both the semi-final matches have also been confirmed. The first semi-final will be played in Kolkata and the second in Colombo. India and Sri Lanka will be hosting the T20 World Cup together. The final match will be played on March 8 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. If Pakistan goes to the final, the title match will be played in Colombo.

Like the 2024 T20 World Cup, 20 teams will participate in the next World Cup also. India and Pakistan have been kept in the same group. India-Pak match will be played in Colombo on 15th February. Like last time, eight teams will travel through the Super-8 stage to the semi-finals and then the finals.

World Cup matches will be played in total 8 matches. 5 cities of India have got hosting of World Cup matches. These include Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Mumbai. World Cup matches will be played in 3 cities of Sri Lanka.

A special program was organized to announce the schedule of T20 World Cup 2026, in which Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur and many other great players attended. Apart from the current captain of India’s T20 team, Suryakumar Yadav, BCCI President Mithun Manhas, Board Vice President Rajeev Shukla, BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia and ICC Chairman Jay Shah also arrived.

Who is in India’s group? full schedule

India, Pakistan, USA, Netherlands and Namibia have been kept in the same group. India will play its first match with USA on 7th February, which will be held in Mumbai. India’s second match will be against Namibia on 12 February, the third against Pakistan on 15 February and the fourth league match will be against Netherlands on 18 February.

• India vs USA – 7 February (Mumbai)
• India vs Namibia – 12 February (Delhi)
• India vs Pakistan – 15 February (Colombo)
• India vs Netherlands – 18 February (Ahmedabad)

update in progress…

India and Sri Lanka are going to host the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026. A big update has come out regarding the semi-finals, finals and opening matches of the World Cup. According to The Indian Express, the first match and the last i.e. final match of the World Cup will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. One semi-final match will be hosted by Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. It is being told that the T20 World Cup will be played from 7 February to 8 March.

Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad had earlier hosted the first and final matches of the 2023 ODI World Cup. According to The Indian Express, if the semi-final match is played between India and Pakistan, it will be played in Colombo, while the other semi-final match will be played in Mumbai.

Sri Lanka is the co-host of the World Cup and World Cup matches will be played in a total of 7 grounds of both the countries. Matches to be held in India can be played in Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. At the same time, three grounds can be approved for the matches to be held in Sri Lanka. According to the report, any one ground can be chosen from Premadasa Stadium, Pallekele, Dambulla and Hambantota.

Nothing is clear yet regarding the venue of the warm-up matches. There are possibilities that Bengaluru may be given the opportunity to host some warm-up matches. Indian team’s matches can be held in big cities, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. ICC may announce the World Cup schedule in the next few days.

According to the same report, a meeting was held between some top officials of BCCI, in which it was decided that this time the World Cup matches should be organized in fewer cities as compared to the 2023 ODI World Cup. Each ground is expected to get 6 matches in the T20 World Cup.

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