The great match between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2026 will be played in Colombo on 15 February. Suryakumar Yadav will captain the Indian team in the upcoming World Cup. India and Pakistan have come face to face in the T20 World Cup a total of 7 times so far, out of which Team India has emerged victorious 6 times. Actually, Captain Suryakumar had clearly said during the Asia Cup that now there is no rivalry between India and Pakistan. Nevertheless, he described the India-Pakistan match to be held in the T20 World Cup as a match full of excitement for the fans.

At the schedule announcement event of T20 World Cup 2026, Suryakumar Yadav said, “Our group is looking good, as far as the match (India vs Pakistan) on February 15 is concerned, we had recently played matches with them in the Asia Cup. Everyone was focused only on cricket, not on anything else. As you all must have seen. It will be a great match and Indian players are always excited about the India-Pak match.”

Let us tell you that India has been placed in Group A of the World Cup. Group A includes India along with Pakistan, USA, Namibia and Netherlands. The match between India and Pakistan will be played in Colombo on 15 February. In fact, before the Champions Trophy 2025, there was an agreement between BCCI and PCB to hold India-Pak matches at neutral venues.

During the Asia Cup, captain Suryakumar Yadav had said that India has been continuously defeating Pakistan, hence there is no such thing as ‘rivalry’ left between them. Captain Suryakumar said that rivalry happens between those teams when the head-to-head record in 12 matches is like 6-6 or 7-5.

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T20 World Cup Schedule: ICC announced the schedule of 2026 T20 World Cup, first match on 7 February and final on 8 March.

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…