The 2026 T20 World Cup will start from 7 February and the final match will be played on 8 March. A total of 20 teams will participate in this World Cup tournament and one by one all the countries are declaring their squads. From India to England, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have also announced their teams.

India is hosting the World Cup, but Pakistan’s matches will be played in Sri Lanka. Till now a total of 10 teams have declared their squads and the same number of teams are left. See here which players have got a chance to play in the World Cup and who have not. The last date for declaring the World Cup squad is January 8, while teams will be allowed to make some changes in their respective teams till January 31.

Squads of all teams for T20 World Cup:

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.

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.

bangladesh

Liton Das (captain), Tanjeed Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hasan, Tauheed Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Kazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzeem Hasan Saqib, Taskin Ahmed, Shaif Uddin, Shoriful Islam

South Africa

Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock, Tony de Jorzi, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Mfaka, Lungi Ngidi, Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje.

afghanistan

Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Abdullah Ahmedzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran.

reserve: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai and Zia Ur Rehman Sharifi

namibia

Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelman, JJ Smit, Jan Frylink, Lauren Steenkamp, ​​Malan Kruger, Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Jesse Balt, Dylan Leichter, WP Myburgh, Max Hengo

Australia (provisional squad)

Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh English, Matthew Kuhneman, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.

Sri Lanka (Preliminary Squad)

Dasun Shanaka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dhananjay de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Zenith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Pawan Ratnayake, Sahan Arachige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Vellaage, Milan Ratnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Ishan Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Mathisha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Mahesh Teekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Vijaykant Vyaskant, Trevin Mathew

zimbabwe

Sikandar Raza (captain), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madende, Tinotenda Maphosa, Tadivanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarawa, Brendan Taylor.

oman

Jatinder Singh (captain), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmed, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonawale, Shah Faesal, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mahmood, Jai Odedara, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedara, Jiten Ramanandi, Hasnain Ali Shah

The Indian team has been announced for the T20 World Cup 2026, in which Ishan Kishan has been included as the second wicketkeeper. Ishaan has been selected in the T20 team after 2 years, meanwhile there is a whole story of a struggle. He also had to be released from the central contract of BCCI. Now Ishaan’s first reaction has come on his name being selected in the team.

Ishan Kishan’s first reaction

Ishan Kishan looked very happy after being selected in the T20 World Cup squad. Speaking to news agency ANI, Ishaan said, “I am very happy. Excited to join the team.” Kishan further said that the team is playing very well.

#WATCH Patna, Bihar , On his comeback to India’s squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, Indian cricketer Ishan Kishan says, “I am very happy…” pic.twitter.com/R2oKsCd9U2

— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2025

Ishan Kishan also shared an Instagram story and wrote in the caption, “Back, better” i.e. return in a better way. Let us tell you that considering Ishaan’s recent form, he has been selected in the T20 World Cup squad, whereas due to his form, Shubman Gill was left out of the team.

Before the T20 World Cup, Ishan Kishan will return in the T20 series against New Zealand. Actually, the team announced on Saturday is also for the 5-match T20 series against New Zealand along with the World Cup. The first match of the T20 series will be played on 21 January, the last match of which will be played on 31 January.

Ishan Kishan’s performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was excellent, Jharkhand won its first title under his captaincy. Ishaan created history by playing a century in the final. He became the first captain to score a century in the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He was the only batsman to score more than 500 runs in the tournament. He scored a total of 517 runs in 10 innings.

Indian team for T20 World Cup 2026

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Washington Sundar, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper).

India’s schedule in T20 World Cup 2026

• 07 February- vs America (Mumbai)
• 12 February- vs Namibia (Delhi)
• 15 February- vs Pakistan (Colombo)
• 18 February- vs Netherlands (Ahmedabad)

t20 world cup 2026 teams

Group A- India, Pakistan, America, Netherlands, Namibia

Group B- Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Oman

Group C- England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Nepal, Italy

Group D- New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan, Canada, UAE.