ICC Chairman Jay Shah has declared Rohit Sharma as the brand ambassador of the 2026 T20 World Cup. It was under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma that India won the 2024 T20 World Cup title, after which he retired from this format. Jai Shah said that there could not have been a better person than Rohit Sharma for the responsibility of ambassador. Being the brand ambassador, Rohit Sharma will make an important contribution in promoting the T20 World Cup at the global level.

Announcing Rohit Sharma as the brand ambassador, Jay Shah said, “It is an honor for me to announce that I will be the brand ambassador of the T20 World Cup 2026 to be held in India and Sri Lanka. There could not be a better representative of this event than the 2024 T20 World Cup-winning captain Rohit Sharma. A player who has played all 9 T20 World Cups so far.”

ICC has also announced the complete schedule for the T20 World Cup. The first match of the World Cup will be played between Pakistan and Netherlands on 7 February. Whereas the Indian team will play its first match with USA on 7th February. If we remember, ICC had announced four brand ambassadors for the 2024 T20 World Cup. Yuvraj Singh, Shahid Afridi, Chris Gayle and veteran Olympian Usain Bolt were declared brand ambassadors.

Rohit Sharma may not play in the 2026 T20 World Cup, but being the brand ambassador, he will be seen on the field many times during matches. Rohit Sharma became the second Indian captain to win the T20 World Cup in 2024. Before him, MS Dhoni had done this in 2007.

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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.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule of the 2026 T20 World Cup. This mega event will start from 7th February. The title match will be played on March 8. A total of 20 teams will participate in the 2026 T20 World Cup, which are divided into 4 groups. T20 World Cup matches will be played at a total of five venues in India. The tournament matches will also be held at 3 venues in Sri Lanka. Here you will get A to Z details of 2026 T20 World Cup.

In the 2026 T20 World Cup, 3 matches will be played on the first day i.e. on 7th February. Pakistan’s match will be with Netherlands. India will face USA and West Indies will face Bangladesh. Let us tell you that the final match of the 2026 T20 World Cup will be played on March 8 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. If Pakistan team qualifies for the finals then the title match will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Similarly, the semi-final matches are to be played in Kolkata and Mumbai, but if Pakistan team goes to the semi-finals then it will play the semi-finals in Colombo.

20 teams divided into 4 groups

Group A- India, Pakistan, USA, Netherlands and Namibia

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

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

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

India-Pak match on 15th February

There will be a big match between India and Pakistan on 15th February in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Both the teams will clash at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The first match of the tournament will be played between Pakistan and Netherlands. Team India will play its first match against USA on 7th February.

Matches will be held at 5 venues in India and 3 in Sri Lanka.

The 2026 T20 World Cup will start from 7 February. The final match of the tournament will be played on March 8. Defending champions India will play their first match against USA (USA) in Mumbai on February 7, which will be followed by league matches against Namibia, Pakistan and Netherlands.

The 2026 T20 World Cup matches will be played at a total of five venues in India, which include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. The tournament matches will be held at R Premadasa and S Sports Club of Colombo, Sri Lanka and Pallekele International Stadium of Kandy.

Team India’s schedule in 2026 T20 World Cup

India vs America, 7 February, Mumbai
India vs Namibia, 12 February, Delhi
India vs Pakistan, 15 February, Colombo
India vs Netherlands, 18 February, Ahmedabad

Rohit Sharma becomes brand ambassador

ICC Chairman Jay Shah has declared Rohit Sharma as the brand ambassador of the 2026 T20 World Cup. It was under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma that India won the 2024 T20 World Cup title, after which he retired from this format. Jai Shah said that there could not have been a better person than Rohit Sharma for the responsibility of ambassador. Being the brand ambassador, Rohit Sharma will make an important contribution in promoting the T20 World Cup at the global level.

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 @JayShahand 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 date of 2nd November will always hold a special place in the history of Indian cricket. This year, she won the Women’s World Cup 2025 title by defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the final. The Indian team had lost three consecutive matches in the league stage of the World Cup, after which questions were raised on the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur. But with India’s World Cup victory, he has proved his critics wrong. Actually, when Kaur was going to collect the trophy from ICC Chairman Jay Shah, she tried to touch Jay Shah’s feet. However, Jai Shah had stopped him from doing so. After all, why did Jai Shah do this? Here you will get the answer to this question.

Why didn’t Jai Shah touch his feet?

The first reason is that in Hindu religion the feet of a girl/woman are not touched because woman is considered a form of Shakti. In Hindu religion, women are considered worthy of worship. However, women are seen touching the feet of elders. According to old beliefs, women have been touching the feet of father, guru and elders only. Jay Shah and Harmanpreet are almost of the same age, so if Shah had touched the feet of the Indian captain, it would have been seen as an insult to women.

Jai Shah was praised a lot on social media for this gesture. It was said that Jai Shah respected women power by not touching her feet. It was said that this reflected his good values.

Let us tell you that Jay Shah has made an important contribution in taking Indian women’s cricket forward and now being the ICC Chairman, he is committed to giving a new identity to the Women’s World Cup in world cricket.

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The government of Pakistan is in panic after the reaction of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on the death of 8 Afghan players in Paktika, Afghanistan. Pakistan’s Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar has written a long post on Twitter calling ICC’s response a partisan and hasty comment. He wrote that the ICC has not presented any concrete evidence to prove the death of Afghanistan’s cricketers in the Pakistani attack.

Tarar further wrote that a few hours after the ICC’s statement, its chairman Jay Shah repeated the same thing on Twitter and then the Afghanistan Cricket Board also issued a similar statement. This shows that a false story is being created by repeating the same thing in many places. This is not the first time, under the current leadership of the ICC, Pakistan cricket has been targeted many times, such as the recent ‘handshake controversy’, due to which questions are raised on the impartiality of the ICC.

What did the minister running fake news of Pakistan say?

Referring to the fact that ICC President Jay Shah is an Indian, Pakistan’s fake news minister wrote that the ICC should not accept any claim as true without checking it, should not make statements at the behest of any country and should treat all countries equally and Pakistan hopes that the ICC, whose current president is from India, will show impartiality and resolve this dispute in the right manner so that the game can be kept away from politics.

The Pakistani Army had attacked Afghanistan last Friday, in which 17 innocent people were killed. There were 8 cricket players among those who died, out of which 3 players were also members of the domestic team of Afghanistan cricket team. Their names were Kabir Aga, Sibgatullah and Haroon and apart from ICC, Afghanistan Cricket Board and Board of Control for Cricket in India, ICC Chairman Jay Shah along with former cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Afghanistan cricketers Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi also expressed grief over the death of these three players due to Pakistan’s cowardly strike.

Afghan cricket team chairman expressed gratitude to Jai Shah

On ICC Chairman Jay Shah’s condolence, Afghanistan Cricket Team Chairman Mirwaiz Ashraf thanked Jay Shah on Twitter and wrote that thank you for giving message and support in this difficult time and your support and sympathy means a lot to the Afghanistan Cricket Board and the entire Afghan cricket family.

After the Afghan Jihad, when the Russian army withdrew from Afghanistan, at the behest of ISI, Hafiz Gul Bahadur joined terrorist Masood Azhar and started recruiting fighters for Jaish-e-Mohammed in Datta Khel and Miran Shah to attack India. Hafiz Gul Bahadur also ran a madrassa of his own, where he used to train terrorists and send them to the Haqqani network in Afghanistan to fight against America.

In the year 2006, Miran Shah Peace Accord was signed between the Government of Pakistan and Hafiz Gul Bahadur, under which Hafiz Gul Bahadur or his fighters will never attack in Pakistan and in return the Pakistani government will give Hafiz Gul Bahadur a safe place, where he will be able to run his terrorism business.

Hafiz Gul Bahadur became a founding member of TTP in 2007.

In 2007, Hafiz Gul Bahadur became a founding member of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and deputy to the then chief Baitullah Mehsud, but in protest against TTP’s attack on Pakistan, he left TTP and founded Ittihad Shura Mujahideen Pakistan (ISP). Whose job was to attack Haqqani network and Afghan Taliban along with US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Tehreek-e-Taliban fighters were to be killed for Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At that time ISI had described Hafiz Gul Bahadur and his organization as ‘Good Taliban’.

In the year 2014, the Pakistani Army started attacking the bases of its old assets by running Operation Zarb-e-Azb, after which Hafiz Gul Bahadur also canceled the 2006 peace agreement and in the year 2018, along with Haji Gul Marjan and Maulvi Sadiq Noor, started attacking the Pakistani Army in North Waziristan.

After the capture of Kabul by Afghan Taliban in the year 2021, along with Tehreek-e-Taliban, they started killing the Pakistani army under the banner of Ittihad-e-Mujahideen, which is continuing till now. There are a total of more than 1500 fighters in the army of Ittihad ul Mujahideen fighters. According to sources, it is estimated that every year Jaish-e-Mohammed trains more than 50 fighters of Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen in exchange for money.

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ICC Stand On Afghanistan Airstrike: There was an air strike by Pakistan in Afghanistan late on the night of 17 October, in which three local cricketers along with several civilians were killed. The statement of International Cricket Council Chairperson Jai Shah has come out on this incident. ICC Chairman Jay Shah has expressed grief over the death of three young Afghan players killed in this attack.

Jai Shah expressed grief over the attack in Afghanistan

ICC chairperson Jay Shah wrote on social media platform Due to the demise of these promising players, not only Afghanistan cricket but the entire cricket world has suffered a loss. We stand in solidarity with the Afghanistan Cricket Board and those who lost family members in this attack.

Deeply saddened by the loss of three young Afghan cricketers, Kabeer Agha, Sibghatullah, and Haroon, whose dreams were cut short by a senseless act of violence. The loss of such promising talent is a tragedy not just for Afghanistan but for the entire cricketing world. We stand…

— Jay Shah (@JayShah) October 18, 2025

ICC will take big action?

Afghanistan Cricket Board has also respected this statement of Jay Shah and has also expressed gratitude for issuing a statement by ICC against this attack on the appeal of ACB. It has been further said on behalf of the Board that ACB has always kept cricket separate from politics and has always taken its decisions on the basis of ICC’s framework.

Actually, the Afghanistan Cricket Board had presented the matter of the death of three players killed in this attack to the ICC, after which the statement of ICC Chairman Jay Shah has come out and he has condemned this attack. Along with this, the death of three Afghan players has been described as a loss to the cricket world. But there has been no mention yet of taking any action from Jay Shah or ICC.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board extends its sincere gratitude to the @ICC for issuing its statement following the ACB’s appeal. This gesture genuinely reflects the ICC’s neutrality, compassion, and commitment to fairness in expressing its sorrow and sympathy over the tragic…

— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) October 18, 2025

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Jai Shah, chairman of the International Cricket Council, has turned 37 today. He was born on this day in 1988. He stepped into the cricket administration after becoming a member of the board in the Gujarat Cricket Association. After that he stepped into BCCI and later became Secretary of the Board. Shah has achieved a lot of success in a very short time and now ICC is sitting in the post of chairman and providing his services to world cricket. All these were things related to his professional life, but are Jai Shah married.

Are Jai Shah married?

Yes, Jai Shah is married. He married his college time girlfriend Rishita Patel on 10 February 2015. His wedding ceremony was attended by big leaders of India and VVIAP guests. The wedding ceremony was held at the YMCA International Center in Ahmedabad.

Jai Shah and Rishita Patel met for the first time in college days. Gradually their friendship changed into love, which he gave the form of marriage in 2015. They say no, a woman has a hand behind every successful man. Rishita has always supported Jai Shah, like an ideal partner.

How many children have their father Jai Shah?

Jai Shah is the father of 3 children. He has 2 daughters and a son. In November last year, his house was born by his son. According to reports, her first daughter was born in the year 2017, while about 2 years later, in 2019, her house was stepped up by another little guest.

Talking about Rishita Patel, she is the daughter of a businessman from Ghatlodia, Gujarat. According to reports, Rishita is a housewife and is said to have a lot of attachment to animals.

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Uae vs pak match controversy: The match was played between India and Pakistan on 14 September in the Asia Cup. Even before this match, there was a lot of uproar across the country, but with the end of the match, Pakistan got a shock. After the India-Pakistan match, the players of Team India refused to join hands with Pakistani players, but now the matter has increased that the Pakistan team threatened to go out of the Asia Cup, but the Pakistan Cricket Board got caught in the trap made by itself and got it insulted.

How did the controversy start?

During the toss of India and Pakistan, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav did not join hands with Pakistani captain Salman Ali Aga. After this, even after the match was over, the Indian team did not get on the field to join hands with Pakistani players and went to the dressing room and closed the door. After this, Suryakumar Yadav said that the feelings of the country for us are ahead of the game of spirit.

In the match played with India, the Pakistani team filed a complaint against ICC against the match referee Andy Picroft. This referee was also to participate in the match of Pakistan and UAE on 17 September today. Regarding this, the Pakistan Cricket Board said that if Andy Picroft was not removed from the post of referee, then Pakistan’s team will not play matches against UAE.

There was a ruckus one hour before the match between Pakistan and UAE. The PCB first forbade the Pakistani players to reach the stadium and the news came out that Pakistan could boycott from the Asia Cup. Then there was a meeting between the ICC and the PCB, in which the referee Andy Picroft was described as innocent and kept them referee.

ICC pronounced the decision

The ICC has clearly stated in its decision that Andy Picroft has not violated any match protocol. After this, PCB overturned the whole story. The ICC’s decision neither came in favor of the Pakistan Cricket Board nor agreed to play the Pakistani team. Pakistan refused for the first match and then agreed to play. But in all this ruckus, the time of the match progressed one hour.

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Jay shah strict action against Pakistan: The match between India and Pakistan came to an end on September 10, but the No Handshake controversy broke out between the two teams that day has increased even more. After the India-Pakistan match, Indian players did not join hands with Pakistani players. At the same time, during the toss, Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav neither shook hands with Pakistan’s Captain Salman Ali Aga nor looked at him. Now this dispute is going from the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to the International Cricket Council and now a new twist has come in this matter.

Jai Shah will take tough action

According to information received by the Times of India from a source of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), ‘PCB can call back its team from Asia Cup. If Pakistan does this, then ICC chairperson Jai Shah can impose many restrictions on PCB. Along with this, a strong penalty can also be imposed, which will not be able to withstand the Pakistan Cricket Board ‘. If ICC chairperson Jai Shah takes any big action against Pakistan, then Pakistan can pull back its step.

Mohsin Naqvi’s statement created panic

According to information received by Times of India from a source of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), PCB can call back its team from Asia Cup. If Pakistan does this, then ICC chairperson Jai Shah can impose many restrictions on PCB. Along with this, a strong penalty can also be imposed, which will not be able to withstand the Pakistan Cricket Board.

This big action is being revealed on the Pakistan Cricket Board when the Head and PCB President of the Asian Cricket Council, Mohsin Naqvi, posted on social media and wrote that there is nothing more than the honor and prestige of the country for me. The PCB lodged a complaint against the match referee Andrew Pycroft, who rescued the essential handshek between Salman Ali Aga and Suryakumar Yadav during the toss.

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Jay shah and shahid Afridi in India Pakistan Match: The match was played between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 10 September. In this match of Asia Cup 2025, India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets. Citing this match, a video is becoming increasingly viral on social media, in which anti -India talk and former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi, ICC chairperson Jai Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party NP are seen sitting with Anurag Thakur. In this video, it is being claimed that this is a video of the match played between India and Pakistan tomorrow. But the truth is that this video is old.

The truth of the video of Jai Shah and Shahid Afridi?

There is a ruckus on social media about this video with Shahid Afridi of Jai Shah and Anurag Thakur. Users are saying that in the Asia Cup match, Jai Shah is sitting with Shahid Afridi and enjoying the match. Let us tell you that this video is not of the Asia Cup 2025. Therefore, it is wrong that Jai Shah saw the India-Pakistan match played yesterday sitting with Shahid Afridi.

Jay shah and shahid khan Afridi are siting together, chatting, and enjoying the #Indivspakistan Match. How much more fools will you make of the people? Stop it now. #ASIACUP #INDVPAK pic.twitter.com/56yhweyey6

– tariq (@Mohd__tariq) September 14, 2025

What is the truth of viral video?

If you watch this video going viral on social media, then at the beginning of the video you can see the hoardings in the stadium, on which the Champions Trophy is writing 2025. It is clear from this that this video is of the India-Pakistan match played in the UAE in the Champions Trophy this year, which was played on 23 February 2025. In this match, India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets. Along with this news, you also show real videos which a user shared on February 24, 2025.

Shahid Afridi and Jay Shah Watched The Pakistan vs India Match Togetra at the Dubai Stadium. #Indvspak #Championstrophy pic.twitter.com/9fid9dlmol

– Ahtasham riaz (@ahtashamriaz22) February 24, 2025

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The BCCI wants India vs Pakistan match in the Asia Cup, because the Indian board will also be harmed due to this. Dainik Bhaskar has given this information by quoting two top BCCI officials. According to the report, the Indian board also wants India and Pakistan to have a match in the Asia Cup.

Let us know that after the Pahalgam attack, India Legends also refused to play matches with Pakistan in WCL. The team thought it right to be out of the tournament but maintained the decision not to play with Pakistan in the semi -finals.

Board does not want to give free points to Pakistan

Quoting BCCI officials, Bhaskar said in his report that the team does not want to give 2 points of free to Pakistan. Officials said that Team India can only boycott Pakistan in the Asia Cup, but this will provide 2 points of free to the Pakistan team. Pakistan can reach the finals thanks to these points. Why should we give free points to Pakistan.

India’s dominance in ACC will be weak

The second reason in the report was told that if the Indian team does not play with Pakistan, then the tournament will be flopped. This will also affect the earnings. This will reduce India’s dominance in the Asian Cricket Council and Pakistan can make other countries against India.

BCCI will also be weak in ICC politics

In the third reason, it has been told that this will also weaken the BCCI in ICC politics. If voting is done on any issue, then most of the countries of Asia support the BCCI and it includes Pakistan. India and Pakistan continued to vote in one place for hosting the ICC tournament. If India boycott the match with Pakistan in the Asia Cup, then the position of BCCI in ICC can also weaken.

Broadcaster will suffer a big loss due to cancellation of India-Pakistan match

The BCCI official said in the report that in 2024 the broadcast rights of the next 4 Asia Cup have been sold for about Rs 1500 crore. They have received such a huge price only due to the India vs Pakistan match. Advertising slots for this match are sold for 10 seconds for 10 seconds, while this amount for other matches in India is halved. If India Pakistan match is canceled, then the broadcaster will have to suffer a big loss. This will reduce the reliability of BCCI in the eyes of broadcasters.

So will India-Pakistan match be now in any case?

This is not the case, of course the BCCI is looking at the disadvantage of doing so, but the final decision on this match will also be of the government. The Sports Ministry official told Bhaskar that no instructions have been received about it yet. However, Bihar election campaign will intensify by that time and the pressure on the government will increase not to allow India’s match with Pakistan. It is also likely that India will boycott the match with Pakistan at the last moment.