ICC T20 World Cup 2026: The ICC T20 World Cup 2026, jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka, started from Saturday i.e. 7th February. Everyone’s eyes are on Team India in this tournament. There is an interesting Indian addition to this T20 World Cup 2026. Many associate teams are captained by players of Indian origin. Associate teams like Netherlands, America, Nepal, Namibia, Oman, UAE and Canada are entering the field with strong intentions. These teams have made their place in the tournament through tough regional qualifiers.

Three players of Indian origin who captained foreign teams

1. Monank Patel (America)

Monank Patel was born on 1 May 1993 in Anand, Gujarat. Monank has represented Gujarat at the India Under-16 and Under-19 level. Jasprit has also played with Bumrah during his junior cricket days. After getting a green card in 2010, Monank moved to America in 2013. After settling in America, Monank again started his cricket career and made his ODI and T20 International debut in the year 2019. He has scored 920 runs for America in T20 International at an average of 27.87, which includes one century and 6 half-centuries. He has scored the only century in T20 International against Bahamas. After becoming the captain in the year 2021, Monank led a historic victory against Pakistan in the 2024 T20 World Cup.

2. Dilpreet Singh Bajwa (Canada)

Dilpreet Singh Bajwa, who captained Canada in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, was born on 26 January 2003 in Gurdaspur, Punjab. He laid his cricketing foundation in India, where he trained with coach Rakesh Marshall at the Government College Grounds and studied at Guru Arjun Dev School, Dhariwal. Before leaving India, Bajwa played a brilliant inning of 130 runs in the Under-19 match against Patiala. When he did not get much chance to play in India. His father Harpreet Singh and mother Harleen Kaur settled in Canada with their family in the year 2020. Bajwa made his T20 International debut against Bermuda in September 2023.

3. Jatinder Singh (Oman)

Jatinder Singh, born on March 5, 1989 in Ludhiana, Punjab, moved to Oman at an early age and started his cricket career there. Jatinder performed consistently well in Oman’s domestic cricket. Right-handed top order batsman Jatinder made his T20 International debut in 2015 and ODI debut in 2019. After becoming the captain in the year 2025, he took Oman to the Asia Cup for the first time, which is a historic achievement for him and the country.

The first day of the 2026 T20 World Cup was very exciting. Now 3 matches will be played on the second day of this global tournament i.e. on Sunday. The teams of England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will be seen in action on Sunday. Here you will get all the important details of the three matches of the second day.

First match between New Zealand and Afghanistan

Sunday’s first match will be played between New Zealand and Afghanistan. This match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. There will be a slow track and Afghanistan’s spinners can present a tough challenge for the Kiwi team. The toss of the match will take place at 10.30 am and the match will start at 11 am. You will be able to watch this match live on TV on the channels of Star Sports Network. Whereas on mobile the match will come live on Jiostar.

Afghanistan team- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Ishaq, Ziaur Rehman Sharifi and Abdullah Ahmedzai.

New Zealand team- Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy, James Neesham, Matt Henry, Devon Conway and Mark Chapman.

Second match between England and Nepal

Sunday’s second match will be played between England and Nepal. This match will be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The toss of this match will take place at 2.30 pm, while the match will start at 3 pm. You will be able to watch this match live on TV on the channels of Star Sports Network. Whereas on mobile the match will come live on Jiostar.

Nepal team- Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh (wicketkeeper), Rohit Paudel (captain), Deependra Singh Airi, Arif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, Sandeep Jora, Karan KC, Gulsan Jha, Sandeep Lamichhane, Nandan Yadav, Baseer Ahmed, Lalit Rajbanshi, Lokesh Bam, Sher Malla.

England has announced the playing eleven – Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Jacob Bethel, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (captain), Sam Curran, Will Jacques, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Luke Wood.

Third match between Sri Lanka and Ireland

Sunday’s third match will be between Sri Lanka and Ireland. This match will be played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The toss of the match will take place at 6:30 pm Indian time, while the match will start at 7 pm. You will be able to watch this match live on TV on the channels of Star Sports Network. Whereas on mobile the match will come live on Jiostar.

Ireland team- Paul Stirling (captain), Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wicketkeeper), Curtis Campher, Benjamin Calitz, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Matthew Humphries, Tim Tector, Joshua Little, Benjamin White, Craig Young.

Sri Lankan team- Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Pawan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Zenith Liyanage, Dunith Velalez, Dasun Shanaka (captain), Dushmantha Chameera, Mahesh Theekshana, Mathisha Pathirana, Pramod Madushan, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga.

The first match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between Pakistan and Netherlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In the end, Pakistan won the match by 3 wickets. At one time it seemed that Pakistan would lose the match, but a mistake by Scotland made Pakistan win the lost match.

Pakistan needed 29 runs in the last 2 overs. The team had lost 7 wickets. All-rounders Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Afridi were present at the crease. The biggest hope for the team was Faheem Ashraf. However, Shaheen also has the ability to hit sixes. But in the 19th over, Scotland’s Max O’Dowd dropped a simple catch of Faheem.

Faheem Ashraf dismissed the match after missing the catch

Faheem’s score was less than 10 runs when he missed the catch. After this, he made Pakistan cross the victory line by hitting fours and sixes. Faheem scored 29* runs in 11 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes and made Pakistan win the first match of the tournament.

Pakistan won the match just because of the dropped catch

Don’t be surprised if porkies compare Faheem Ashraf with Hardik Pandya against Mighty Netherlands pic.twitter.com/EOYnSJMir9

— Nenu (@NenuHanma) February 7, 2026

full status of the match

Let us tell you that in the match, Pakistan had won the toss and decided to bowl. Netherlands, who came to bat first, were all out for 147 runs in 19.5 overs. During this, Scott Edward played the biggest innings for the team and scored 37 runs in 29 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. During this period, Salman Mirza took maximum 3 wickets for Pakistan. Apart from this, Mohammad Nawaz, Abrar Ahmed and Sam Ayub took 2-2 wickets in their account. Shaheen Afridi got the remaining 1 wicket.

Then Pakistan team came on the field for run chase and won by scoring 148/7 runs in 19.3 overs. During this, Sahibzada Farhan played the biggest innings for the team and scored 47 runs in 31 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, no other batsman could touch the 30 run mark.