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.

Pakistan Cricket Team Boycott ICC T20 World Cup 2026: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is going to be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka from February 7. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is continuously threatening to boycott this tournament, but in the meantime a new news has come to light. According to reports, Pakistan has been advised not to take such a step. It is being said in the reports that Pakistan has already booked its flight for Colombo. The Pakistani cricket team will leave for Colombo on Monday, by that time Pakistan’s cricket chief will announce his team’s participation in the T20 World Cup.

The team has booked the flight

The source told Telecom Asia Sports, ‘Despite the uncertainty over participating in the World Cup, the Pakistani team has booked an Air Lanka flight from Lahore to Colombo with the Australian team. It is expected that by Friday i.e. January 30, PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi will clarify the participation of Pakistani team in this mega event.

Naqvi had expressed doubt on Pakistan’s involvement

In protest against the exclusion of Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup 2026, PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi had expressed doubts over the participation of the Pakistani team in the tournament. Bangladesh Cricket Board’s request to shift its matches from India to Sri Lanka due to security concerns was rejected by the International Cricket Council (ICC). After this, on Monday, January 26, Naqvi met Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Islamabad to seek advice on whether to send the team to the T20 World Cup or not.

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif advised not to boycott

Sources told TelecomAsia.net that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif supported the PCB’s stance of supporting Bangladesh, but he has advised PCB Chief Naqvi not to boycott the World Cup to avoid any financial loss.

Afghanistan Vs West Indies 1st T20I Match: Preparations of all the teams have started for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, which is going to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Almost every team is practicing for the match by playing against each other. The ongoing 3-match T20 series between Afghanistan and West Indies is also a part of the same series, the first match of which was played on January 19 at the Dubai International Stadium. In this match, Afghanistan defeated West Indies by 38 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Ibrahim Zadran played an important role in defeating West Indies, who comes from the place in Afghanistan where 45 missiles were once fired, due to which the area was half destroyed.

When 45 missiles were fired on Jadran’s home town

Afghanistan opening batsman Ibrahim Zadran’s home is in Khost, a small town 150 kilometers from Kabul. In 1988, when Al Qaeda attacked the American Embassy. Then 45 missiles were fired in this same Khost area. Half of Khost was destroyed due to missile attack. Even after the Soviet Union left Afghanistan, Khost remained Osama’s base.

Zadran played a big role in winning against West Indies

Ibrahim Zadran not only led Afghanistan to victory in the first T20 International match of the West Indies series, but also broke two big records. In which his fellow player Darvis Rasooli also got full support. Let us tell you that both these batsmen played the biggest innings of their career in the first T20 International against West Indies. Due to which Afghanistan, batting first, scored 181 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. In response to which the West Indies team could score only 143 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.

Ibrahim Zadran broke Mohammad Shahzad’s record

In the first T20 International against West Indies, Ibrahim Zadran remained unbeaten till the end and played an excellent inning of 87 runs in 56 balls at a strike rate of 155.35. This innings included 8 fours and 3 sixes. This is the biggest score of Ibrahim Zadran’s T20 International career. Apart from this, this is also the fourth consecutive half-century scored by his bat in T20 International. With this, he became the batsman with the highest number of 14 half-centuries in T20 International for Afghanistan. In this matter he has broken the record of Mohammad Shahzad.

Zadran-Rasooli made the record of the biggest partnership

Apart from Brahim Zadran, Darvis Rasooli also made his highest score in T20 International by playing an inning of 84 runs in 59 balls, which included 8 fours and 2 sixes. Rasooli along with Zadran made a partnership of 162 runs for the third wicket, which is the biggest partnership for this wicket so far by Afghanistan in T20 International. In this case, he broke the record of partnership of Asghar Afghan and Hazratullah Zazai.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, hosted by India and Sri Lanka, is going to start from February 7, 2026. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has almost resolved the problems related to visas of players and support staff of Pakistani origin before the tournament. In this tournament, a total of 42 people including players and officials are coming to India for the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, ICC has taken important steps to facilitate visa related formalities.

There are players of Pakistani origin in these teams

Cricketers of Pakistani origin in the England team include spinner Adil Rashid, Rehan Ahmed and fast bowler Saqib Mahmood. The US team includes players of Pakistani origin like Ali Khan and Shayan Jahangir and the Netherlands team includes players of Pakistani origin like Zulfikar Saqib. According to the report, the visa applications of England players Rashid, Rehan and Shakib have already been approved. At the same time, Netherlands team members and Canadian support staff member Shah Salim Zafar have also got visas.

Last date for getting visa is 31st January

The process of providing visas to players and officials of Pakistani nationality or Pakistani origin included in the teams of UAE, USA, Italy, Bangladesh and Canada is underway. Next week’s date has been fixed for necessary action to provide visas for these teams, indicating that the process has reached its final stage. The last date for issuing visas for the participants has been fixed as January 31, 2026. Accelerating this process has been taken as a step in view of the representation of players of Pakistani origin in associate and full member countries. Cricketers, officials and standby players of many teams are involved in this process of ICC.

Shreyas Iyer Fitness Update: ICC announced the schedule of T20 World Cup 2026 in Mumbai on Tuesday i.e. November 25, 2025. During this time, a good news also came out for Indian cricket. Indian ODI team vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has started training after the operation. Shreyas was seriously injured during the third ODI match against Australia in Sydney on 25 October. Now Iyer has shared his health update on social media, in which he is seen riding an exercise bike. Now it remains to be seen whether Shreyas will be available for selection in Team India by the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, which is going to start in February next year.

How did Shreyas Iyer get injured?

Shreyas Iyer was injured in the Sydney ODI against Australia, when he was trying to catch the ball of Harshit Rana. Iyer had a serious problem of spleen laceration due to his fall from the left side. Due to this, Iyer had to be admitted in the ICU and there was also a complaint of internal bleeding in his body, which could have been fatal. He was operated on in Australia itself, after which his condition became stable. Shreyas Iyer returned to India after being discharged from the hospital in the beginning of November.

Iyer has been advised to take rest for two months

Medical experts have advised Shreyas to take rest for at least two months and stay away from cricket. Doctors say that if spleen injuries are not taken seriously, their hidden dangers can increase, because this organ plays an important role in filtering blood in the body and supporting immunity function. Recently there were reports that due to this injury, Iyer may be out of the race for selection for the T20 World Cup 2026. He will also be out of IPL 2026, but now after this photo, there are speculations that he will soon become fit and return to the field.