On November 25, ICC has announced the schedule of T20 World Cup 2026. After the announcement of the schedule, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav has made a big prediction on the teams reaching the final. Team India’s first match will be with USA on 7th February. Defending champion India is in Group A, which also includes Pakistan, USA, Netherlands and Namibia.

An event was organized for the schedule announcement of the T20 World Cup. In this program, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav was asked about the teams going to the final. Suryakumar replied that the final match will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and India and Australia will clash in the final. Let us tell you that the final match will be played on March 8. Harmanpreet Kaur also supported captain Suryakumar on the India vs Australia final match.

When the same question was asked to Rohit Sharma, who made India win the 2024 T20 World Cup title under his captaincy, Rohit said that no matter who goes to the final, he only wants to see the Indian team lift the cup. Rohit has also been made the brand ambassador of T20 World Cup 2026.

India and Pakistan are also in Group A

The World Cup will be hosted by India and Sri Lanka, the first match will be held on 7 February and the final match will be held on 8 March. India and Pakistan have been placed in Group A, in which USA, Netherlands and Namibia are also present. India will play its first match with USA on 7 February, while the India-Pakistan mega-match will be held in Colombo on 15 February.

A total of 20 teams will be participating in the World Cup, just like the 2024 World Cup. They have been divided into 4 groups of five teams each. The team finishing in the top-2 of each group will go to the Super-8 stage. There will be a semi-final between the top-4 teams in the Super-8 stage table and then the title match on March 8.

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Indian Cricketers Reaction T20 World Cup 2024 Win: The date of 29 June 2024 created history by the Indian cricket team. Last year, India and South Africa clashed in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup on this day. Team India won the T20 World Cup for the second time by registering an exciting win of 7 runs. Many people contributed to this historic victory of India, of which Virat Kohli was also a flop in the entire tournament but came to the final and played a strong innings of 76 runs. Now by remembering that historic victory, Indian cricketers have given amazing reactions.

Rohit Sharma shared a video, which included all memories of winning the World Cup. Rohit’s eyes were seen in one of these pictures. He also shared a video of dancing in the celebration of the entire Team India. On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav shared the picture when the entire Team India celebrated the victory by picking up the trophy. Akshar Patel also shared a picture of some special moments with fellow players and trophy.

Last year for India was thrown by Hardik Pandya. He said that when Team India won the World Cup in 2011, he was celebrating on the road and now winning the World Cup for India is no less than a blessing.

What happened in the match

In the final of T20 World Cup 2024, the Indian team scored 176 runs while batting first. Virat Kohli, who could not play any big innings throughout the tournament, contributed 76 runs in the final. At the same time, those 47 runs of Akshar Patel were also very special, because this innings came at a time when India had lost 3 wickets on a score of just 34.

South Africa’s Henrik Klassen, who came to chase the target of 177 runs, almost ensured the victory, who scored 52 runs in just 27 balls. Meanwhile, a break came, after which the South African team was deviated from the rhythm. In the end, the catch of David Miller taken by Suryakumar Yadav will also be immortal, which played a huge role in Team India’s 7 runs.

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T20 World Cup Final Suryakumar Yadav Catch: The International Cricket Council has recently changed many rules. From stop clock to saliva, there has been a change in the rules on the use of saliva and DRS. Meanwhile, the rule of catch taken on the boundary has also been strictly done. Actually, the rules that have been caught by jumping the ball outside the boundary have been strict. On this day last year, India won the 2024 T20 World Cup by defeating South Africa by 7 runs. In that match, Suryakumar Yadav also caught a catch near the boundary. Whether Surya’s catch was illegal under the new rules, understand the whole matter here.

The new ICC rule says that a fielder can go across the boundary and touch the ball only once while staying in the air. The catch will be considered complete only when the fielder came inside the boundary and caught the catch. Whereas the old rule says that a fielder could go across the boundary several times in the air and touch the ball.

So was Suryakumar Yadav’s catch was illegal

South Africa was to score 7 runs in the last over in the final match of the India vs South Africa T20 World Cup played on June 29, 2024. David Miller was set on the crease, so he increased the heartbeat of Indian fans. But on the very first ball of the over, Miller put an aerial shot, but Suryakumar Yadav caught a catch while running near the boundary.

Suryakumar Yadav, while running inside the boundary, had bounted the ball in the air and completed the catch after coming inside the boundary again. Surya did not touch the ball even once by going across the boundary, while the new rule of ICC allows the fielder to touch the ball once in the air outside the boundary. So Suryakumar Yadav’s catch was completely clean.

The iconic catch of surya kumar yadav. pic.twitter.com/S3y0Qizleg

– Shana⁴⁵ (@Shana45__) June 29, 2025

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Rohit Sharma on 2024 T20 World Cup Ind vs Pak: If India and Pakistan are matching in cricket, the thrill is at its peak. The captain of India’s ODI team has played memorable innings in an Indo-Pak match several times. Now Rohit Sharma has released a big statement on the atmosphere before the India-Pakistan match held in the 2024 T20 World Cup. He told that the atmosphere before the World Cup match was like a festival. Remind you that Team India defeated Pakistan by a close margin of 6 runs in the World Cup.

There is some danger …

On a show in Jio Hotstar, Rohit Sharma revealed a big disclosure, “Before the India-Pakistan match, we were told that there is some danger. So 2 days before the match, we were asked to stay inside the hotel. The atmosphere started to be made from there. We were being ordered and the hotel was so filled that there was not easy to roam there.

When we reach the ground…

Rohit Sharma said that as soon as the team reached the stadium, the atmosphere felt as if there was a festival. According to Rohit, fans of India and Pakistan were also dancing and dancing there. He said, “I have played so many India-Pakistan matches, which I do not even remember count, but the energy level before that match was something else. It cannot be compared to anyone else.”

Remembering the final match of T20 World Cup 2024, Team India scored 176 runs in the first play. In that match, Rohit was dismissed for just 9 runs, but Virat Kohli played an important innings of 76 runs. At the same time, Akshar Patel also scored 47 runs. The Indian team created history by defeating South Africa by 7 runs.

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