The 2026 T20 World Cup will start from 7 February and the final will be played on 8 March. Before the start of the World Cup, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has demanded that all its matches to be held in India should be shifted. Due to the safety of players and officials, BCB has made this demand from the International Cricket Council.

This decision of BCB has come at a time when Kolkata Knight Riders had expelled Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman on the instructions of BCCI. After that, Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued an official statement demanding to move its T20 World Cup matches out of India.

Bangladesh Cricket Board says that it wants a safe environment for its players and officials. The board said that in view of the current conditions in India, it demanded that its team’s World Cup matches should not be held in India on the orders of the Bangladesh government and also expressed the hope that the ICC will understand this problem and find a solution soon.

Big decision on Mustafizur Rahman too

Bangladesh Cricket Board has also taken a big decision on fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman. Rahman, whom KKR has released from its IPL 2026 squad on the instructions of BCCI. BCB had earlier given No Objection Certificate (NOC) to Rahman to play in IPL, but after his release by KKR, BCB has canceled Mustafizur Rahman’s NOC with immediate effect.

T20 World Cup 2026 Qualified Teams: The countdown of T20 World Cup 2026 has started. India will step into the tournament as the defending champion, which defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup. This will be the tenth edition of the T20 World Cup. Let us know that so far India, West Indies and England have won this trophy twice, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia have won the title once. Here, let’s know where the 2026 T20 World Cup will be played, when will it start and how many teams will participate in the tournament?

When and where will the 2026 T20 World Cup be played?

India and Sri Lanka are going to host the 2026 T20 World Cup. This will be the second time when India and Sri Lanka will be hosting a T20 World Cup tournament. The date of the tournament has not been revealed yet, but the World Cup matches will be played in the month of February-March next year.

How many teams will participate?

The T20 World Cup tournament will be played in the 2024 format, in which 20 teams from all over the world are going to participate. These 20 countries will be divided into four groups of five teams each. After that, the team that finishes the top-2 from each group will enter the Super-8 stage. In the Super-8 stage, two groups of four teams will be formed, in which the team living in Top-2 will qualify for the semi-finals.

Let us tell you that so far a total of 13 teams have qualified for the World Cup. India and Sri Lanka got entry into the Direct World Cup tournament as a host. Apart from them, the top-8 teams of 2024 T20 World Cup got a direct entry in the next World Cup. After him, two teams have qualified for the World Cup on the basis of rankings. At the same time, the decision of the remaining 8 teams will be on the basis of regional qualifiers.

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