Team India T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule: The Indian cricket team is ready to enter the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 to be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. This tournament is starting from 7th February. Team India will play in the tournament as the defending champion. India won the title of the 2024 T20 World Cup jointly hosted by West Indies and America by defeating South Africa by 7 runs. However, in the history of this tournament, no team has been able to win the T20 World Cup title twice in a row.

Team India will face America on 7th February

Team India has been placed in Group A of the tournament. Apart from India, teams from Pakistan, America, Namibia and Netherlands are present in this group. India’s first match is against America on 7 February at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. After this the team will face Namibia on 12th February at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The match between India and Pakistan is to be held in Colombo on 15 February. The match between India and Netherlands will be played on 18 February at Narendra Modi Stadium. There are 4 groups in the T20 World Cup 2026 and the top 2 teams of each group will get a place in the Super-8.

Schedule of Indian team in T20 World Cup

date	competition	Field	Time (IST)
7 February 2026	India vs America	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	7:00 PM
12 February 2026	india vs namibia	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	7:00 PM
15 February 2026	india vs pakistan	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	7:00 PM
18 February 2026	India vs Netherlands	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	7:00 PM

Team India will field under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav

Team India will field in the T20 World Cup 2026 under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. The Indian team has not lost a single series since the last T20 World Cup. The team includes world number one T20 batsman Abhishek Sharma as well as number one bowler Varun Chakraborty. There are 8 players in the squad who were part of the 2024 T20 World Cup winning team, while 7 new players have got a place.

Indian team for T20 World Cup 2026:

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Akshar Patel (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.

Tilak Varma Returns To Team India: India’s all-rounder Tilak Verma has recently returned to the national team after recovering from injury. He thanked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Center of Excellence. Tilak said that with the help of these two, he was able to return to the field sooner than expected. Inspired by the aggressive batting happening around him, he said that the atmosphere of the team was very good. He also said that he and the entire Indian team are feeling fully prepared for the World Cup. Tilak said that the packed crowd at the DY Patil Stadium and the slogans in his name were a confidence boost, even though it was a warm-up match. India defeated South Africa by 30 runs in the high-scoring warm-up match played in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, February 4 and completed the preparations for the T20 World Cup in a brilliant manner.

Tilak Verma gave statement on returning to Team India

Tilak Verma said, ‘To be honest, I did not expect that I would be able to return to the field so soon. For this I wholeheartedly thank the Center of Excellence and BCCI. Playing the World Cup has always been my biggest dream. When I came on the field and people were shouting slogans of ‘Tilak-Tilak’, I was not expecting this at all. This made me feel very good and my enthusiasm increased further while going inside. He further said that seeing the aggressive batting of Ishaan, Abhishek and other players, he too got excited to play. Tilak said that he did not expect such a big crowd and that the DY Patil Stadium was completely full even though it was just a warm-up match. He thanked all the fans and said that the atmosphere was great and he and the entire Indian team are ready for the World Cup.

Team India performed brilliantly in the warm up

Team India performed brilliantly by deciding to bat first. Ishan Kishan played an explosive inning of 53 runs in just 20 balls. Kishan and Abhishek Sharma gave a great start to India and within 6 overs the team’s score reached 80/1. After this, both the openers retired to give the remaining players a chance to bat. Tilak scored 45 runs in 19 balls and made a quick partnership of 66 runs with captain Suryakumar Yadav. After this, thanks to the short but effective innings played by Akshar Patel, Rinku Singh in the last overs and Hardik Pandya’s stormy batting of 30 runs in 10 balls, India scored a big score of 240 runs for 5 wickets.

India beat South Africa by 30 runs

In reply, South Africa’s innings got off to a bad start when Arshdeep Singh dismissed George Linde for a duck. After this, Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton tried to support the team by making a partnership of 65 runs. But, after Markram retired, the wickets of Dewald Brewis, Rickelton and David Miller fell quickly. Due to this, the momentum of the match completely went in favor of India. Despite struggling contributions from Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs and Marco Janssen, South Africa fell 30 runs short of the target. Now India’s focus is on the first match of the World Cup to be held against America on Saturday.

Harshit Rana Injured In The T20 World Cup Warm Up Match: Before the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, the process of injuries to the players of Team India is not stopping. Now a new name of fast bowler Harshit Rana has been added to this list. Harshit suffered an injury in the warm-up match against South Africa, after which he looked in a lot of pain. It became difficult for him to even walk two steps properly. The picture of Harshit Rana holding his knee and limping, which emerged in the warm-up match, has increased the concern of the Indian team before the opening match against America in the T20 World Cup 2026.

When did Harshit Rana get injured?

The warm-up match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between India and South Africa on 4 February in Navi Mumbai. Team India won this match by 30 runs. During this match, Harshit Rana got injured, the seriousness of which can be gauged from the fact that he was able to bowl one over with great difficulty, in which he gave 16 runs.

Left the field limping holding his knees

According to reports, due to injury, Harshit Rana had to stop his run-up twice during an over, after which he limped out of the field holding his knee. At present, no official information has been revealed about how serious Harshit’s injury is. If Harshit’s injury turns out to be serious then it will increase the tension for Team India, because he contributes to the Indian team with both ball and bat.

Team India struggling due to injury

Before Harshit Rana, Team India is struggling with the injury of Washington Sundar. Sundar was injured in the first match of the ODI series against New Zealand, after which he is out of Team India. However, there are reports that he will become fit in time, but no official news has come yet. Tilak Verma has also just returned fit. Akshar Patel has also recovered from finger injury.

Abhishek Sharma Retired Out In Warm Up Match: Team India played against South Africa last night i.e. on 4 February in its only warm-up match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. In this match, Ishan Kishan started the Indian innings with Abhishek Sharma. Against South Africa, Abhishek Sharma scored only 24 runs in 18 balls and then he left the field and returned to the pavilion. India won the toss and batted first and scored 240 runs for 5 wickets and restricted the Proteas team to 210 runs.

Why was Ishan Kishan retired?

In the warm-up match of the T20 World Cup 2026 played between India and South Africa, Ishan Kishan scored a explosive half-century and after that he retired out and returned to the pavilion. Ishaan decided to go out in 5.4 overs. During this period, he scored 53 runs in just 20 balls with the help of 2 fours and 7 skyscraper sixes. This is a common practice in warm-up matches so that more players can get a chance to bat or bowl and other players of the team can also get match practice.

Why did Abhishek Sharma retire out?

Abhishek Sharma was not in his rhythm during the practice match against South Africa. It is very rare to see that the teammate opening the innings with him scores a half-century and he is not able to score even 25 runs. However, this was seen in the warm-up match against South Africa. Ishaan scored a brilliant half-century in 20 balls, while Abhishek scored only 24 runs in 18 balls. After hitting 3 fours and 1 six in this innings, Abhishek decided to return from the field to the pavilion, because Abhishek was not able to time the ball. Therefore, he thought it right to give other batsmen a chance to practice.