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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.