The much-anticipated ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 is finally here, set to ignite stadiums across India and Sri Lanka. For fans wanting to know the full schedule, squad lists, and UAE broadcast details, read on to find out everything about this mega event.
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: Full Schedule, Team Squads, and UAE Viewing Guide
This section outlines the tournament’s grand scale, featuring 20 nations competing in the 10th edition of the shortest format’s most prestigious trophy.
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 officially kicks off today, February 7, with a thrilling clash between Pakistan and the Netherlands. Hosted by two cricketing powerhouses, India and Sri Lanka, this edition features a record 20 teams. From the established giants like Australia and England to rising forces like Nepal and the USA, the competition has never been more open or exciting for global fans.
T20 World Cup Groups and Format
The tournament follows a structured path from the initial group stages to the high stakes knockouts.
Following the success of the 2024 edition, this tournament retains the 20 team format to maximize global reach.
- Group Stage: 20 teams divided into 4 groups of 5 teams each.
- Super 8 Stage: The top two teams from each group move into two groups of four.
- Knockouts: The top two from each Super 8 group enter the semi finals.
- The Final: The ultimate battle for the title on March 8.
Official ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Squads
Every participating nation has finalized their T20 World Cup Teams, bringing a mix of veteran legends and young explosive talent.
Group A Squads
- India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.
- Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq.
- USA: Monank Patel (c), Jessy Singh, Andries Gous, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milind Kumar, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamala, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Harmeet Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Shubham Ranjane.
- Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Noah Croes, Bas de Leede, Aryan Dutt, Fred Klaassen, Kyle Klein, Michael Levitt, Zach Lion-Cachet, Max O’Dowd, Logan van Beek, Timm van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Saqib Zulfiqar.
- Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelmann, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Louren Steenkamp, Malan Kruger, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, JC Balt, Dylan Leicher, WP Myburgh, Max Heingo.
Group B Squads
- Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.
- Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Janith Perera, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Pavan Rathnayake, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Matheesha Pathirana, Eshan Malinga.
- Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (c), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Brendan Taylor.
- Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Ben Calitz, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphreys, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Tim Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.
- Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmad, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonavale, Shah Faisal, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedara, Jiten Ramanandi, Aamir Kaleem.
Group C Squads
- England: Harry Brook (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood.
- West Indies: Shai Hope (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd.
- Italy: Wayne Madsen (c), Marcus Campopiano, Gian Piero Meade, Zain Ali, Ali Hasan, Crishan Jorge Kalugamage, Harry Manenti, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, Syed Naqvi, Benjamin Manenti, Jaspreet Singh, JJ Smuts, Grant Stewart, Thomas Draca.
- Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Sundeep Jora, Aarif Sheikh, Basir Ahamad, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sher Malla, Lokesh Bam.
- Scotland: Richie Berrington (c), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ihsan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheal.
Group D Squads
- South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs.
- New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi.
- Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmad, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Ishaq Rahimi, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi.
- Canada: Dilpreet Bajwa (c), Ajayveer Hundal, Ansh Patel, Dilon Heyliger, Harsh Thaker, Jaskarandeep Singh, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Shreyas Movva, Yuvraj Samra.
- UAE: Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rohid Khan, Sohaib Khan, Simranjeet Singh.
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Full T20 World Cup Schedule (UAE GST Timings)
The T20 World Cup Schedule is packed with 55 matches played across the best venues in the subcontinent.
Fans in the Middle East can follow every match using the UAE Standard Time (GST) provided below.
- Feb 07: Pakistan vs Netherlands (Colombo) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 07: West Indies vs Scotland (Kolkata) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 07: India vs USA (Mumbai) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 08: New Zealand vs Afghanistan (Chennai) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 08: England vs Nepal (Mumbai) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 08: Sri Lanka vs Ireland (Colombo) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 09: Scotland vs Italy (Kolkata) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 09: Zimbabwe vs Oman (Colombo) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 09: South Africa vs Canada (Ahmedabad) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 10: Netherlands vs Namibia (Delhi) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 10: New Zealand vs UAE (Chennai) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 10: Pakistan vs USA (Colombo) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 11: South Africa vs Afghanistan (Ahmedabad) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 11: Australia vs Ireland (Colombo) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 11: England vs West Indies (Mumbai) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 12: Sri Lanka vs Oman (Kandy) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 12: Nepal vs Italy (Mumbai) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 12: India vs Namibia (Delhi) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 13: Australia vs Zimbabwe (Colombo) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 13: Canada vs UAE (Delhi) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 13: USA vs Netherlands (Chennai) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 14: Ireland vs Oman (Colombo) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 14: England vs Scotland (Kolkata) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 14: New Zealand vs South Africa (Ahmedabad) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 15: West Indies vs Nepal (Mumbai) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 15: USA vs Namibia (Chennai) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 15: India vs Pakistan (Colombo) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 16: Afghanistan vs UAE (Delhi) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 16: England vs Italy (Kolkata) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 16: Australia vs Sri Lanka (Kandy) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 17: New Zealand vs Canada (Chennai) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 17: Ireland vs Zimbabwe (Kandy) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 17: Scotland vs Nepal (Mumbai) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 18: South Africa vs UAE (Delhi) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 18: Pakistan vs Namibia (Colombo) – 1:30 PM GST
- Feb 18: India vs Netherlands (Ahmedabad) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 19: West Indies vs Italy (Kolkata) – 9:30 AM GST
- Feb 19: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe (Colombo) – 1:30 PM PM GST
- Feb 19: Afghanistan vs Canada (Chennai) – 5:30 PM GST
- Feb 20: Australia vs Oman (Kandy) – 5:30 PM GST
Super 8 Stage and Finals Schedule
The competition intensifies as the Super 8 Stage begins on February 22, leading to the knockout rounds.
Following the group stage, the top two from each group will battle for a spot in the semi-finals.
- Feb 22 – March 01: Super 8 Group Matches (Timings at 1:30 PM & 5:30 PM GST)
- March 04: Semi-Final 1 (19:00 Local) – 5:30 PM GST
- March 05: Semi-Final 2 (19:00 Local) – 5:30 PM GST
- March 08: The Final (19:00 Local) – 5:30 PM GST
How to Watch in UAE
For fans in the Emirates, accessing Cricket Live Streaming UAE is easier than ever with multiple official options.
You can catch every ball of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 live across the following platforms:
- STARZPLAY: The official digital streaming partner for the UAE. You can subscribe to the sports pack for live coverage.
- CricLife Max: Available on Etisalat by e& (eLife) and du, providing HD broadcast.
- Switch TV: Another reliable mobile platform for live sports.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. Where is the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 being held? The tournament is co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, with matches played in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Colombo, and Kandy.
2. Which platform provides Cricket Live Streaming UAE? Fans in the UAE can use STARZPLAY or CricLife Max on eLife/du to watch all matches live.
3. When is the India vs Pakistan match? The high-voltage India vs Pakistan clash is scheduled for February 15, 2026, in Colombo at 5:30 PM UAE time (GST).
4. How many T20 World Cup Teams are participating? This edition features 20 teams, divided into four groups.
Conclusion
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 is set to be a spectacular display of cricketing excellence. Whether you are watching from the stadiums or via Cricket Live Streaming UAE, this 10th edition promises unmatched excitement and a new chapter in cricket history.
