India will lock horns with arch-rivals Pakistan within the much-anticipated Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 on February 15 on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed in a schedule announcement occasion in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The upcoming high-voltage conflict between India and Pakistan at Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 would be the first assembly between two groups since three warmth clashes on the 2025 Asia Cup, which was performed within the UAE.
Notably, the choice to host the Indo-Pak match in Sri Lanka aligns with the prevailing settlement between the BCCI and the PCB to play matches between the 2 rivals at a impartial venue in ICC occasions hosted by both nation.
India’s Group and Schedule For 2026 Males’s T20 World Cup
India, the defending champions from 2024, are grouped with Pakistan, USA, Namibia, and Netherlands for the upcoming 2026 T20 World Cup.
India’s group-stage fixtures are as follows:
February 7: India vs USA at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
February 12: India vs Namibia at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi.
February 15: India vs Pakistan at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
February 18: India vs Netherlands at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Groups And Format For ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026
The 2026 Males’s T20 World Cup shall be performed from February 7 to March 8 and is being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
Other than hosts India and Sri Lanka, the opposite 18 groups collaborating within the T20 World Cup are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, United States of America, West Indies, New Zealand, Pakistan, Eire, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Oman and UAE.
The format is identical because the earlier version of Males’s T20 World Cup in 2024 within the USA and West Indies, the place the 20 groups have been divided into 5 teams of 4.
The highest two groups from every of the 4 teams progress to a Tremendous Eight part, the place they are going to be additional divided into two teams of 4 every. The highest two groups in every of the 2 Tremendous Eights teams will qualify for the semi-finals, which shall be adopted by the ultimate.