10th edition ICC Men’s T20 World Cup India and Sri Lanka will light up the cricket calendar by co-hosting the International Cricket Council’s biggest-ever T20 event from February 7 to March 8.

For the first time, 20 teams are participating in a single edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, underlining the tournament’s growing global influence. The competition format begins with competitive group matches, with teams divided into four groups of five players each. Each team will play four games, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the Super Eights.

The Super Eights will be divided into two groups of four teams each, followed by semi-finals and finals to ensure a high-stakes end to the month-long event.

T20 World Cup 2026: Lineup

Group A

India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak VarmaSanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh

USA: Monank Patel (captain), 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

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Zane Green, Bernard Scholz, Reuben Troupelmann, JJ Smit, Jan Freilink, Lauren Steenkamp, ​​Maran Kruger, Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Jack Brasseur, Ben Shkongo, JC Balter, Dylan Letcher, WP Myburg, Max Heingo. (Substitute: Alexander Volshank)

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (captain), 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

Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (captain), 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

Group B

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Ben Devasius, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kooneman, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (captain), 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 (captain), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotene Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Brendan Taylor

Ireland: Paul Stirling (captain), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Ben Kalitz, Curtis Campfer, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphreys, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tech, Tim Tech, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young

Oman: Jatinder Singh (captain), 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

England: Harry Brooke (captain), 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 Tonge, Luke Wood

West Indies: Shai Hope (captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Matthew Ford, Jason Holder, Akhil Hussain, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gurdakshi Mothy, Rovman Powell, Sherfan Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Jaden Sears, Romario Shepherd

Italy: Wayne Madsen (captain), Marcus Campiano, Gian Piro Meade, Zain Ali, Ali Hassan, Crecion Jorge Calumachi, Harry Mananti, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, Saeed Naqvi, Benjamin Mananti, Jaspratt Singh, JJ Smuts, Gerati, Thomas Drazin

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (captain), Dipendra Singh Airee, Sandeep Lamichane, 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 Bellington (captain), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ihsan, Michael Jones, Michael Lesk, Finley McRaith, Brendan McMullen, George Muncy, Safiyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheel. (Substitutes: Jasper Davidson, Jack Jarvis. Non-travel substitutes: Mackenzie Jones, Chris McBride, Charlie Tear)

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Group D

South Africa: Aider Markram (cat) Bosch, Demmed Brevis, Quinton to Kuck, Marco Jacob, George Lindè, George Maharaj, Changa Maharaj, Maharaj, Milkiah, Long Toar, Rison Site, Jason, Jason, Jason, Stock, Jason, Mson.

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Locke Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi

Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Abdullah Ahmedzai, Seediqullah Attar, Fazalul Haq Farooqi, Rehmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohammad ·Ishaq Rahimi, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujibur-ur-Rehman, Darwish Rasouli, Ibrahim Zadran. (Substitutes: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai and Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi)

Canada: Dilpreet Bajwa (captain), 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

United Arab Emirates: Muhammad Waseem (captain), 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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