The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be the tenth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Board of Control for Cricket in India and Sri Lanka Cricket from 7 February to 8 March 2026. Sri Lanka had previously hosted the competition in 2012 and India in 2016. A total of twenty teams will compete in 55 matches across five venues in India, and three in Sri Lanka.

 

The number of participants remained as twenty teams, which included teams from the two hosts, the top seven teams from the 2024 edition, the three highest-ranked teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings not already qualified, and eight other teams determined through regional qualifiers. Italy qualified for the men's T20 World Cup for the first time.

India are the defending champions having won the previous edition.

 

Schedule

February to March 2026 was allocated to the tournament on the 2023–2027 ICC Men's Future Tours Programme.The finalized schedule was announced on 25 November 2025, with the tournament scheduled to take place from 7 February to 8 March. The teams will play 55 matches with three venues in Sri Lanka hosting at least 20 matches and the rest of the matches hosted at five venues in India. There were no official warm-up fixtures played.

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