ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Live Streaming TV Channels, Schedule, Squad

The 10th edition of the ICC Men’s ICC T20 World Cup 2026 begins on February 07 till March 08, 2026, co-hosted by Sri Lanka and India. Find out all the details about official broadcasting rights, live telecast, and OTT streaming platforms.

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Live Streaming: Where to Watch?

Star Sports Network bagged the official broadcasting rights for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 in India and the subcontinent. Fans in India can access the Star Sports packages via Tata Play, JioTV, and D2h. The live streaming of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 matches will be available on the JioHotstar app with three subscription tiers (mobile, super, premium).

The matches of the T20 World Cup 2026 will be telecast live on Star Sports 1, 2, 3, Star Sports English, Star Sports Hindi, Star Sports Telugu, and Star Sports Tamil. The broadcast and commentary will be available in five different languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada.

PTV Sports will be the sole television network securing the broadcasting rights for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2026 in Pakistan. Myco, the digital streaming platform, secured the digital media rights for the event. Ten Sports, Geo Super, and A Sports HD will also telecast the T20 WC 26 matches in Pakistan.

Tamasha App, Tapmad TV, and Myco will live-stream the entire tournament for free within Pakistan. For ad-free coverage, fans may need to subscribe.

SuperSport, the biggest sports television network in Sub-Saharan Africa, bagged the official broadcasting rights for the tournament; the matches will be streamed live on the SuperSport app and website, available on DStv packages.

Cricket fans in the United States can watch all matches of the T20 World Cup 2026 on Willow TV via direct subscription or on TrillerTV. For cable and streaming providers, fans can purchase subscriptions from Sling TV, DirecTV, and Spectrum to access premium content.

Sky Sports will offer the on-demand service for the Twenty20 World Cup 2026 in the United Kingdom via Sky TV. Fans with a Sky Sports subscription can stream online for free via Now TV. For Irish cricket fans, Sky/Now will offer on-demand services. Similarly, for the Kiwi cricket lovers, Sky NZ will be offering the entire event in New Zealand.

Starzplay, the entertainment hub platform, will offer on-demand coverage of the T20 World Cup 2026 in the United Arab Emirates. Fans can buy a monthly subscription package via Ufone, Du, and Etisalat to access premium content.

In Middle Eastern and North African countries, Cricbuzz will exclusively broadcast the matches. Meanwhile, in the Caribbean, ESPN lets cricket fans watch matches through a monthly/yearly subscription.

T20 World Cup 2026 Live Streaming & TV Channels/OTT Platform Apps [Worldwide]

Country/Territories	TV Channels	Streaming Platforms
India	Star Sports, Sony Pictures	JioHotstar, SonyLIV
Sri Lanka	TV1, Sirasa TV, Shakti TV	Dialog TV
Pakistan	PTV Sports, Ten Sports, A Sports HD	Myco App, Tamasha, Tapmad TV
Bangladesh	Nagorik TV, T-Sports, Gazi TV	Toffee App
MENA	StarzPlay	Criclife Max, StarzPlay App
Australia	Fox Sports, Yupp TV	Foxtel, Kayo Sports, YuppTV
New Zealand	Sky Sports NZ, TVNZ	Amazon Prime, Sky Go App
Canada	Willow TV	Willow App
United Kingdom	Sky Sports	Sky Go, Sky Now App
United States	Willow TV	Willow App
United Arab Emirates	StarzPlay	E&, Switch TV, Criclife Max
Sub-Saharan Africa	SuperSport	SuperSport App
Rest of the World	ICC.tv	ICC.tv

Venues for the T20 World Cup 2026

The 10th edition of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup will be played in India & Sri Lanka. For this year, there will be two hosting nations. One of the reasons for that is the political tension between Pakistan and India, as Pakistan will not travel to India to host all the T20 World Cup matches of the Green shirts.

Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, and Mumbai will host the matches in India, while Colombo and Kandy will host matches in Sri Lanka.

T20 World Cup 2026 Groups

The 2026 Twenty20 World Cup comes with a bang, featuring a total of 20 teams. The team will be divided into four groups with five teams each.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
India	Australia	England	New Zealand
Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Scotland	South Africa
USA	Ireland	West Indies	Afghanistan
Namibia	Oman	Italy	Canada
Netherlands	Zimbabwe	Nepal	UAE

T20 World Cup 2026 Format

The tournament will be played in a round-robin format. The Group stage matches conclude from Feb 7 – 20. The top two teams from each group will proceed to the Super 8 stage, forming two groups of four teams each. The Super 8 starts on Feb 21, and the top two teams from each Super 8 group will advance to the Semi-finals. The final will be played on March 8, 2026.

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Prize Money?

The prize money of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 is US$13 million. The winning prize for the event is 3 Million USD. Whereas the runner-up gets $US 1.6 Million. The 3rd & 4th positioned team receives US$ 960K. The teams placed from 5th to 8th will receive US$450K, while the 9th to 12th place teams will secure US$300K. The remaining teams from positions 13th to 20th receive a US$250K amount.

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Group Stage Fixture/Schedule [Updated]

The event begins with the group-stage league, where 40 matches will be played across all four groups, with five teams in each. After that, the top two teams from each group will proceed to the Super 8 stage.

Date	Match	Venue	Time (GMT / Local)
Feb 7	Pakistan vs Netherlands (Group A)	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 7	West Indies vs Scotland (Group C)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 7	India vs USA (Group A)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 8	New Zealand vs Afghanistan (Group D)	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 8	England vs Nepal (Group C)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 8	Sri Lanka vs Ireland (Group B)	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 9	Scotland vs Italy (Group C)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 9	Zimbabwe vs Oman (Group B)	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 9	South Africa vs Canada (Group D)	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 10	Netherlands vs Namibia (Group A)	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 10	New Zealand vs UAE (Group D)	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 10	Pakistan vs USA (Group A)	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 11	South Africa vs Afghanistan (Group D)	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 11	Australia vs Ireland (Group B)	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 11	England vs West Indies (Group C)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 12	Sri Lanka vs Oman (Group B)	Pallekele Int. Stadium, Pallekele	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 12	Nepal vs Italy (Group C)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 12	India vs Namibia (Group A)	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 13	Australia vs Zimbabwe (Group B)	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 13	Canada vs UAE (Group D)	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 13	USA vs Netherlands (Group A)	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 14	Ireland vs Oman (Group B)	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 14	England vs Scotland (Group C)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 14	New Zealand vs South Africa (Group D)	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 15	West Indies vs Nepal (Group C)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 15	USA vs Namibia (Group A)	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 15	India vs Pakistan (Group A)	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 16	Afghanistan vs UAE (Group D)	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 16	England vs Italy (Group C)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 16	Australia vs Sri Lanka (Group B)	Pallekele Int. Stadium, Pallekele	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 17	New Zealand vs Canada (Group D)	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 17	Ireland vs Zimbabwe (Group B)	Pallekele Int. Stadium, Pallekele	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 17	Scotland vs Nepal (Group C)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 18	South Africa vs UAE (Group D)	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 18	Pakistan vs Namibia (Group A)	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 18	India vs Netherlands (Group A)	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 19	West Indies vs Italy (Group C)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	5:30 AM / 11:00 AM
Feb 19	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe (Group B)	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 19	Afghanistan vs Canada (Group D)	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 20	Australia vs Oman (Group B)	Pallekele Int. Stadium, Pallekele	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 21	Y2 v Y3 [Super8]	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 22	Y1 v Y4 [Super 8]	Pallekele Int. Stadium, Pallekele	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 22	X1 v X4 [Super 8]	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 23	X2 v X3 [Super 8]	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 24	Y1 v Y3 [super 8]	Pallekele Int. Stadium, Pallekele	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 25	Y2 v Y4 [Super 8]	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 26	X3 v X4 [Super 8]	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Feb 26	X1 v X2 [Super 8]	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 27	Y1 v Y2 [Super 8]	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Feb 28	Y3 v Y4 [Super 8]	Pallekele Int. Stadium, Pallekele	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Mar 1	X2 v X4 [Super 8]	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	9:30 AM / 3:00 PM
Mar 1	X1 v X3 [Super 8]	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Mar 4	1st Semi-Final	TBC	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Mar 5	2nd Semi-Final	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM
Mar 8	Final	TBC	1:30 PM / 7:00 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Squad & Players [Updated]

The following are all 20 teams’ squads and players participating in the tournament.

India:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Afghanistan:

Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmad, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq Rahimi, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran. Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi

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

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

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

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

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

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. Reserve: Alexander Volschenk

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

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

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

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

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