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T20 World Cup 2026: Where to watch schedule, venues, and other details?

Find out where to watch the T20 World Cup schedule release, including live streaming platforms, official broadcasters, and digital updates.

Arunima Purohit
Nov 25, 2025
T20 World Cup 2026: Where to watch schedule, venues, and other details?

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup. Image | BCCI on X

The international cricket council is all set to announce the schedule and venue for the coming T20 World Cup 2026. Anticipation around the World Cup schedule is extremely high since the fans want to know whether the matches will happen in their city or not. ICC have also announced that the venues and the fixtures will be announced on November 25 at 6:30 PM.

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India are the reigning champions of the tournament and will be hosting the upcoming World Cup. India and Pakistan are in the same group so it will be interesting to see where the match will slated. A total of 20 teams are going to participate in the tournament and I divided into four groups. Meanwhile, the World Cup is slated from February 7 to March 8 in India and Sri Lanka.

The venues of the final match is likely to change if Pakistan qualify. The rest of the schedule will stay the same. India will play all of their matches in their own backyard, giving them the host advantage throughout the tournament.

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Where to Watch T20 World Cup schedule announcement?

Cricket fans in India can catch the T20 World Cup 2026 schedule announcement that will be streamed live on the JioHotstar app via OTTplay Premium.

Tournament details

  • Dates: February 7 – March 8, 2026
  • Teams: 20 nations (10 automatic qualifiers + 10 from global qualifiers)
  • Format: Group stage - Super 8s - Semi-finals - Final
  • Qualified teams list

    India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, USA, West Indies, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Oman, UAE.

    Confirmed venues

    India

  • Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad – shortlisted for the final and one of the semi-finals
  • Eden Gardens, Kolkata – shortlisted for a semi-final
  • Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
  • Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
  • M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
  • Sri Lanka

  • R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo – expected to host India vs Pakistan and other key fixtures
  • P. Sara Oval, Colombo
  • Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
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