2026 T20 World Cup (in India & Sri Lanka)

VillaMad · 05-02-2026 12:37AM #1

2026 T20 World Cup

7 February - 8 March

Group Stage - 7 February - 20 February
Group A
India
Namibia
Netherlands
Pakistan
United States
Group B
Australia
Ireland
Oman
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Group C
England
Italy
Nepal
Scotland
West Indies
Group D
Afghanistan
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
United Arab Emirates

Top two in each group advance to the Super Eight

Super Eight - 21 February - 1 March
Group 1
X1 - India
X2 - Australia
X3 - West Indies
X4 - South Africa
Group 2
Y1 - England
Y2 - New Zealand
Y3 - Pakistan
Y4 - Sri Lanka
Any other team that qualifies instead of the pre-seeded team will take their place in the super eight's.

Top two in each group advance to the semi-finals on 4 & 5 March with the winners facing each other in the final on 7 March.

VillaMad · 05-02-2026 01:02AM

Fixtures (Irish time) - All live on Sky Sports
Group Stage
Saturday 7 February 2026
Group A - Netherlands vs Sri Lanka - Colombo - 05:30am
Group C - Scotland vs West Indies - Kolkata - 09:30am
Group A - India vs United States - Mumbai - 1:30pm
Sunday 8 February 2026
Group D - New Zealand vs Afghanistan - Chennai - 05:30am
Group C - England vs Nepal - Mumbai - 09:30am
Group B - Sri Lanka vs Ireland - Colombo - 1:30pm
Monday 9 February 2026
Group C - Scotland vs Italy - Kolkata - 05:30am
Group B - Zimbabwe vs Oman - Colombo - 09:30am
Group D - South Africa vs Canada - Ahmedabad - 1:30pm
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Group A - Netherlands vs Namibia - Delhi - 05:30am
Group D - New Zealand vs United Arab Emirates - Chennai - 09:30am
Group A - Pakistan vs United States - Colombo - 1:30pm
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Group D - South Africa vs Afghanistan - Ahmedabad - 05:30am
Group B - Australia vs Ireland - Colombo - 09:30am
Group C - England vs West Indies - Mumbai - 1:30pm
Thursday 12 February 2026
Group B - Sri Lanka vs Oman - Kandy - 05:30am
Group C - Italy vs Nepal - Mumbai - 09:30am
Group A - India vs Namibia - Delhi - 1:30pm
Friday 13 February 2026
Group B - Australia vs Zimbabwe - Colombo - 05:30am
Group D - Canada vs United Arab Emirates - Delhi - 09:30am
Group A - Netherlands vs United States - Chennai - 1:30pm
Saturday 14 February 2026
Group B - Ireland vs Oman - Colombo - 05:30am
Group C - England vs Scotland - Kolkata - 09:30am
Group D - New Zealand vs South Africa - Ahmedabad - 1:30pm
Sunday 15 February 2026
Group C - West Indies vs Nepal - Mumbai - 05:30am
Group A - United States vs Namibia - Chennai - 09:30am
Group A - India vs Pakistan - Colombo - 1:30pm
Monday 16 February 2026
Group D - Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates - Delhi - 05:30am
Group C - England vs Italy - Kolkata - 09:30am
Group B - Australia vs Sri Lanka - Kandy - 1:30pm
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Group D - New Zealand vs Canada - Chennai - 05:30am
Group B - Zimbabwe vs Ireland - Kandy - 09:30am
Group C - Scotland vs Nepal - Mumbai - 1:30pm
Wednesday 18 February 2026
Group D - South Africa vs United Arab Emirates - Delhi - 05:30am
Group A - Pakistan vs Namibia - Colombo - 09:30am
Group A - India vs Netherlands - Ahmedabad - 1:30pm
Thursday 19 February 2026
Group C - West Indies vs Italy - Kolkata - 05:30am
Group B - Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe - Colombo - 09:30am
Group D - Afghanistan vs Canada - Chennai - 1:30pm
Friday 20 February 2026
Group B - Australia vs Oman - Kandy - 1:30pm
Super Eight Stage
Saturday 21 February 2026
Group 2 - Y2 vs Y3 - Colombo - 1:30pm
Sunday 22 February 2026
Group 2 - Y1 vs Y4 - Kandy - 09:30am
Group 1 - X1 vs X4 - Ahmedabad - 1:30pm
Monday 23 February 2026
Group 1 - X2 vs X3 - Mumbai - 1:30pm
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Group 2 - Y1 vs Y3 - Kandy - 1:30pm
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Group 2 - Y2 vs Y4 - Colombo - 1:30pm
Thursday 26 February 2026
Group 1 - X3 vs X4 - Ahmedabad - 09:30am
Group 1 - X1 vs X2 - Chennai - 1:30pm
Friday 27 February 2026
Group 2 - Y1 vs Y2 - Colombo - 1:30pm
Saturday 28 February 2026
Group 2 - Y3 vs Y4 - Kandy - 1:30pm
Sunday 1 March 2026
Group 1 - X2 vs X4 - Delhi - 09:30am
Group 1 - X1 vs X3 - Kolkata - 1:30pm
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Semi Final 1 - Kolkata/Colombo - 1:30pm
Thursday 5 March 2026
Semi Final 2 - Mumbai - 1:30pm
Sunday 8 March 2026
Final - Ahmedabad/Colombo - 1:30pm

Gillespy · 07-02-2026 09:42AM

Pakistan in a right hole chasing what should have been a handy total. A loss here they might have to reconsider their boycott plans.

Gillespy · 07-02-2026 10:07AM

Disastrous 19th over for the Dutch. Faheem Ashraf dropped second ball of the over, ends up taking 24 runs off it. Such an easy catch too.

MFPM · 07-02-2026 10:10AM

They pulled it out in the end but certainly far from the straightforward chase it should have been.

India v USA up next should be straightforward. WI v Scotland could be interesting later today.

Gillespy · 07-02-2026 03:14PM

Very good powerplay for the US. 46-4 they have India wobbling a bit.

VillaMad · 07-02-2026 07:41PM

In the end all the favourites won today despite the wobbles from each one. Pakistan's collapse was amazing from the position there were and that dropped catch proved pivotal at the end, but fair play to Faheem who stood up when needed.

Hoping for the underdogs to cause shocks in this tournament as you feel with the shorter format that it is a bit more likelier. India obviously are huge favourites as T20 Cricket alone is practicallly the national sport and everything is in their favour off the pitch too. Hopefully they will be made to work very hard for it to defend their title.

As for Ireland, always difficult for us in Asian conditions. Sri Lanka and Australia aren't in great form which gives us hope but obviously very, very tough to win against either. In any case, victories over Zimbabwe and Oman are the main target and hopefully much better performances than a couple of years ago in the US. They've had decent preperation with the games against Italy and the UAE so they should be rather to go tomorrow.

Gillespy · 07-02-2026 10:47PM

Sri Lanka are coming off a bad loss in that third game against England. Should have walked it but fell in a heap to part time spin of Jacks and Bethell. Bit of a fluke really but shows vulnerability. Bowled really well that game so it won't be easy.

Big game in the morning Afghanistan vs NZ. Horror show that India series but Allen back is big for them.

In the middle game, England can't be accused of taking Nepal lightly as they've named a full strength team.

MFPM · 08-02-2026 02:07PM

England got away with one there, Nepal needed 6 off the last ball. England win by 4. Hard luck for Nepal.

Gillespy · 08-02-2026 02:16PM

Heartbreak for Nepal. Played Rashid better than anyone I can remember. Weren't fazed by Archer's pace. Proper looking team.

Sam Curran the hero for England holding his nerve in the last over and managed to defend ten. Only went for five in the end. He loves situations like that and usually delivers. England got away with one there definitely.

VillaMad · 08-02-2026 02:32PM

Incredible performance from Nepal and they really should have got over the line. They have been developing nicely over the last number of years and you could see that that experience stood to them today but they just fell short. Still, with that group not looking particularly tough on paper, they still have a chance of the Super Eight stage.

With the following that Nepal have, you can certainly see that they could become the next Afghanistan.

VillaMad · 08-02-2026 02:40PM

Ireland XI:

Paul Stirling (capt), Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Curtis Campher, Ben Calitz, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Matthew Humphreys

Nice to see Ben Calitz confirm his breakthrough into the side and it's the correct decision to leave out Josh Little who doesn't deserve to be near the team.

Pitch looks a belter and Ireland after winning the toss, decide they will have a chase. Commentators say around 175 or so would be par.

Sri Lanka 18-0 after 2 overs.

VillaMad · 08-02-2026 02:52PM

After a couple of good chances for Ireland, they finally take one with Mishara departing after being fooled by a beautiful slower ball from Adair.

28-1 after 4.

Rikand · 08-02-2026 03:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124217284#Comment_124217284

Score predictor popped up there with 178 as the expected score, so SL are fairly on track to break par.

Rikand · 08-02-2026 03:13PM

Nice wicket Dockrell - spinners slowed the run rate down and forced the batsmen to try and move the pace along.

VillaMad · 08-02-2026 03:17PM

Really nice couple of overs from Dockrell. Hasn't bowled too much in the latter part of his career which is a shame as he was always quite useful.

63-2 from 9 and Ireland will be pretty satisfied so far. Need to keep the pressure on.

VillaMad · 08-02-2026 03:22PM

Rathnayake got into an awful mess and Dockrell picks up his second.

68/3 after 10.1.

Plenty of Irish at the ground which is great to see.

Doodah7 · 08-02-2026 03:28PM

Ireland strangling Sri Lanka at the minute…

VillaMad · 08-02-2026 03:40PM

Kusal Mendis survives with DRS saving him from an lbw.

Delany strikes two balls later though with Wellalge hitting it into the deep. Good catch by Dockrell.

86/4 after 13.5 overs. Ireland in a really good position.

Pudsy33 · 08-02-2026 03:40PM

Things are going suspiciously well at the moment!

Rikand · 08-02-2026 03:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124217417#Comment_124217417

Hopefully when the quicks come back in they dont ruin it 😅

VillaMad · 08-02-2026 03:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124217462#Comment_124217462

Those death overs at the end have always been our achilles heel.

6 overs left. Humphreys and Delany will bowl 3 of them, so it's those other 3 which will be the issue.

Rikand · 08-02-2026 03:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124217472#Comment_124217472

Here we go…. 😥

Doodah7 · 08-02-2026 03:58PM

Appalling fielding.

VillaMad · 08-02-2026 03:59PM

More missed chances from Campher, McCarthy and Dockrell with Kusal Mendis somehow still there. Dreadful over from Ireland with 21 coming off it.

Potentially the turning point in this game.

MFPM · 08-02-2026 04:00PM

Yeah, Ireland really had done well to restrict them, that over is a killer...

Gillespy · 08-02-2026 04:03PM

Another one down. Undoing all the good work.

Rikand · 08-02-2026 04:09PM

I was always worried about this McCarthy over and it's proving to be right.

Strumms · 08-02-2026 04:12PM

McCarthy ffs… opening the door for them… 14.63 his current economy rate.. FFS !

MFPM · 08-02-2026 04:14PM

All that good work being undone 65 off 30 balls for SL.

VillaMad · 08-02-2026 04:17PM

McCarthy was on a hat-trick in the over and yet it was one of the worst you will see.

2026 T20 World Cup (in India & Sri Lanka)

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