ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Live Streaming & TV Channels, Squad, Fixture

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 will take place from Feb 7 to Mar 8, 2026. Sri Lanka and India are hosting the 11th edition of the event. Stay updated with the schedule, squad, broadcasting rights, live streaming, and TV channel details for the T20 World Cup 2026 on Touchcric.

Tournament Overview

The T20 World Cup 2026 is the tenth edition of the tournament, co-hosted by Sri Lanka and India. The tournament begins on February 7, with the final match on March 8, 2026. Twenty teams will compete in the World Cup, divided into four groups of five.

Scotland replaced the Bangladesh team in Group C of the T20 World Cup 2026 after raising security concerns. They submitted an application to reschedule the matches from India to Sri Lanka or to change the Group. But ICC rejects their plea and forces them to play in India, where they felt security threats. Keeping their heads up, Bangladesh opt to withdraw from the event rather than play in India, the host nation for the mega-event.

It all started when BCCI ordered Kolkata Knight Riders to remove Mustafizur Rahman, the Bangladesh’s Fast Bowler, from their squad in the IPL 2026.

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Live Streaming

For the 2026 T20 World Cup, many broadcasters and OTT platforms have secured television and digital rights to provide coverage in their respective countries and territories. Let’s have a look at the broadcasters and OTT platforms that purchased the official broadcasting rights for the tournament.

India

Star Sports is the official broadcasting partner for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, providing live streaming in India and across the subcontinent. Online cricket fans can stream all matches live on the OTT platform JioHotstar (website and app).

Star Sports will provide coverage in five different languages: Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, English, and Hindi. The matches will be shown live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports Tamil, Star Sports Marathi, and Star Sports Telugu.

For an alternative viewership source, Sony Pictures Network secured both TV media and digital media rights for the Twenty20 World Cup 2026. Fans can watch a live stream of the entire tournament on SonyLiv (website and app). However, Sony Ten 1 and Sony Ten 2 will televise all matches in India.

Pakistan

PTV Sports bagged the official broadcasting rights from the ICC (International Cricket Council) to broadcast all major ICC events till 2027. Fans in Pakistan can watch the entire tournament live on PTV Sports and Geo Super. For digital viewers in Pakistan, the Myco App will stream all matches for free.

As an alternative, the Tamasha App will also provide free coverage for fans in Pakistan. For an ad-free stream, fans can subscribe to Tapmad TV, Pakistan’s largest OTT platform, which offers on-demand cricket content.

Bangladesh

Gazi TV and T-Sports are the primary sources for the Bengali cricket fans to watch live telecasts in Bangladesh. For digital coverage, stay connected with the on-demand platform Toffee App and Nagorik TV, which offer ad-free streaming via subscription.

Sri Lanka

Dialog TV secured the digital media rights for the tenth edition of the tournament in Sri Lanka. As the hosts, Dialog TV, the pay TV service provider, secured the broadcasting rights from the ICC until 2028. Fans who prefer television coverage can watch on Channel Eye (SLRC).

Afghanistan

Lemar TV will be the broadcasting partner for the matches in Afghanistan. In addition, Ariana Television Network (ATN) secured the digital media rights across Afghanistan to ensure fans do not miss a single moment.

Australia

Fox Sports, one of the largest sports networks, has purchased the official broadcasting rights in Australia, offering coverage on television. As far as digital media rights are concerned, various OTT apps have secured them.

The matches will be streamed live on 7Plus, Foxtel App, and Kayo Sports in Australia. As an alternative, YuppTV is an OTT on-demand service provider that assists online viewers in Australia.

United Kingdom

For the fans looking for a television network, the tenth edition of the ICC Men’s T20 WC matches will be broadcast on Sky Sports Cricket in the United Kingdom. Additionally, among OTT apps, Sky Go and Sky Now offer ad-free on-demand content.

United States

One of the biggest sports networks in the MENA, USA, and Canada, Willow TV acquired both broadcasting and digital media rights. Fans in the Middle East and North America, including Canada and the United States, will enjoy ad-free HD coverage only on Willow TV.

New Zealand

Sky Sports NZ will offer fans in New Zealand comprehensive entertainment after securing the broadcasting rights. The cricket lovers can also enjoy matches on TVNZ+, a on-demand service provider.

Sub-Saharan Africa

For years, SuperSport has remained the top contender in providing seamless coverage of all cricket events in South Africa and across Sub-Saharan Africa. Live streaming of all T20 World Cup 2026 matches will be available on SuperSport (Website and App).

Sub Saharan Africa region includes the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé, Príncipe, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

UAE

In the United Arab Emirates, StarzPlay and Criclife will offer fans a platform to stream all matches live, including high-voltage clashes such as Pakistan vs India and Australia vs England. Both apps, Criclife and Starzplay, require a subscription to access premium content.

T20 World Cup 2026 TV Channels & OTT App List [Worldwide]

Groups

The 2026 T20 World Cup features 20 teams divided into four groups of five. Pakistan and India are in the same group, which means we will witness another high-voltage clash between the arch-rivals.

Below are the details of each group consisting of four teams each:

Venue

For the tenth edition of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2026, there will be a total of 55 T20 International matches, with Sri Lanka hosting 20 and the rest sponsored by India. The matches in Sri Lanka will be played at two different stadiums, Colombo and Pallekele. A total of 35 games (including the final) will be played in five different venues in India: Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, and Delhi.

Team Squad & Players List

Below is the team squad and players list of the Twenty20 World Cup 2026.

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

Pakistan:

Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad 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, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, 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), Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi, Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje

New Zealand:

Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi Reserve: Kyle Jamieson

Sri Lanka:

Dasun Shanaka (c), Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Maheesh, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Milan Rathnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Eshan Malinga, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Janith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Dushan Hemantha, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Traveen Mathew, Pavan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachchige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Theekshana

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, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran. Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai and 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, Hasnain Ali Shah.

Italy:

Wayne Madsen (c), Marcus Campopiano, Gian Piero Meade, Zain Ali, Ali Hasan, Crishan Jorge, 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 Buttar, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Shreyas Movva, Yuvraj Samra.

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Group Stage Fixture/Schedule

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.

Super8s 2026 Fixtures

The Super 8 league of the tournament will feature two groups with four teams each. The X and Y represent group names, while 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent the teams that will qualify for the Super 8 stage.