The 10th T20 World Cup will begin on February 7 in India and Sri Lanka. Pakistan will play their first match against the Netherlands at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo at 11 AM IST. West Indies will face Scotland and hosts India will be challenged by the USA in the other two matches on the opening day at 3 PM and 7 PM respectively. As many as 20 teams are participating in the tournament, and they are divided into four groups of five teams each.
The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super 8 stage, where they will be split into two new groups. India are the defending champions. They won the 2024 tournament under Rohit Sharma and will now try to defend the title with Suryakumar Yadav as captain. Itay are playing in the T20 World Cup for the first time in history, while Uganda, Papua New Guinea and Bangladesh are the three teams that are missing from the previous edition. Apart from Italy, Zimbabwe and the UAE are two other teams that didn't play in the previous edition but have qualified for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
T20 World Cup 2026 Team Captains List
Group A
| Country | Captain/Player |
|---|
| India | Suryakumar Yadav |
| USA | Monank Patel |
| Namibia | Gerhard Erasmus |
| Netherlands | Scott Edwards |
| Pakistan | Salman Ali Agha |
Group B
Group C
| Country | Captain/Player |
|---|
| England | Harry Brook |
| West Indies | Shai Hope |
| Italy | Wayne Madsen |
| Nepal | Rohit Paudel |
| Scotland | Richie Berrington |
Group D
| Country | Captain/Player |
|---|
| South Africa | Aiden Markram |
| New Zealand | Mitchell Santner |
| Afghanistan | Rashid Khan |
| Canada | Dilpreet Bajwa |
| UAE | Mohammad Waseem |
List of winning teams and their captains
| Year | Country | Captain |
|---|
| 2007 | India | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
| 2009 | Pakistan | Younis Khan |
| 2010 | England | Paul Collingwood |
| 2012 | West Indies | Daren Sammy |
| 2014 | Sri Lanka | Lasith Malinga |
| 2016 | West Indies | Daren Sammy |
| 2021 | Australia | Aaron Finch |
| 2022 | England | Jos Buttler |
| 2024 | India | Rohit Sharma |
