England Face Debutants Italy At 2026 T20 World Cup

England will look tourney debutants Italy astatine nan 2026 Men's T20 World Cup, while defending champions India and Pakistan will renew their rivalry successful nan group stage.

England and Italy person been drawn together successful Group C and will meet successful Kolkata connected 16 February.

Harry Brook's broadside will statesman their tourney against Nepal connected 8 February (Mumbai) earlier playing West Indies (11 February, Mumbai) and Bangladesh (14 February, Kolkata).

India and Pakistan, meanwhile, are successful Group A alongside Namibia, nan Netherlands, and nan USA, and will look disconnected successful Colombo, Sri Lanka, connected 15 February. It will beryllium their first gathering since they contested 3 fiery matches astatine nan 2025 Asia Cup.

The tourney will tally from 7 February to 8 March, pinch 3 matches per time crossed nan group stage, and is being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.

It will travel nan aforesaid format arsenic nan 2024 edition, pinch nan 20 teams divided into 4 groups of five. The apical 2 teams successful each group will beforehand to nan Super Eights, wherever they are divided into 2 groups of four.

The apical 2 successful each group will past advancement to nan semi-finals, which will beryllium held connected 4 March (in Kolkata aliases Colombo) and 5 March (in Mumbai).

Pakistan will play each of their matches successful Sri Lanka because of ongoing governmental tensions pinch India.

The last will beryllium hosted successful Ahmedabad, unless Pakistan qualify, erstwhile it will beryllium moved to Colombo.

Australia statesman their tourney against Ireland connected 11 February, pinch Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Oman nan different sides successful Group B.

New Zealand, South Africa and Afghanistan are successful a tricky Group D alongside Canada and nan United Arab Emirates.

Group A: India, Pakistan, USA, Netherlands, Namibia

Group B: Australia, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Oman

Group C: England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Nepal, Italy

Group D: New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan, Canada, UAE

All commencement times BST

7 February: Pakistan v Netherlands (Colombo, 5.30), West Indies v Bangladesh (Kolkata, 9.30), India v USA (Mumbai, 13.30)

8 February: New Zealand v Afghanistan (Chennai, 5.30), England v Nepal (Mumbai, 9.30), Sri Lanka v Ireland (Colombo, 13.30)

9 February: Bangladesh v Italy (Kolkata, 5.30), Zimbabwe v Oman (Colombo, 9.30), South Africa v Canada (Ahmedabad, 13.30)

10 February: Netherlands v Namibia (Delhi, 5.30), New Zealand v UAE (Chennai, 9.30), Pakistan v USA (Colombo, 13.30)

11 February: South Africa v Afghanistan (Ahmedabad, 5.30), Australia v Ireland (Colombo, 9.30), England v West Indies (Mumbai, 13.30)

12 February: Sri Lanka v Oman (Kandy, 5.30), Nepal v Italy (Mumbai, 9.30), India v Namibia (Delhi, 13.30)

13 February: Australia v Zimbabwe (Colombo, 5.30), Canada v UAE (Delhi, 9.30), USA v Netherlands (Chennai, 13.30)

14 February: Ireland v Oman (Colombo, 5.30), England v Bangladesh (Kolkata, 9.30), New Zealand v South Africa (Ahmedabad, 13.30)

15 February: West Indies v Nepal (Mumbai, 5.30), USA v Namibia (Chennai, 9.30), India v Pakistan (Colombo, 13.30)

16 February: Afghanistan v UAE (Delhi, 5.30), England v Italy (Kolkata, 9.30), Australia v Sri Lanka (Kandy, 13.30)

17 February: New Zealand v Canada (Chennai, 5.30), Ireland v Zimbabwe (Kandy, 9.30), Bangladesh v Nepal (Mumbai, 13.30)

18 February: South Africa v UAE (Delhi, 5.30), Pakistan v Namibia (Colombo, 9.30), India v Netherlands (Ahmedabad, 13.30)

19 February: West Indies v Italy (Kolkata, 5.30), Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (Colombo, 9.30), Afghanistan v Canada (Chennai, 13.30)

20 February: Australia v Oman (Kandy, 13.30)

21 February: Y2 v Y3 (Colombo, 13.30)

22 February: Y1 v Y4 (Kandy, 9.30), X1 v X4 (Ahmedabad,13.30)

23 February: X2 v X3 (Mumbai,13.30)

24 February: Y1 v Y3 (Kandy, 13.30)

25 February: Y2 v Y4 (Colombo,13.30)

26 February: X3 v X4 (Ahmedabad, 9.30), X1 v X2 (Chennai, 13.30)

27 February: Y1 v Y2 (Colombo,13.30)

28 February: Y3 v Y4 (Kandy, 13.30)

1 March: X2 v X4 (Delhi, 9.30), X1 v X3 (Kolkata, 13.30)

4 March: Semi-final 1 (Kolkata aliases Colombo,13.30)

5 March: Semi-final 2 (Mumbai, 13.30)

8 March: Final (Ahmedabad aliases Colombo,13.30)