ICC T20 World Cup 2026 begins in just 2 months' time
Confirmed, provisional and preliminary squads announced for 5 teams
Check the squads
The ICC T20 World Cup 2026 in India and Sri Lanka is just around the corner and all the 20 qualified teams have begun their preparations for the showpiece event in February-March.
This marks only the second T20 World Cup to feature 20 teams. India, co-hosting the event with Sri Lanka, enters as the reigning champions with a vastly different squad from the one that lifted the trophy in 2024.
All eyes will be on Suryakumar Yadav's captaincy and how he operates this young side, which has been sensational since the overhaul in June 2024. Under Surya's captaincy, the Indian team has not lost a single T20I series.
The Men in Blue also captured the Asia Cup 2025 in the T20I format after beating arch-rivals Pakistan in the finale. The Indians will be majorly challenged by sides like Australia, South Africa, England and New Zealand in the later stages of the tournament.
Surya and co will be facing Namibia, Pakistan, USA and the Netherlands in the Group stage. India's upcoming 5 T20I matches against New Zealand will serve as a very good preparatory series.
Below are all the squads that have been officially announced so far for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.
ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Squads Announced So Far
Group A:
India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Axar Patel (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan (wk), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar.
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green (wk), 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. Travelling reserve: Alexander Volschenk.
USA: To be announced.
Netherlands cricket team: 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
Pakistan: To be announced.
Group B:
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Matthew Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.
Sri Lanka (preliminary): Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Janith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachchige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Milan Rathnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Eshan Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Traveen Mathew.
Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (c), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande (wk), Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Brendan Taylor (wk).
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.
Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Vinayak Shukla (wk), Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmad, Hammad Mirza (wk), Wasim Ali, Karan Sonavale, Shah Faisal, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedara, Jiten Ramanandi, Hasnain Ali Shah.
Group C:
England: Harry Brook (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton (wk), Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt (wk), Josh Tongue, Luke Wood.
Bangladesh: Litton Das (c) (wk), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon (wk), Saif Hassan (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoriful Islam.
West Indies: To be announced.
Italy: To be announced.
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Dipendra Singh Airee (vc), Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Sundeep Jora, Aarif Sheikh, Basir Ahamad, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sher Malla, Lokesh Bam.
Group D:
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (c), Ibrahim Zadran (vc), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Shahidullah Kamal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Abdullah Ahmadzai. Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai, Ziaur Rahman Sharifi.
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock (wk), Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Jason Smith.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (wk), Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi. Travelling Reserve: Kyle Jamieson.
Canada: To be announced.
UAE: To be announced.
