India will start their T20 World Cup title defence on February 7, 2026, in opposition to the USA in Mumbai because the ICC unveiled the complete schedule for the event co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.

The tenth version of the competitors will start earlier within the day with a match between Pakistan and the Netherlands in Colombo, adopted by a match between Bangladesh and the West Indies in Kolkata, and eventually an Indian match below lights.

The foremost India-Pakistan match is about to happen in Colombo on February 15. Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Ahmedabad will host the remaining group matches for India.

The highest two groups from every group will progress to the Tremendous Eight stage, break up into two teams of 4. From there, the highest two in every Tremendous Eight pool advance to the semifinals earlier than the March 8 closing determines the 2026 champion.

In the meantime, Rohit Sharma, who captained reigning champions India to glory on the earlier T20 World Cup in 2024, was named the event ambassador. Rohit was prolific for India in T20Is, ending with 4231 runs at a mean of 32.01 and a strike-rate of 140.89. Rohit retired from the shortest format following India’s triumph within the Americas final yr, which broke an 11-year drought of ICC trophies for the Indian crew.

T20 World Cup Teams:

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

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

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

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

India schedule:

1. India vs USA — February 7, Mumbai

2. India vs Namibia — February 12, New Delhi

3. India vs Pakistan — February 15, Colombo

4. India vs Netherlands — February 18, Ahmedabad