The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 will be held in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8, with 10 editions of the annual men's world cup tournament. Defending their title as current world champions of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, India will play against 19 other international teams to try and become the men's champions again. Each of the participating teams has been organised into 4 groups, with 5 teams per group.

India are placed into Group A by virtue of having the tournament in their country and will play alongside Pakistan, the USA, Netherlands, and Namibia. These games will have a lot of exciting matchups between these countries. The goal for all teams will be to finish in the top 2 spots in their respective groups in order to advance to the Super 8 stage of the tournament. The Super 8 stage will then have the early stages of knockout rounds, two semi-finals of the tournament, which take place on March 4 and 5, respectively. The final will then be held on March 8, with anticipation building towards the 2026 tournament. Fans are currently beginning to analyse the squad of the other competing nations by their group. On that note let us take a look at the squads which are already announced;

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Men's T20 World Cup 2026: Group A squads

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c). Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh

USA: Yet to be announced

Namibia: Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelmann, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jack Brassell, Louren Steenkamp, Malan Kruger, Ben Shikonga, JC Balt, Dylan Leicher, WP Myburgh, Max Heingo. Traveling Reserve: Alexander Volschenk

Netherlands: Max O'Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Noah Croes Scott Edwards (c), Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein, Fred Klaassen, Michael Levitt, Zach Lion-Cachet, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Timm van der Gugten, Saqib Zulliqar

Pakistan: Yet to be announced

Men's T20 World Cup 2026: Group B squads

Australia (provisional squad): Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Adam Zampa, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Josh inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann

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

Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmad Hammad Mirza, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mehmood, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonavale, Shah Faisal, Jiten Ramanandi, Hasnain Ali Shah, Jay Odedra, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedaro

Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Ryan Buri, Graeme Cremer, Sikandar Raza (c). Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Brendan Taylor, Tany Munyonga, Tashingo Musekiwa

Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Curtis Campher, Harry Tector, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Ben Collitz, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy. Matthew Humphreys, Tim Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young

Men's T20 World Cup 2026: Group C squads

England (Provisional Squad): Ben Duckett, Phil Salt, Jacob Bethell, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Harry Brook (c), Jafra Archer, Tom Banton, Liam Dawson, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue, Luke Wood. Rehan Ahmed

West Indies: Yet to be announced

Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (c), Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan Tawhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Shaif Uddin

Italy: Yet to be announced

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasil Sheikh, Sompal Komi, Karan KC, Sundeep Jora, Aarif Sheikh, Basir Ahamad, Nandan Yadav, Sher Malla, Lokesh Bam, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi

Men's T20 World Cup 2026: Group D squads

South Africa: Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Aiden Markram (c), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi, Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Donovan Ferreira

Afghanistan: Roshid Khan (C), Noor Ahmad, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Noib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran, Reserves: AM Ghazanfor, jaz Ahmadzai and Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi

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

Canada: Yet to be announced

UAE: Yet to be announced