T20 WC 2026: Facts Cricket fans should know about 2026 T20 WC

T20 WC 2026: The T20 World Cup will come back to Asia in 2026, thanks to India and Sri Lanka winning the bids to host the event. The big news was made by the ICC on August 17. The T20 competition will be held in Sri Lanka for the first time since 2012, whereas India last staged it in 2016 and 2020, the competition was contested in the UAE in 2021 due to the COVID outbreak.

In the following cycle, India will have the privilege of hosting three ICC competitions. Including the 2026 T20 World Cup and the 2031 50-over World Cup when it will serve as the joint host nation alongside Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, correspondingly.

T20 WC 2026: India to host the 2026 Twenty-20 WC

T20 WC 2026: India would co-host simultaneously the 2026 Twenty20 World Cup and the 2031 One-Day International World Cup. Although as per a modified schedule for important international tournaments released by the International Cricket Council on November 16.

Within the next ten years, 3 cricket world championships will be in India. India is formally selected to host the 2023 men’s ODI World Cup.

T20 WC 2026: Format for the 2026 WC

T20 WC 2026: The participants to be split into 4 groups of 5 for the 2024, 2026, 2028, and 2030 editions of the T20 World Cup. The best two teams out of each group advance to the Super Eights round, which is proceeded by the semifinals and the championship game. The Champions Trophy will follow the same concept as previous years. The semi-finals and the final will each consist of two groups of 4 teams.

Twenty teams will be separated into 4 groups of 5 each for the T20 WC 2026, which the ICC views as their means of growing the game. The top 2 teams will advance to the Super Eights round. The elimination rounds followed by semifinals and a championship game. The 55 contests that each T20 World Cup set for 2024, 2026, 2028, and 2030.

T20 WC 2026: Modifications to be eyed upon during the 2024 T20 world cup

T20 WC 2026: A revamped structure to be for the 2024 T20 world cup, with the 20 participating nations being split up into 4 groups of 5 teams each, with the first round followed by a Super Eight stage.

Up to 12 teams have already confirmed their participation in the next competition, which is to held in the West Indies and the United States.

The top 8 teams from the most recent T20 World Cup in Australia, along with the defending champions England and runners-up Pakistan, have already secured their places for the 2024 competition. Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the next two top teams on the ICC men’s T20I Standings, have also done the same. Regional competition will determine the tournament’s remaining 8 slots.

Africa, Asia, and Europe will each have 2 qualifying berths. Besides, the Americas and East-Asia Pacific each will have 1.

England accomplished the T20 World Cup Title

T20 WC 2026: With seven points, England concluded the Super 12 stage in the second position (Three wins, one no-result). In the heavily fought Group 1 of the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup this year, New Zealand, England, and Australia all ended with 7 points. However, the Australians fell short due to a lower Net Run Rate than the Kiwis and England.

Alex Hales and Jos Buttler led England to victory against India in the second semi-final in Adelaide, sealing the pursuit with an unbroken 170-run collaboration. Above all, England remained the only nation in world cricket to hold the ODI and T20 World Cups concurrently. England accomplished this one after eliminating Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022 tournament final.

Past T20 World Cup Champions

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