ICC T20 World Cup schedule released

Kathmandu, Nov 26: The schedule of the ICC T20 World Cup to be held in 2026 has been made public today. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the schedule by dividing 20 participating teams in four different groups. 

The ICC T20 World Cup is taking place from February 7 to March 8, 2026 in India and Sri Lanka.

As per the schedule, Nepal is put in Group 'C'. All games for the team Nepal have been put in Mumbai, India. There are West Indies, England, Bangladesh and Italy along with Nepal in Group 'C'. West Indies and England lifted the titles of the ICC T20 World Cup twice each.    

Nepal would play against England in its first game on February 8, 2026 in Mumbai. Likewise, the second game is against Italy on February 8, third against West Indies on February 15 and the fourth against Bangladesh on February 17, according to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN).

CAN had requested the ICC to arrange all games for Nepal in India. CAN Chairman Chatur Bahadur Chand said that the ICC accepted that request and the games for Nepal have been scheduled in India.

With this, Nepal is playing the ICC T20 World Cup for the third time after 2014 and 2024. (RSS)