Pakistan Schedule for ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Fixtures, Dates, Venues

Pakistan will kickoff their ICC T20 World Cup 2026 campaign against Netherlands on February 7.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the complete schedule of ICC T20 World Cup 2026 on Tuesday, November 25. Pakistan Cricket Team are one of the 12 teams that earned a direct qualification to the tournament, which will be played in February-March next year.

India and Sri Lanka are the hosts of ICC T20 World Cup 2026, which will witness a battle among 20 teams for the title. Out of these, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, The United States of America, the West Indies, Ireland, New Zealand, and Pakistan earned direct qualification – either through Super Eight finish in the last edition of the tournament or based on their rankings.

The other eight teams qualified through regional qualifiers. They are Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Oman, The United Arab Emirates (UAE). India will defend their championship in this edition, having defeated South Africa in the final of the last edition of the tournament in 2024.

Salman Ali Agha is the current T20I captain of Pakistan and is expected to lead the side in ICC T20 World Cup 2026. In September, they gave an impressive show in T20 Asia Cup 2025, finishing as runners-up after losing the final to India. In the tournament, they outplayed Asian rivals like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The Men in Green will aim for a powerful comeback in ICC T20 World Cup 2026 as they faced a humiliating first-round exit in the previous edition in 2024.

Pakistan will kickoff their ICC T20 World Cup 2026 campaign against Netherlands on February 7

Pakistan are placed in Group A of the tournament alongside India, Netherlands, Namibia, and the United States (USA). In the group stage, they will face each of these teams once, playing a total of four matches. They will play their opening game against Netherlands on February 7, followed by a clash against the USA on February 10. Pakistan will face arch-rivals India on February 15. Their last match of the group stage is against Namibia on February 18. All of their games will be played in Colombo.

Pakistan’s full schedule for ICC T20 World Cup 2026:

• Pakistan vs Netherlands, Colombo, February 7
• Pakistan vs USA, Colombo, February 10
• Pakistan vs India, Colombo, February 15
• Pakistan vs Namibia, Colombo, February 18

Note: This is league stage schedule. Super Eight schedule to be updated.

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