India and Pakistan drawn in the same group for the t20 World Cup and will play in Colombo on February 15th.
According to the tournament schedule that will be revealed by the ICC in Mumbai on Tuesday, India and Pakistan will face off in the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup on February 15 in Colombo.
The main event, which is India’s third group encounter and the first meeting between the two teams since three intense matches at the 2025 Asia Cup, will take place at the R Premadasa Stadium. The United States, the Netherlands, Namibia, India, and Pakistan have been grouped together
On February 7, the first day of the T20 World Cup, India will play the USA in their first group match in Mumbai. After that, they play Namibia in Delhi on February 12, Pakistan on February 13, and the Netherlands in Ahmedabad on February 18, which is their last group match. The tournament’s group stage will feature three matches every day.
India and Sri Lanka are co-hosting the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup, which will take place from February 7 to March 8. Pakistan will play all of its matches in Colombo or Kandy. The 20 teams were split up into five groups of four in the previous competition, which took place in the USA and the West Indies in 2024.
The top two from each of the four groups advance to the Super Eight stage, where they will be split up into two groups of four. The semi-finals and final will be contested by the top two teams from each of the two Super Eights groups.
India’s three Super Eight games will take place in Ahmedabad, Chennai, and Kolkata if they advance from the group round. Mumbai will host their semi-final if they advance to the final four. According to reports, the ICC has selected either Kolkata or Colombo as the alternate semi-final location, contingent on the qualification of Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Unless Pakistan qualifies, in which case it would probably take place in Colombo, the final will take place in Ahmedabad.
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, United States of America, West Indies, New Zealand, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates are the other eighteen teams competing in the T20 World Cup, in addition to the hosts, India and Sri Lanka.
After defeating South Africa in the 2024 T20 World Cup final in Barbados, India is the reigning champion.