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T20 World Cup 2026: 15 teams announced squads, 2 countries have not opened their cards yet; Know which star players are included in which team

Samira Vishwas | January 30, 2026 6:24 AM CST

T20 World Cup All Squad List: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 will start from 7 February and the tournament will continue till 8 March. 20 teams will participate in this mega event which will last for about a month and a total of 41 matches including semi-finals and final will be played. Current champion India will defend the title this time. Team India won the T20 World Cup in 2024 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and the same team was the first to announce its squad for 2026.

15 out of 20 teams announced squads

So far, 15 out of 20 teams participating in the tournament have announced their squads. However, America and UAE have not yet announced their teams. Whereas Australia, England and Sri Lanka have currently released only provisional squads, in which further changes are possible.

For the T20 World Cup 2026, all the teams have been divided into four groups (A, B, C and D), with five teams in each group. The top two teams of each group will make it to the Super-8 stage.

Group wise teams –

Group A includes America, Namibia and Netherlands along with India and Pakistan.

Group B includes Australia, co-hosts Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Oman and Ireland.

Group C consists of England, West Indies, Nepal, Italy and Scotland, where Scotland has replaced Bangladesh.

New Zealand, UAE, South Africa, Afghanistan and Canada have been kept in Group D.

See the list of all the teams-

Group A

India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.

America: To be announced.

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Jan Green, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelman, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Lauren Steenkamp, Malan Kruger, Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Jesse Balt, Dylan Leichter, WP Myburgh, Max Hengo.

Reserve: Alexander Voloshenk.

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (captain), Colin Ackerman, Noah Crooz, Bas de Leede, Aryan Dutt, Fred Klaasen, Kyle Klein, Michael Levitt, Jacques Lion-Cachet, Max Odd, Logan van Beek, Tim van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Saqib Zulfikar.

Pakistan: Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Nafe, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq.

group b

Australia (provisional team): Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnman, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.

Sri Lanka (Provisional Team): Dasun Shanaka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dhananjay de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Zenith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Pawan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Vellaage, Milan Ratnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Ishan Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Mathisha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Mahesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Vijayakanth Vyaskanth, Travin Mathew.

Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (captain), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maphosa, Tadivanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarawa, Brendan Taylor.

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

Oman: Jatinder Singh (captain), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmed, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonawale, Shah Faesal, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mahmood, Jai Odedra, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedra, Jiten Ramanandi, Hasnain Ali Shah.

group c

England (Provisional): Harry Brook (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethel, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tong, Luke Wood.

West Indies: Shai Hope (captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Jason Holder, Akil Hussain, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Moti, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quinton Sampson, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd.

Italy: Wayne Madsen (captain), Marcus Campopiano, Gian Piero Meade, Zain Ali, Ali Hasan, Krishan George, Harry Manenti, Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, Syed Naqvi, Benjamin Manenti, Jaspreet Singh, JJ Smits, Grant Stewart, Thomas Dreka.

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (captain), Deependra Singh Airi, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh, Sandeep Jora, Arif Sheikh, Baseer Ahmed, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sher Malla, Lokesh Bam.

Scotland: Richie Berrington (captain), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ehsan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullan, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheal.

Traveling Reserves: Jasper Davidson, Jack Jarvis, Non-Traveling Reserves: Mackenzie Jones, Chris McBride, Charlie Tear.

group d

South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brewis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Janssen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Mfaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs.

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

Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Abdullah Ahmedzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran.

Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai and Zia ur Rehman Sharifi.

Canada: Dilpreet Bajwa (captain), Ajayveer Hundal, Ansh Patel, Dilon Heiliger, Harsh Thaker, Jaskarandeep Buttar, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Shreyas Movva, Yuvraj Samra.

UAE: To be announced.

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