ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026: The schedule of the T20 World Cup has been announced by the ICC. This World Cup will be held next year. With the release of the schedule, it has also been decided which team has been placed in which group. The special thing is that India and Pakistan have again been placed in the same group. The date of the big match between these two teams has also been revealed.
The Women's T20 World Cup 2026 is to be held in England next year. This will be the 10th edition of the World Cup. The first match of this World Cup to be held in June will be on the 12th. In which host England has to face Sri Lanka. A total of 12 teams will participate in this World Cup, so it can be said that this will be the biggest World Cup till date. If we talk about the group, then ICC has formed two groups for this. Apart from Australia, South Africa, India and Pakistan have been included in Group 1. Apart from this, two more teams will come, it will be decided later.
The second group of T20 World Cup, apart from host England, teams from New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies have been included in it. Two teams will come here after playing the Global Qualifier. As per the rules, all the teams will play matches with the rest of the teams in their respective groups, after which the top two teams in the points table will directly go to the semi-finals. The semi-final matches will be held on 30 June and 2 July. After this, the final match will be played on 5 July. This match will be played at the historic ground of Lord's.
If we talk about the match between India and Pakistan, then this match will be played on 14th June. Teams of India and Pakistan now face each other only in ICC or ACC tournaments, hence the excitement of this match is also at its peak. India and Pakistan are in the same group, hence they will be able to face each other only in the league stage, the possibility of a match happening in the future is very less.
“The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup provides us with an unparalleled opportunity to transform a month of sporting excellence into a movement that will rewrite the narrative about women’s cricket. At iconic venues across the country, we’ll see incredible, world-class athletes battling it out in out in front of hundreds of thousands of fans, who with every ball bowled and run scored, will be contributing to lasting change. It’s our opportunity to give women’s cricket, and women’s sport, the stage it deserves.”- said by tournament Director, Beth Barrett-Wild.
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Groups
Group 1: Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Qualifier, Qualifier.
Group 2: West Indies, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Qualifier, Qualifier.
This tournament will be played in a total of 7 venues. All these are venues in England - Edgbaston, Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Bristol County Ground, Hampshire, Headingley, The Oval and Lord's Stadium. Both the semi-final matches of the Women's T20 World Cup 2026 will be played at The Oval while the final will be held at Lord's.
Full ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule
Friday June 12: England v Sri Lanka, Edgbaston
Saturday June 13: Qualifier v Qualifier, Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Saturday June 13: Australia v South Africa, Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Saturday June 13: West Indies v New Zealand, Hampshire Bowl
Sunday June 14: Qualifier v Qualifier, Edgbaston
Sunday June 14: India v Pakistan, Edgbaston
Tuesday June 16: New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Hampshire
Tuesday June 16: England v Qualifier, Hampshire Bowl
Wednesday June 17: Australia v Qualifier, Headingley
Wednesday June 17: India v Qualifier, Headingley
Wednesday June 17: South Africa v Pakistan, Edgbaston
Thursday June 18: West Indies v Qualifier, Headingley
Friday June 19: New Zealand v Qualifier, Hampshire Bowl
Saturday June 20: Australia v Qualifier, Hampshire Bowl
Saturday June 20: Pakistan v Qualifier, Hampshire Bowl
Saturday June 20: England v Qualifier, Headingley
Sunday June 21: West Indies v Sri Lanka, Bristol County Ground
Sunday June 21: South Africa v India, Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Tuesday June 23: New Zealand v Qualifier, Bristol County Ground
Tuesday June 23: Sri Lanka v Qualifier, Bristol County Ground 14:30 BST
Tuesday June 23: Australia v Pakistan, Headingley
Wednesday June 24: England v West Indies, Lord’s Cricket Ground
Thursday June 25: India v Qualifier, Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Thursday June 25: South Africa v Qualifier, Bristol County Ground
Friday June 26: Sri Lanka v Qualifier, Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Saturday June 27: Pakistan v Qualifier, Bristol County Ground
Saturday June 27: West Indies v Qualifier, Bristol County Ground
Saturday June 27: England v New Zealand, The Oval
Sunday June 28: South Africa v Qualifier, Lord’s Cricket Ground
Sunday June 28: Australia v India, Lord’s Cricket Ground
Tuesday June 30: TBC v TBC (Semi Final 1), The Oval
Thursday July 2: TBC v TBC (Semi Final 2), The Oval
Sunday July 5: TBC v TBC (The Final).
