ICC T20 World Cup 2026: Warm-up fixtures

[Devadwal]

Warm-up matches for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 will be played from February 2 to 6 across Sri Lanka and India, with teams using the fixtures to fine-tune squads ahead of the tournament opener on February 7.

The schedule includes high-profile clashes such as India against South Africa on February 4 in Navi Mumbai, while Pakistan will face Ireland in Colombo the same day. Afghanistan, West Indies, Australia and several associate nations will also take part in the pre-tournament fixtures.


February 2

Afghanistan vs Scotland – Bengaluru
India A vs USA – Navi Mumbai
Canada vs Italy – Chennai

February 3
Sri Lanka A vs Oman – Colombo
Netherlands vs Zimbabwe – Colombo
Nepal vs UAE – Chennai

February 4

Namibia vs Scotland – Bengaluru
Afghanistan vs West Indies – Bengaluru
Ireland vs Pakistan – Colombo
India vs South Africa – Navi Mumbai

February 5

Oman vs Zimbabwe – Colombo
Canada vs Nepal – Chennai
New Zealand vs USA – Navi Mumbai

February 6
Italy vs UAE – Chennai
India A vs Namibia – Bengaluru

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[Devadwal]

I forget Australia vs Netherlands match on 5 February ( Colombo)

 

[Vikram1989]

Why does sa need a t20 practice matches as they were playing a month ago in india only.I see rest of the good teams skipping it happily.

 

[Rajdeep]

We also played warm up against SA in Mumbai during 2016 WT20. I remember it coz I attended that game.

Just hope we dont get knocked out in Semi's this time as well

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Why does sa need a t20 practice matches as they were playing a month ago in india only.I see rest of the good teams skipping it happily.

Only England and Sri Lanka are skipping the official warmups because they are playing a 3 match series starting today.

 

[Vikram1989]

Only England and Sri Lanka are skipping the official warmups because they are playing a 3 match series starting today.

My main concern for both teams is that they are playing a match on jan31 and again a warm up on Feb 4.its a real screw jack kind of stuff than taking rest.on top of it ,Sa has to travel and play.Its not a test match to adjust.Both have easy matches as first fixture.

 

[Devadwal]

Only England and Sri Lanka are skipping the official warmups because they are playing a 3 match series starting today.

This is warm-up fixtures for them. Not one but 3

 

[Devadwal]

India also doens't need to play warm-up fixture as we are currently playing the T20 series. .. maybe we can play Tilak, Axar in warm-up game to check their fitness.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

My main concern for both teams is that they are playing a match on jan31 and again a warm up on Feb 4.its a real screw jack kind of stuff than taking rest.on top of it ,Sa has to travel and play.Its not a test match to adjust.Both have easy matches as first fixture.

Which teams? England and SL are playing the last match on the 3rd

Yeah the travel will be tough. But teams can still opt out of these warm ups if they want to