Teams and Squads of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026

The top 20 teams have qualified for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. Some of the teams were selected automatically from the previous  ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. This will help to maintain the environment of competition and reward among top-ranking teams. While the remaining teams are selected based on regional priority, and new emerging teams

 Automatically Qualified Teams for 2026

Here is the complete list of the teams that are automatically qualified for the upcoming2026 T20 World Cup. India and Sri Lanka are the co-hosts of the tournament, so they are also qualified automatically.
India (Host), Sri Lanka (Host), Pakistan, Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

ICC Regional and new Emerging Qualifiers

ICC has selected any team for the World Cup on the basis of its previous records and performances, and it gives equal opportunities to the new emerging teams. Here is the list of the ICC qualifiers for the T20 World Cup 2026, and some of them are qualified first time in the Cricket World Cup.
United States, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Oman, United Arab Emirates

ICC has Announced the Rankings of the Teams for the T20 Men’s World Cup 2026

Squads of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 

All the qualified teams have announced their squads for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 with their best and most efficient players. Every team has announced the squads of 15 players, as 1 to 3 players are reserved.

Squad of India (Co-host)

Squad of Namibia

Squad of the Netherlands

Squad of Pakistan 

Squad of the USA

• Monank Patel (captain)
• Steven Taylor
• Aaron Jones
• Saurabh Netravalkar 
• Milind Kumar
• Corey Anderson 
• Shadley van Schalkwyk
• Nitish Kumar
• Ali Khan 
• Jasdeep Singh
• Cameron Gannon
• Nosthush Kenjige 
• Harmeet Singh
• Saiteja Mukkamalla
• Yasir Mohammad

Squad of Sri Lanka (Co- host)

• Dasun Shanaka (captain)
• Pathum Nissanka
• Kusal Mendis
• Kamil Mishara
• Kusal Perera
• Dhananjaya de Silva
• Niroshan Dickwella
• Janith Liyanage
• Charith Asalanka
• Kamindu Mendis
• Pavan Rathnayake
• Sahan Arachchige
• Wanindu Hasaranga
• Dunith Wellalage
• Milan Rathnayake
• Nuwan Thushara
• Eshan Malinga
• Dushmantha Chameera
• Pramod Madushan
• Matheesha Pathirana
• Dilshan Madushanka
• Maheesh Theekshana
• Dushan Hemantha
• Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
• Traveen Mathe

Squad of Australia

• Mitchell Marsh (captain)
• Xavier Bartlett
• Cooper Connolly
• Pat Cummins
• Tim David
• Nathan Ellis
• Cameron Green
• Josh Hazlewood
• Travis Head
• Josh Inglis (wk)
• Matthew Kuhnemann
• Glenn Maxwell
• Matthew Short
• Marcus Stoinis
• Adam Zampa

Squad of Zimbabwe

• Sikandar Raza (captain)
• Brian Bennett
• Ryan Burl
• Graeme Cremer
• Bradley Evans
• Clive Madande
• Tinotenda Maposa
• Tadiwanashe Marumani
• Wellington Masakadza
• Tony Munyonga
• Tashinga Musekiwa
• Blessing Muzarabani
• Dion Myers
• Richard Ngarava
• Brendan Taylor

Squad of Ireland

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

Squad of Oman

• Jatinder Singh (captain)
• Vinayak Shukla
• Mohammad Nadeem
• Shakeel Ahmad
• Hammad Mirza
• Wasim Ali
• Karan Sonavale
• Shah Faisal
• Nadeem Khan
• Sufyan Mehmood
• Jay Odedra
• Shafiq Jan
• Ashish Odedara
• Jiten Ramanandi
• Hasnain Ali Shah

Squad of England

• Harry Brook (captain)
• Rehan Ahmed
• Jofra Archer
• Tom Banton
• Jacob Bethell
• Jos Buttler
• Sam Curran
• Liam Dawson
• Ben Duckett
• Will Jacks
• Jamie Overton
• Adil Rashid
• Phil Salt
• Josh Tongue
• Luke Wood.

Squad of Bangladesh 

• Litton Das (captain) 
• Tanzid Hasan
• Parvez Hossain Emon
• Saif Hassan
• Tawhid Hridoy
• Shamim Hossain
• Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan
• Shak Mahedi Hasan
• Rishad Hossain
• Nasum Ahmed
• Mustafizur Rahman
• Tanzim Hasan Sakib
• Taskin Ahmed
• Shaif Uddin
• Shoriful Islam

Squad of Italy

• Wayne Madsen (captian)
• Marcus Campopiano
• Gian Piero Meade
• Zain Ali, Ali Hasan
• Crishan Jorge
• Harry Manenti
• Anthony Mosca
• Justin Mosca
• Syed Naqvi
• Benjamin Manenti
• Jaspreet Singh
• JJ Smuts
• Grant Stewart
• Thomas Draca

Squad of Nepal

•  Rohit Paudel (captain)
•  Dipendra Singh Airee
• Sandeep Lamichhane
• Kushal Bhurtel
• Aasif Sheikh
• Sundeep Jora
• Aarif Sheikh
• Basir Ahamad
• Sompal Kami
• Karan KC
• Nandan Yadav
• Gulshan Jha
• Lalit Rajbanshi
• Sher Malla
• Lokesh Bam

Squad of West Indies:

• Shai Hope (captian)
• Shimron Hetmyer
• Johnson Charles
• Roston Chase
• Matthew Forde
• Jason Holder
• Akeal Hosein
• Shamar Joseph
• Brandon King
• Gudakesh Motie
• Rovman Powell
• Sherfane Rutherford
• Quentin Sampson
• Jayden Seales
• Romario Shepherd

Squad of Afghanistan

• Rashid Khan (captain)
• Noor Ahmad
• Abdullah Ahmadzai
• Sediqullah Atal
• Fazalhaq Farooqi
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• Naveen Ul Haq
• Mohammad Ishaq
• Shahidullah Kamal
• Mohammad Nabi
• Gulbadin Naib
• Azmatullah Omarzai
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman
• Darwish Rasooli
• Ibrahim Zadran.

Squad of Canada

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

Squad of New Zealand

• Mitchell Santner (captain)
• Finn Allen
• Michael Bracewell
• Mark Chapman
• Devon Conway
• Jacob Duffy
• Lockie Ferguson
• Matt Henry
• Daryl Mitchell
• Adam Milne
• James Neesham
• Glenn Phillips
• Rachin Ravindra
• Tim Seifert
• Ish Sodhi.

Squad of South Africa

• Aiden Markram (captain) 
• Quinton de Kock
• Tony de Zorzi
• Dewald Brevis
• David Miller
• Donovan Ferreira
• Marco Jansen
• Keshav Maharaj
• Kagiso Rabada
• Kwena Maphaka
• Lungi Ngidi
• Jason Smith
• George Linde
• Corbin Bosch
• Anrich Nortje.

Squad of the United Arab Emirates

• Muhammad Waseem (captain)
• Alishan Sharafu
• Aryansh Sharma
• Dhruv Parashar
• Haider Ali
• Harshit Kaushik
• Junaid Siddique
• Mayank Kumar
• Muhammad Arfan
• Muhammad Farooq
• Muhammad Jawadullah
• Muhammad Zohaib
• Rohid Khan
• Sohaib Khan
• Simranjeet Singh.