India will play South Africa, while the India A team will take on the United States of America and Namibia in the warm up matches of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The International Cricket Council has listed the warm up games that the participating teams will be playing before the tournament gets underway on Feb. 7.
According to the matches listed on the ICC's website, the warm up games are scheduled from Feb. 2 to Feb.6. These matches will be played at BCCI's Center of Excellence ground 1 and ground 2 in Benglauru, DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Cricket Club Ground and Sinhalese Sports Club will be hosting these games in Colombo. There will be a total of 16 warm up matches scheduled for the teams.
Detailed schedule of the T20 warm up games is as follows:
Feb.2:
Afghanistan v Scotland at BCCI Centre of Excellence 1, Bengaluru,
USA v India A at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Canada v Italy at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb.3
Oman v Sri Lanka A at Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Netherlands v Zimbabwe at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Nepal v United Arab Emirates at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Feb.4
Scotland v Namibia at BCCI Centre of Excellence 2, Bengaluru
Afghanistan v West Indies at BCCI Centre of Excellence 1, Bengaluru
Pakistan v Ireland at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
India v South Africa at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Feb.5
Zimbabwe v Oman at Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Nepal v Canada at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Australia v Netherlands at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
New Zealand v USA at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Feb.6
Italy v United Arab Emirates at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Namibia v India A at BCCI Centre of Excellence 1, Bengaluru
India and Sri Lanka are co-hosting the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 and there are 20 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament gets underway on Feb.7 with the final to be played at on March 8.
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