Media Information for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026- (Update)

Media advisory

The following is the schedule of media opportunities at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 on Wednesday, 11 February:

Ahmedabad

South Africa play Afghanistan in a Group D match at the Narendra Modi Stadium from 11h00 local time.

Both teams will hold post-match media interactions starting around 15 minutes after the end of the match with the losing team generally coming in first, followed by the winning team.

Colombo

Australia play Ireland in a Group B match at the R. Premadasa Stadium at 15h00 local time. Both teams will hold post-match media interactions starting around 15 minutes after the end of the match with the losing team generally coming in first, followed by the winning team.

Mumbai

England play the West Indies in a Group C match at the Wankhede Stadium at 19h00 local time. Both teams will hold post-match media interactions starting around 15 minutes after the end of the match with the losing team generally coming in first, followed by the winning team.

Pre-match day schedule:

Kandy

Sri Lanka play Oman in a Group B match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (PICS) from 11h00 local time on Thursday.

On Wednesday:

Oman will hold a training session at the PICS from 10h00 to 13h00 local time on Wednesday and hold their pre-match match media interaction at the Media Conference Room starting around 13h00.

Sri Lanka will hold a training session at the PICS from 14h00 to 17h00 local time on Wednesday and hold their pre-match match media interaction at the Media Conference Room starting around 13h30.

Mumbai

Italy play Nepal in a Group C match at the Wankhede Stadium from 15h00 local time on Thursday.

On Wednesday:

Italy will hold a training session at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai from 13h30 to 16h00 local time and address their pre-match media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 13h15.

Nepal will not be training. They held their pre-match media interaction at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday, the video recording and transcript of which are available on the Online Media Zone.

New Delhi

India play Namibia in a Group A match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium from 19h00 local time on Thursday.

On Wednesday:

Namibia will hold a training session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium from 14h00 to 17h00 local time and hold a media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 17h00.

India will hold a training session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium from 18h00 to 21h00 local time and hold a media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 17h30.

Media Contacts:

Chennai:

Anant Kaur – anantkaur18@gmail.com;- +91 96508 69640

M Harihara Subramanian - +91 94431 36724

Colombo:

Prasanna Rodrigo – prasanna.rodrigo@srilanka.lk; 94773540102

Kolkata:

Ashish Kumar Sahoo - sahooashishkumar5@gmail.com; M - +91 76060 00958

Aritra Chowdhury - +91 74393 49575

Mumbai:

Noel D’Souza – Email ID - noel.dsouza@adfactorspr.com; +91 75060 54306

New Delhi:

Rajshekhar Rao – rajshekhar.rao@icc-cricket.com; +91 98101 98143

Arun Kumar - +91 89500 45636

Note for NRH media:

Accredited Non-Rights Holders are allowed to film pre-match day press conferences, but no filming is allowed inside the venues on match days except for any safe filming zone that may be provided at venues.

Videos shot at venues on pre-match days may only be used on news channels and websites for editorial purposes and are not to be natively posted on any social media channels including YouTube.

The ICC will upload unedited media conference clips onto the Online Media Zone.

A Daily Event stats pack will be available in the Resource section of the Online Media Zone.

The footage, whether provided by the ICC or shot by the media themselves, may only be used on news channels and websites for editorial purposes and are not to be natively posted on any social media channels including YouTube.

If you intend to film non-matchday press conferences (either by camera or phone) please position yourself in the back row or behind the back row of seating.

Non-Rights Holder camerapersons will not be granted match day accreditation.

Note for photographers:

• Photographers are expected to always wear their bibs and are only permitted in designated areas.
• On pre-match days photographers need to shoot from the areas identified by the Venue Media Operations Manager.
• On match-days, photographers need to arrive for a pre-match meeting one hour in advance of the toss, when they will be assigned photo positions
• NRH photographers will not be allowed at press conferences.
• NRH TV camerapersons are not allowed on match days.