Media Information for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026
Media advisory
The following is the schedule of media opportunities at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 on Monday, 9 February:
Kolkata
Scotland play Italy in a Group C match at the Eden Gardens at 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
Zimbabwe play Oman in a Group B match at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) 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.
Ahmedabad
South Africa play Canada in a Group D match at the Narendra Modi Stadium from 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:
New Delhi
The Netherlands play Namibia in a Group A match at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium from 11h00 on Tuesday.
On Monday:
The Netherlands will train at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium from 14h00 to 17h00 local time and hold their pre-match media interaction in the Media Conference Room at around 13h30.
Namibia will train at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium from 10h00 to 13h00 local time and hold their pre-match media interaction in the Media Conference Room at around 13h00.
Chennai
New Zealand play the United Arab Emirates in a Group D match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium from 15h00 local time on Tuesday.
On Monday:
The UAE team will train at the MA Chidambaram Stadium from 14h00 to 17h00 local time and hold their pre-match media interaction in the Media Conference Room around 17h00.
New Zealand will train at the MA Chidambaram Stadium from 18h00 to 21h00 local time and hold their pre-match media interaction in the Media Conference Room around 17h30.
Colombo
Pakistan play USA in a Group A match at the SSC starting at 19h00 on Tuesday, 10th February.
On Monday:
Pakistan will hold a training session at the Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) ground from 14h00 to 17h00 local time and hold a media interaction in the Media Conference Room of the SSC starting around 16h00.
The USA will have a training session at the CCC from 18h00 to 21h00 local time and hold a media interaction in the Media Conference Room of the SSC starting around 17h00.
Venue: Media Conference Room (Third Floor) at the Media Pavilion of the SSC (Entrance via the Anura Tennakon Gate)
Media Contacts:
Ahmedabad:
Moulin Parikh – moulin@bcci.tv; +91 98202 53149
Jagat Patel: +91 90999 21381
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 - 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.