REVISED MEDIA ADVISORY- UPDATED ENGLAND MEDIA INTERACTION AND TRAINING SESSION

Media advisory

The following is the schedule of media opportunities at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 on Saturday, 21 February:

Colombo

New Zealand play Pakistan in a Group 2 Super 8 match at the R Premadasa 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:

Kandy

Sri Lanka play England in a Group 2 Super 8 match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (PICS) at 15h00 local time on Sunday.

On Saturday (21 February):

England will have a training session at the PICS from 11h00 local time and hold a media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 10h30.

Sri Lanka will have a training session at the same venue from 14h00 local time and hold a media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 13h45.

Ahmedabad

India play South Africa in a Group 1 Super 8 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium at 19h00 local time on Sunday.

On Saturday:

India will have a training session at the Narendra Modi Stadium from 14h00 to 17h00 local time and hold a media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 16h30.

South Africa will have a training session at the same venue from 18h00 local time and hold a media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 18h00.

Media Contacts:

Ahmedabad:

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

Moulin Parikh – moulin@bcci.tv; +91 98202 53149

Jagat Patel - +91 9099921381

Chennai:

M Harihara Subramanian - +91 94431 36724

Colombo:

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

Kandy:

Sipokazi Sokanyile - sipokazi.Sokanyile@icc-cricket.com; +971 50 6401344

Kolkata:

Aritra Chowdhury - +91 74393 49575

Mumbai:

Barny Read - barnaby.read@icc-cricket.com; +971 56 1776424

Amit Shah - +91 99679 30055

New Delhi:

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

Arun Kumar - arun.ddca@gmail.com; +91 89500 45636

Note for NRH media:

On match days, press boxes open two hours before each game at the respective venue.

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.