Italy Cricket Team Create History Qualify Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: The Italian cricket team has made the biggest reversal of international cricket. Italy has qualified for the 2026 T20 World Cup to be hosted in India and Sri Lanka next year, surprising the whole world.
Let us know that 2026 Men T20 World Cup is to be played in February-March next year in the host of India and Sri Lanka. Italy has also hit the entry in this Mahakumbh of cricket. Italy has made a place in this global tournament, surprising everyone. Along with Italy, the Netherlands have also qualified for the 2026 T20 World Cup.
15 teams are fixed …, 5 remained to be decided
Let us know that there will be a total of 20 teams in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Now after qualifying the Italy and the Netherlands, 15 teams have been decided by the tournament. Apart from hosts India and Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, England, America (USA), West Indies, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan and Canada have qualified for the 2026 T20 World Cup so far. The decision of 5 teams is yet to be decided.
How is the 2026 T20 World Cup format?
India and Sri Lanka are going to host the 2026 T20 World Cup. This will be the second time when India and Sri Lanka will be hosting a T20 World Cup tournament. The tournament date has not been announced yet, but the T20 World Cup matches will be played in the month of February-March next year.
The 2026 T20 World Cup will also be played in format like 2024 T20 World Cup. This time too, 20 teams around the world will participate in this global tournament. Teams from these 20 countries will be divided into four groups of five teams each. Then the team that finished the top-2 from every group will enter the Super-8 stage. In the Super-8 stage, two groups of four teams will be formed, in which the team living in the top-2 will qualify for the semi-finals and the final match will be played between the teams winning the semi-finals.
