T20 World Cup 2026: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team created history last month by winning the T20 World Cup 2024. The Men in Blue defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final match. After the final match, 3 senior players of the Indian team Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja announced their retirement from the T20 format.

This means that in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026, the Indian team will play without these three players. Team India has to play a total of 34 T20 matches till the next T20 World Cup, the complete schedule of which you can see here.

Team India will play this many T20 matches before T20 World Cup 2026

• The Indian team is currently playing a five-match T20 series against Zimbabwe, which is led by Shubman Gill. A total of 3 Indian players are included in this series, who were included in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup 2024.
• The remaining 12 players are not on the Zimbabwe tour. Rohit has also given up the captaincy of T-20. In such a situation, the names of Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya are leading in the race for the captaincy.
• However, the board has not yet announced the new appointed captain. Let us tell you that the hosting of the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026 is on India's shoulders.
• In such a situation, the Indian team is the strongest contender for this tournament. It will be interesting to see which player takes charge of the Indian team. For now, you can see the schedule of Team India here before the T20 World Cup 2026.

See the full schedule of Team India T20I here

5 match T20 series vs Zimbabwe – July 2024

3 match T20 series vs Sri Lanka – July 2024

3 match home T20 series vs Bangladesh – September 2024

5-match home T20 series vs England – January-February 2025

3 match T20 series vs Bangladesh – August 2025

5-match T20I series vs Australia – October 2025

5-match home T20 series vs South Africa – November 2025

5-match home T20 series vs New Zealand – January 2026.