ICC authorized the qualification process for the Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2026 on Friday. The world cricket governing physique confirmed the 20-team match and qualification process in its newest government board assembly in Dubai on March 15.
India and Sri Lanka co-host the 2026 T20 World Cup in February and March the place 20 groups will compete in 55 matches, an identical format of the upcoming 2024 version in US and Caribbean nations.
12 groups, together with two hosts India and Sri Lanka, will qualify robotically whereas eight groups will play regional qualifiers to earn a spot. Also, the highest eight groups for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 might be a part of the automated qualification and the remaining spots might be crammed by the subsequent highest-ranked groups.Â
“The ICC Board also approved the qualification process for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026,” the ICC media launch stated. “The event, which will be held in India and Sri Lanka, will see 12 automatic qualifiers. These will include the joint hosts along with the top eight teams from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 with the remaining spots (between 2-4 depending on host finishing positions) to be filled from the next highest-ranked teams on the ICC Men’s T20I rankings table as at 30 June 2024. The remaining eight teams will be identified through Regional Qualifiers.”
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