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‘India won Champions Trophy because they played well’: Salman Ali Agha on Pakistan’s ‘advantage’ in T20 World Cup | Cricket News

‘India won Champions Trophy because they played well’: Salman Ali Agha on Pakistan’s ‘advantage’ in T20 World Cup | Cricket News

Pakistan playing all their 2026 T20 World Cup matches in Colombo is an advantage but they will still have to play good cricket to win the trophy, captain Salman Ali Agha has said. The 2009 champions will be playing all their matches at two stadiums in Colombo – the R Premadasa Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club ground. This is after India, Pakistan and ICC agreed upon a hybrid model for tournaments hosted by either countries until 2027. It means that matches involving Pakistan in tournaments hosted by India will be played at neutral venues and vice versa. The latter was the case for the 2025 Champions Trophy hosted by Pakistan, with India playing all their matches in Dubai and ultimately winning the tournament. Agha said that while staying in the same hotel throughout the tournament is an advantage, India had won the 2025 Champions Trophy because they played well. “It is an advantage, the other teams will be travelling and staying in different hotels, playing at different grounds. We also will be playing different …

‘India won Champions Trophy because they played well’: Salman Ali Agha on Pakistan’s ‘advantage’ in T20 World Cup | Cricket News

‘India won Champions Trophy because they played well’: Salman Ali Agha on Pakistan’s ‘advantage’ in T20 World Cup | Cricket News

Pakistan playing all their 2026 T20 World Cup matches in Colombo is an advantage but they will still have to play good cricket to win the trophy, captain Salman Ali Agha has said. The 2009 champions will be playing all their matches at two stadiums in Colombo – the R Premadasa Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club ground. This is after India, Pakistan and ICC agreed upon a hybrid model for tournaments hosted by either countries until 2027. It means that matches involving Pakistan in tournaments hosted by India will be played at neutral venues and vice versa. The latter was the case for the 2025 Champions Trophy hosted by Pakistan, with India playing all their matches in Dubai and ultimately winning the tournament. Agha said that while staying in the same hotel throughout the tournament is an advantage, India had won the 2025 Champions Trophy because they played well. “It is an advantage, the other teams will be travelling and staying in different hotels, playing at different grounds. We also will be playing different …

Bangladesh captain Litton Das: ‘We announced the squad but not sure if we will even play at T20 World Cup or not’ | Cricket News

Bangladesh captain Litton Das: ‘We announced the squad but not sure if we will even play at T20 World Cup or not’ | Cricket News

Litton Das has said that the players are as much in the dark as anyone else about where, or if, Bangladesh will play the 2026 T20 World Cup. The Bangladesh captain said that there is still time for players to prepare and adapt if they play in the tournament, which is scheduled to start on February 7, but said that it would’ve helped to know who they were going to face in their group matches or which country they are going to play at this stage. Strained diplomatic relations between India and Bangladesh has spilled on to the cricket field. With India co-hosting the 2026 T20 World Cup, the powers that be in Bangladesh have said that the team will not play in the country. This came after India expelled Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman from the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) citing “recent developments”. All of Bangladesh’s matches in the group stage are currently slated to be played in India. “If we had known who our group opponents were [in the World Cup] or …

ICC reiterates no change in T20 World Cup, refutes Bangladesh’s claim of ‘security risk’ | Cricket News

ICC reiterates no change in T20 World Cup, refutes Bangladesh’s claim of ‘security risk’ | Cricket News

The International Cricket Council (ICC) denied on Monday that a security risk assessment had concluded that it was unsafe for Bangladesh to play its T20 World Cup matches in India. Bangladesh’s sports advisor Asif Nazrul had earlier claimed that the world body’s own security assessment had recommended that the situation was not conducive for their team to travel across the border for the tournament which starts in less than a month’s time. But ICC sources close to the developments said that the risk assigned is “low to moderate” and there has been no change to the original itinerary for the mega event. “The ICC’s independent risk assessments, carried out by internationally recognised security experts, do not conclude that Bangladesh cannot play its scheduled matches in India. The overall security risk for the tournament in India has been assessed as low to moderate, which is consistent with the profile of many major global sporting events,” the source said, adding that “the assessments did not identify any specific or direct threat to the Bangladesh team, team officials, …

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule, Date, Time Table, Fixtures, Venues & Team India Matches List and More Details

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule, Date, Time Table, Fixtures, Venues & Team India Matches List and More Details

T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule Announcement Live Update: India to find out schedule for title defence today. ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule Announcement Live Update: Defending champions India will find out their schedule for their title defence at next year’s T20 World Cup when the schedule is released shortly. The schedule announcement will reveal dates and venues for the 20-team tournament, that is scheduled to run from February to March across India and Sri Lanka. One of the biggest interests in the T20 World Cup schedule reveal will be when India will meet Pakistan. The 2026 T20 World Cup tournament will be played in the same format as the 2024 event, that India won defeating South Africa. The 20 teams who have qualified will be placed in four different groups of five sides each. Then, the will play the Super Eight stage where the top two finishers from each group will compete. Then the top two four sides will compete in the semi-finals. Story continues below this ad This year’s edition will also …

T20 World Cup 2026: Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad shortlisted to host final | Cricket News

T20 World Cup 2026: Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad shortlisted to host final | Cricket News

Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium is shortlisted to host the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 final as the International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to announce the schedule in the coming days. The Indian Express understands that in a meeting held among top BCCI officials, it was decided that this time the World Cup will be played in fewer cities compared to the 2023 World Cup, and each venue is expected to get at least six games each. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had shortlisted Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. It is learnt that three stadiums in Sri Lanka will host the matches, but there is no clarity over which those venues would be. Story continues below this ad There is also no clarity on whether Bengaluru and Lucknow will be considered as venues to host games, as India will be hosting the tournament with Sri Lanka.The Indian board has already decided that those venues that hosted the ICC Women’s 50-over World Cup won’t be considered to host the men’s tournament. …