India Begins T20 World Cup Defense Against USA: Schedule, Ticket Prices, and Squad

India begin their T20 World Cup defence on Saturday, February 7: here’s the team’s full schedule, along with ticket prices. India will aim to maintain their superb T20I form as they enter the World Cup as the outright favourites. The defending champions have been drawn inGroup A alongside Pakistan, the Netherlands, Namibia and the USA. The top two teams from the group will move into the Super Eights, where they will be divided into two groups of four. The top two teams from each Super Eights group will make the semi-finals. All four of India’s group stage games are scheduled to start at7pm local time (1.30pm GMT). February 7: India vs USA, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai February 12: India vs Namibia, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi February 15: India vs Pakistan, R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo February 18: India vs Netherlands, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad TheSuper Eightsgames have been scheduled fromFebruary 21 to March 1, with thesemi-finalsset to be played onMarch 4 and 5. Thefinalis scheduled forMarch 8. India, if they qualify for the Super Eights, will play their first game of the round onFebruary 22 in Ahmedabad. Their second Super Eights fixture will likely be onFebruary 26 in Chennai, while their last game in the round will be onMarch 1 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. All of these matches will start at 7pm local time. The last-four games are scheduled to be played in Kolkata and Mumbai, with Ahmedabad set to host the final. However,if Pakistan qualify for the semi-final and the final, Colombo will replace Kolkata as one of the semi-final venues and Ahmadabad for the decider. Tickets for all of India’s group-stage games, and other matches in the T20 World Cup 2026, are available onBookMyShowwebsiteand app. Tickets for the India vs Pakistan game on February 15, however, are yet to be released, but as per BookMyShow, the minimum cost is LKR 1500. Fans can watch India’s opening game against the USA at Wankhede on February 7, with tickets starting from INR 750. Tickets for the India vs Namibia game in Delhi on February 12 start from INR 400, while for the India vs Netherlands game in Ahmedabad on February 18, they cost INR 500 onwards. Batters:Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh. Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson. All-rounders:Abhishek Sharma,Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Tilak Varma. Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana. Follow Wisden for all cricket updates, includinglive scores, match stats,quizzesand more. Stay up to date with thelatest cricket news, player updates, teamstandings,match highlights,video analysisandlive match odds.