The following is the schedule of media opportunities at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 on Thursday, 12 February:
Kandy
Sri Lanka play Oman in a Group B match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (PICS) at 11h00 local time. Both teams will hold post-match media interactions starting around 15 minutes after the end of the match with the losing team generally coming in first, followed by the winning team.
Media Entrance: Media Centre (Press Box and PC Area 4th Floor)
Mumbai
Nepal play Italy in a Group C match at the Wankhede Stadium at 15h00 local time. Both teams will hold post-match media interactions starting around 15 minutes after the end of the match with the losing team generally coming in first, followed by the winning team.
New Delhi
India play Namibia in a Group A match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium at 19h00 local time. Both teams will hold post-match media interactions starting around 15 minutes after the end of the match with the losing team generally coming in first, followed by the winning team.
Pre-match day schedule:
Colombo
Australia play Zimbabwe in a Group B match at the R. Premadasa Stadium from 11h00 local time on Friday.
On Thursday:
Australia will not train and will not hold any media interactions.
Zimbabwe will have a training session at RPICS, Colombo from 14h00 to 17h00 local time and hold a media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 13h45.
Venue: Media Centre (3rd floor)
New Delhi
Canada play the UAE in a Group D match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium from 15h00 local time on Friday.
On Thursday:
The UAE will hold a training session at the Palam Cricket Ground from 10h00 to 13h00 local time;
Canada will not train. There are no media conferences scheduled for the day.
Chennai
The USA play the Netherlands in a Group A match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium from 19h00 local time on Friday.
On Thursday:
The Netherlands will hold a training session at the MA Chidambaram Stadium from 14h00 to 17h00 local time. They will hold their pre-match media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 12h30.
The USA will hold a training session at the MA Chidambaram Stadium from 18h00 to 21h00 local time and hold their pre-match media interaction at the Press Conference Room starting around 17h00.
Media Contacts:
Chennai:
Barny Read – barnaby.read@icc-cricket.com; +971 56 1776424
Anant Kaur – anantkaur18@gmail.com;- +91 96508 69640
M Harihara Subramanian – +91 94431 36724
Colombo:
Prasanna Rodrigo – prasanna.rodrigo@srilanka.lk; 94773540102
Kandy:
Sipokazi Sokanyile – sipokazi.Sokanyile@icc-cricket.com; +971 50 6401344
Kolkata:
Ashish Kumar Sahoo – sahooashishkumar5@gmail.com; M – +91 76060 00958
Aritra Chowdhury – +91 74393 49575
Mumbai:
Noel D’Souza – Email ID – noel.dsouza@adfactorspr.com; +91 75060 54306
New Delhi:
Rajshekhar Rao – rajshekhar.rao@icc-cricket.com; +91 98101 98143
Arun Kumar – arun.ddca@gmail.com; +91 89500 45636
Note for NRH media:
Accredited Non-Rights Holders are allowed to film pre-match day press conferences, but no filming is allowed inside the venues on match days except for any safe filming zone that may be provided at venues.
Videos shot at venues on pre-match days may only be used on news channels and websites for editorial purposes and are not to be natively posted on any social media channels including YouTube.
The ICC will upload unedited media conference clips onto the Online Media Zone.
A Daily Event stats pack will be available in the Resource section of the Online Media Zone.
The footage, whether provided by the ICC or shot by the media themselves, may only be used on news channels and websites for editorial purposes and are not to be natively posted on any social media channels including YouTube.
If you intend to film non-matchday press conferences (either by camera or phone) please position yourself in the back row or behind the back row of seating.
Non-Rights Holder camerapersons will not be granted match day accreditation.
Note for photographers:
- Photographers are expected to always wear their bibs and are only permitted in designated areas.
- On pre-match days photographers need to shoot from the areas identified by the Venue Media Operations Manager.
- On match-days, photographers need to arrive for a pre-match meeting one hour in advance of the toss, when they will be assigned photo positions
- NRH photographers will not be allowed at press conferences.
- NRH TV camerapersons are not allowed on match days.
