Tournament executives recently visited Chennai and met with local officials although BCCI will have the final say

T20 World Cup surprise package Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Colombo on Thursday to finish the group stage unbeaten and carry some winning momentum into the Super Eights. Chasing 179, they finished 4-182 with three balls to spare against the co-hosts at the R. Premadasa stadium.

A Sri Lankan cricket official says the sport's national governing body has formally asked Pakistan to reconsider its planned boycott of a Twenty20 World Cup game with India next week.

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Ibrahim Zadran dedicated his player of the match award to coach Jonathan Trott as the Afghanistan opener's unbeaten 95 helped secure an 82-run win over Canada on Thursday, ending their Twenty20 World Cup with a consolation victory in Group D.

Saad Bin Zafar moved from Pakistan to Canada in 2004 for education, with cricket initially just a hobby. After years of inconsistency, he became a key player and leader for Canada, helping regain ODI status and starring in the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Street cricket is being introduced to children living in a less affluent city suburb in an attempt to keep them off the streets and away from "negative distractions". More than 20 young people aged eight to 24, from Byker in Newcastle, have started playing the informal version of the professional game with the help of coaches.

Harmanpreet Kaur became the highest-capped player in women's international cricket when she made her 356th appearance for India in Thursday's Twenty20 match against Australia, surpassing New Zealand great Suzie Bates.

A 65-year-old umpire died and 15–20 players were injured after a swarm of bees attacked during a local cricket match in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh

From Houston fast bowler Ali Khan to Texas Super Kings players, Texas has multiple ties to the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Khan captained Pakistan to the men's Cricket World Cup title in 1992 before serving as the nation's Prime Minister between 2018 and 2022.

Ricky Ponting is predicting a bit of a changing of the guard in Australia's T20 cricket team after they failed to make it out of the group stage at the World Cup for the first time in 17 years. But Glenn Maxwell reportedly has no plans to retire, and will seemingly force selectors to drop him if they want to make a change.