India will face Zimbabwe, West Indies and South Africa in the Super Eights of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, and all of the teams ended up being group winners and that too unbeaten.
The other Super 8
group has Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England and New Zealand — the teams that finished as runner-up in the previous round.
India’s Super 8 Schedule:
- Feb 22 – India vs South Africa – Ahmedabad
- Feb 26 – India vs Zimbabwe – Chennai
- March 1 – India vs West Indies – Kolkata
How did we even get here?
Format Explained
The 2026 T20 World Cup featured 20 teams divided into four groups – A, B, C, and D – with five teams in each group. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super 8 stage.
The eight qualifiers will then be split into two groups of four – Group 1 and Group 2 – where they will play round-robin fixtures within their respective groups. The top two teams from each Super 8 group will progress to the semi-finals.
Super 8 – Full Schedule
| DATE | DAY | TEAM 1 | TEAM 2 | VENUE | START TIME (IST) |
| February 21 | Saturday | New Zealand | Pakistan | Colombo (RPS) | 07:00 PM |
| February 22 | Sunday | England | Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 03:00 PM |
| February 22 | Sunday | India | South Africa | Ahmedabad | 07:00 PM |
| February 23 | Monday | Zimbabwe | West Indies | Mumbai | 07:00 PM |
| February 24 | Tuesday | England | Pakistan | Pallekele | 07:00 PM |
| February 25 | Wednesday | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 07:00 PM |
| February 26 | Thursday | West Indies | South Africa | Ahmedabad | 03:00 PM |
| February 26 | Thursday | India | Zimbabwe | Chennai | 07:00 PM |
| February 27 | Friday | England | New Zealand | Colombo (RPS) | 07:00 PM |
| February 28 | Saturday | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 07:00 PM |
| March 1 | Sunday | Zimbabwe | South Africa | Delhi | 03:00 PM |
| March 1 | Sunday | India | West Indies | Kolkata | 07:00 PM |
Pre-Seedings In Super 8
Ahead of the tournament, the top eight ranked T20I sides were pre-seeded for the Super 8 stage in anticipation of qualification.
Under the ICC’s pre-seeding system:
- India were designated X1.
- England Y1.
- Australia X2.
- New Zealand Y2.
- West Indies X3.
- Pakistan Y3.
- South Africa X4.
- Sri Lanka Y4.
Group 1 in Super Eights is every team with X, and the teams having Y classification for Group 2.
As Australia, the only pre-seeded side that failed to advance, the team qualifying (Zimbabwe) from that group took up its designated slot.
