2026 in Indian sports

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The year 2026 in Indian sports describes the events that will happen in the year 2026. The main highlights for this year are: the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan respectively.

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Multi-sport events

Asian Games

The 2026 edition will be the 20th appearance made by the Indian contingent at the 2026 Asian Games, which will held in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan, from 19 September to 4 October 2026. [1]

Qualification

India secured its first-ever surfing quotas as both men's team and women's team qualfied for the surfing competitions in the 2026 Games during the 2024 Asian Surfing Championships. [2] India again secured two quotas from the Asian Surfing Championships 2025, which was held in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu during August 2025 and bagged the maximum four quotas for the Games. [3]

Badminton

World Championships

India will host the 30th edition of the BWF World Championships from TBA to TBA in Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi. [4] India was originally scheduled to host the Sudirman Cup in 2023. However, due to all events in China being cancelled in 2021, the Sudirman Cup was relocated to Vantaa, Finland, with the 2023 Sudirman Cup being held in Suzhou, China. India was thereby selected as the host of the 2026 World Championships, after previously hosting the tournament back in 2009. [5]

Chess

Men's World Chess Championship

The World Chess Championship 2026 will be a chess match to determine who will hold the World Chess Champion position. It will be played between the defending champion Gukesh Dommaraju [6] and a challenger, who will be the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2026. [7]

Women's Candidates Tournament

The FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2026 will be an eight-player chess tournament held to determine the challenger for the Women's World Chess Championship 2026. [8] Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy qualified for the tournament as the winner and runner-up of the Women's Chess World Cup 2025 respectively. [9] [10]

Cricket

Men's T20 World Cup

India will enter as the defending champions [11] as well as the co-host (along with Sri Lanka) in the 2026 edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup between February to March 2026. [12] It will be India's 10th appearance in the tournament.

Women's T20 World Cup

The Indian women's team will participate in the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by England between 12 June to 5 July 2026. [13] [14]

Group Stage

PosTeam
PldWLTNRPts NRR Qualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 000000—Advanced to the semi-final
2Flag of India.svg  India 000000—
3Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 000000—
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 000000—
5TBD000000—
6TBD000000—
First match(es) will be played: 13 June 2026. Source: [ citation needed ]
Match 3
14 June 2026
14:30
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India  Flag of India.svg
v
Match 5
17 June 2026
14:30
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India  Flag of India.svg
v
TBD
Match 9
21 June 2026
14:30
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India  Flag of India.svg
v
Match 11
25 June 2026
14:30
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India  Flag of India.svg
v
TBD
Match 15
28 June 2026
14:30
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v
Flag of India.svg  India

Mens: New Zealand tour of India

The New Zealand cricket team is scheduled to tour India in January 2026 to play the Indian cricket team. [15] The tour will consist of three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) matches. [16] [17] The T20I series will form part of both teams' preparation ahead of the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup tournament. [18] [19]

One-day Internationals

14 January 2026
13:30 (D/N)
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India  Flag of India.svg
v
18 January 2026
13:30 (D/N)
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India  Flag of India.svg
v

Twenty-20 Internationals

Mens: India tour of England

The Indian cricket team is scheduled to tour England in July 2026 to play the England cricket team. [20] The tour will consist of three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [21]

Twenty-20 Internationals

4 July 2026
14:30
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v
Flag of India.svg  India
7 July 2026
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
9 July 2026
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
11 July 2026
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India

One-day Internationals

14 July 2026
13:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
16 July 2026
13:00 (D/N)
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v
Flag of India.svg  India
19 July 2026
11:00
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India

Women: India tour of Australia

The India women's cricket team is scheduled to tour Australia in February and March 2026 to play the Australia women's cricket team. [22] [23] The tour will consist of one Test, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [24] [25]

Twenty-20 Internationals

15 February 2026
19:00 (N)
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v
Flag of India.svg  India
19 February 2026
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
21 February 2026
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India

One-day Internationals

24 February 2026
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
27 February 2026
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
1 March 2026
14:30 (D/N)
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v
Flag of India.svg  India

Test match

6–9 March 2026 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India

Women's: India tour of England

The India women's cricket team is scheduled to tour England in May and June 2026 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against the England women's cricket team. [26] [27] The matches will serve as preparation for both teams ahead of the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup. [28] Following the T20 World Cup, the India women's team to play one-off Test match in July 2026 at Lord's in London. [29]

Twenty-20 Internationals

28 May 2026
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
30 May 2026
TBC
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India
2 June 2026
18:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India

Test match

10–13 July 2026
Scorecard
v
Flag of India.svg  India

Field Hockey

Men's Hockey World Cup

India will compete at the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup, held from 14 to 30 August 2026 in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands. India qualified for the tournament as the winners of the 2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup. [30]

Football

Women's Asian Cup

India will compete in the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup, held in Australia from 1 to 21 March 2026. [31]

Final Tournament: Group Stage

India was seeded in the fourth pot of the draw and was grouped alongside Japan, Vietnam and Chinese Taipei. [32] [33]

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Vietnam.svg Flag of India.svg Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00000000 Knockout stage — 10 Mar — 4 Mar
2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 00000000—— 4 Mar —
3Flag of India.svg  India 00000000Possible Knockout stage 7 Mar —— 10 Mar
4Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 00000000— 7 Mar ——
First match(es) will be played: 4 March 2026. Source: AFC
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svgvFlag of India.svg  India
India  Flag of India.svgvFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
India  Flag of India.svgvFlag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei

References

  1. ↑ "2026 Asian Games to be held in autumn to avoid summer heat in Japan". Xinhuanet. xinhuanet.com. 19 August 2018. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "First-ever quotas for Indian surfing for 2026 Asian Games". The Hindu. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Indian surfers bag two Asian Games 2026 quotas from Mahabalipuram". Olympics.com. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "New Delhi to host next Badminton World Championships in August 2026". The Hindu. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "India to host badminton world championships in 2026, lose 2023 Sudirman Cup". International Olympic Committee. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Graham, Bryan Armen (2024-12-12). "Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion after horrific Ding Liren blunder". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  7. ↑ "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026: Qualification paths" (PDF). FIDE. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Qualification paths for FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2026 finalized". FIDE . 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  9. ↑ "Chess | Historic! 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh crowned FIDE Women's World Cup champion, becomes India's 88th GM". The Times of India. 2025-07-28. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  10. ↑ Levin, Anthony (2025-07-28). "2025 Women's World Cup Final Tiebreaks: Divya Wins Women's World Cup, Earns Grandmaster Title". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  11. ↑ "T20 World Cup: India end long title drought after final for the ages against South Africa". The Indian Express. 2024-06-29. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
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  15. ↑ "BCCI confirms venues, schedule for New Zealand's white-ball tour". Cricbuzz . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "IND vs NZ 2026 schedule out, 8 venues to host 3 ODIs & 5 T20Is". Inside Sport . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "Men's Future Tours Program" (PDF). International Cricket Council . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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  19. ↑ "Vadodara to host first men's international in 15 years during NZ tour of India". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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  22. ↑ "Australia announce action-packed 2025/26 home season fixtures". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 30 March 2025.
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