India’s 2026 cricket calendar has already produced a home World Cup celebration, and the year’s biggest remaining fixtures are stacked into a frantic final quarter.
Already Delivered
The headline act of the year was the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted on home soil with Sri Lanka from February to March. India’s title-winning campaign is broken down in full in our T20 World Cup 2026 recap.
Still to Come
- India’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh, running September 1-13, covered in our next match tracker
- A rescheduled T20I series against Afghanistan in Delhi, September 13-17
- The Asian Games in Aichi, Japan (September 24-October 3), where India defend the gold medal they won at Hangzhou 2023 under new T20I captain Shreyas Iyer
- A five-week home series against West Indies, September 27-October 17
- A home series against Sri Lanka in December to close the year
The Asian Games Storyline
The Asian Games carries extra intrigue this year: it marks Shreyas Iyer’s first major assignment as full-time T20I captain, and it introduces 15-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to India colours at an international multi-sport event, a call-up we cover in our feature on young Indian cricketers who could become the next superstars.
Why the Back Half of 2026 Matters
With IPL form freshly translated into national selection and a title defence already banked, these remaining fixtures will shape squad depth heading into 2027, when India host Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. For every fixture in order, see our complete international cricket calendar for 2026-27.