Last Updated: June 13, 2026, 21:13 ISTThe host country, England, along with the top five teams from the 2024 tournament, Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies, bagged direct qualification for the 2026 edition.
1 / 12 England qualified for the 2026 T20 World Cup on the virtue of being the hosts (Picture credit: AP)2 / 12 Australia finished as semifinalists at the 2024 T20 World Cup and hence qualified for the 2026 edition of the tournament (Picture credit: AP)ADVERTISEMENT3 / 12 India finished sixth in the 10-team 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup but still earned qualification for the 2026 edition by virtue of their overall standing among the top six finishers (Picture credit: ICC)4 / 12 New Zealand are the defending champions and hence got a direct entry into the 2026 T20 World Cup (Picture credit: ICC)ADVERTISEMENT5 / 12 South Africa finished as runners-up in the 2024 edition of the tournament and therefore bagged direct qualification for the 2026 edition (Picture credit: AP)6 / 12 West Indies, who reached the semi-finals in the 2024 T20 World Cup, have therefore bagged qualification for the 2026 edition of the tournament.
(Picture credit: AP)ADVERTISEMENT7 / 12 Pakistan finished as the eighth-ranked team in the ICC T20I rankings as of October 2024 and hence qualified (Picture credit: ICC)8 / 12 Sri Lanka, ranked sixth in the ICC T20I rankings as of October 2024, thereby secured qualification for the 2026 edition of the tournament (Picture credit: AP)ADVERTISEMENT9 / 12 Bangladesh finished on top of Group A in the qualifiers and also at the top in the Super 6s stage to qualify for the 2026 T20 World Cup.
They remained unbeaten throughout the qualifiers (Picture credit: ICC)10 / 12 Ireland lost to only Bangladesh to finish second in Group A of the qualifiers and then finished second in the Super 6s to qualify for the World Cup (Picture credit: ICC)ADVERTISEMENT11 / 12 Netherlands finished on top of Group B in the qualifiers and fourth in the Super 6s to qualify for their maiden T20 World Cup (Picture credit: ICC)
Last Updated: June 13, 2026, 21:13 IST
The host country, England, along with the top five teams from the 2024 tournament, Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies, bagged direct qualification for the 2026 edition.
1 / 12 England qualified for the 2026 T20 World Cup on the virtue of being the hosts (Picture credit: AP)
2 / 12 Australia finished as semifinalists at the 2024 T20 World Cup and hence qualified for the 2026 edition of the tournament (Picture credit: AP)
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3 / 12 India finished sixth in the 10-team 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup but still earned qualification for the 2026 edition by virtue of their overall standing among the top six finishers (Picture credit: ICC)
4 / 12 New Zealand are the defending champions and hence got a direct entry into the 2026 T20 World Cup (Picture credit: ICC)
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5 / 12 South Africa finished as runners-up in the 2024 edition of the tournament and therefore bagged direct qualification for the 2026 edition (Picture credit: AP)
6 / 12 West Indies, who reached the semi-finals in the 2024 T20 World Cup, have therefore bagged qualification for the 2026 edition of the tournament. (Picture credit: AP)
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7 / 12 Pakistan finished as the eighth-ranked team in the ICC T20I rankings as of October 2024 and hence qualified (Picture credit: ICC)
8 / 12 Sri Lanka, ranked sixth in the ICC T20I rankings as of October 2024, thereby secured qualification for the 2026 edition of the tournament (Picture credit: AP)
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9 / 12 Bangladesh finished on top of Group A in the qualifiers and also at the top in the Super 6s stage to qualify for the 2026 T20 World Cup. They remained unbeaten throughout the qualifiers (Picture credit: ICC)
10 / 12 Ireland lost to only Bangladesh to finish second in Group A of the qualifiers and then finished second in the Super 6s to qualify for the World Cup (Picture credit: ICC)
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11 / 12 Netherlands finished on top of Group B in the qualifiers and fourth in the Super 6s to qualify for their maiden T20 World Cup (Picture credit: ICC)
