{"id":432889,"date":"2026-02-18T20:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432889\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:39:08","slug":"super-eights-lineups-confirmed-for-t20-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432889\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Eights lineups confirmed for T20 World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/651616_6880960_updates.jpg\" alt=\"ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 trophy on display during the official tour. \u2014 ICC\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 trophy on display during the official tour. \u2014 ICC<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan became the final team to qualify for the Super Eight of the Twenty20 World Cup after Sahibzada Farhan&#8217;s maiden international century powered them to a thumping 102-run victory over Namibia in Colombo on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Farhan remained unbeaten on exactly 100 off 58 balls, reaching his landmark in the final over as Pakistan posted 199 in their must-win Group A encounter at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan finished second in Group A standings with six points in four matches, and their qualification to the next stage marked the end of the United States of America&#8217;s (USA) T20 World Cup 2026 campaign as they slipped to third with four points.<\/p>\n<p>The eight qualified teams are divided into two groups of four, with Group X featuring defending champions India, Zimbabwe, West Indies and South Africa, while England, New Zealand, Pakistan and co-hosts Sri Lanka are slotted in Group Y.<\/p>\n<p>Each team will play a total of three matches in the upcoming stage, with the top two sides from each group following its conclusion will advance into the semi-finals, scheduled to be played on March 4 and 5, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eights will get underway on February 21, with Pakistan taking on New Zealand at the R Premadasa Stadium, and will conclude on March 1 with a double header between South Africa and Zimbabwe, followed by India versus West Indies.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s remaining two Super Eights matches are scheduled against England and Sri Lanka on February 24 and 28, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eights schedule<\/p>\n<p>February 21: New Zealand vs Pakistan \u2013 ColomboFebruary 22: Sri Lanka vs England \u2013 KandyFebruary 22: India vs South Africa \u2013 AhmedabadFebruary 23: West Indies vs Zimbabwe \u2013 MumbaiFebruary 24: England vs Pakistan \u2013 KandyFebruary 25: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand \u2013 ColomboFebruary 26: South Africa vs West Indies \u2013 AhmedabadFebruary 26: India vs Zimbabwe \u2013 ChennaiFebruary 27: England vs New Zealand \u2013 ColomboFebruary 28: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan \u2013 ColomboMarch 1: South Africa vs Zimbabwe \u2013 AhmedabadMarch 1: India vs West Indies \u2013 Kolkata                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 trophy on display during the official tour. \u2014 ICC Pakistan became the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-432889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}