Sports Desk, New Delhi. ICC Men's T20 World Cup Captain's Day Press Conference Live Updates: Captain's Day event of T20 World Cup 2026 is being organized today. This is the first time that the Captain's Day event of the T20 World Cup is being held in two different countries. The captains of 20 teams will interact with the media in Mumbai and Colombo to explain their preparations before the tournament. Let us tell you that the T20 World Cup is starting from 7 February 2026, which is jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
Captain's Day will start from 3 pm today in Mumbai, where captains of defending champion team India, Afghanistan, Canada, England, Italy, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, America, West Indies will be present. The captains of all these 12 teams will be part of the press conference at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.
According to the invite sent by ICC, the 12 captains have been divided into 2 groups to talk to the media, the first group will start from 3 pm and the second group will start from 3:30 pm. Along with Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav, Rashid Khan, Harry Brook, Dilpreet Bajwa (Canada), Wayne Madsen (Italy), Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia), Rohit Paudel (Nepal), Mitchell Santner, Richie Berrington (Scotland), Aiden Markram, Monank Patel (USA) and Shai Hope will be present in Mumbai.
The Captain's Day event in Colombo will be held at the Mercantile Cricket Association from 12 noon. Once again the 8 participating captains will be divided into 2 groups, who will speak from 12 noon and 12:30 pm. Pakistan, previous winners Australia, co-host Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Oman, UAE and Zimbabwe will be part of the Colombo event.
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