New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): South Africa’s cricket schedule may drive them to shorten their five-match T20I sequence towards the West Indies this summer time. Each groups must arrive in India and Sri Lanka on time for the 2026 T20 World Cup.
South Africa is scheduled to host the West Indies for 5 T20Is between January 27 and February 6; nonetheless, in keeping with ESPNcricinfo, the T20 World Cup is more likely to be performed between February 7 and March 8.
If the event does start on February 7, the ICC’s assist interval for the 2026 T20 World Cup, throughout which groups can arrive within the host international locations and play non-obligatory warm-up video games, is about to start on January 31.
Given this transformation, Cricket South Africa (CSA) may want to regulate their plans, notably their residence sequence towards the West Indies, to make sure the Proteas have adequate time to journey to the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
It’s not necessary for groups to spend all the ICC assist interval within the host venue; the ICC has requested taking part international locations to checklist what number of warm-up matches they wish to play, with choices starting from zero to 2.
The ICC’s assist interval for the 2026 T20 World Cup varies relying on the variety of warm-up matches groups select to play. If a group opts for 2 warm-up matches, the assist interval begins one week previous to the event’s opening match.
Nonetheless, if groups determine to not play any warm-up matches, the assist interval begins 4 days earlier than the primary match, which might be February 3, given the event begins on February 8, 2026, as per ESPNcricinfo.
Even when the West Indies don’t wish to play any T20 World Cup warm-up matches, CSA will nonetheless have to chop no less than two of the 5 T20Is; the final two video games are scheduled for February 3 and 6. (ANI)
