ICC Twenty20 World Cup betting 2026
The next edition of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup will be held in India and Sri Lanka in February and March of 2026, with India and Australia favourites to win the tournament. Our T20 World Cup betting guide will break down everything you need to know to bet on the biggest short-form cricket tournament in existence, including the top T20 World Cup betting sites and apps, odds, news, tips, past results and more.
Twenty20 cricket: Welcome to the biggest show
Many aficionados of the game are impatiently waiting for the T20 bubble to burst. It’s killing cricket, they say. Cricket is a gentleman’s game and the frenetic nature of the short form is eroding the patience and techniques of batsmen, and forcing bowlers to abandon all pretense at guile and trickery.
Well, to some extent we at World Gambling List agree. (Yes, yes, I know, we are dinosaurs and need to get with the program).
However, fans worldwide have voted with their backsides; they love the big hitting and the excitement, so Twenty20 is here to stay. Exhibit A: a T20 match at the MCG in January 2016 between Melbourne teams the Stars and the Renegades attracted more than 80,000 fans. Exhibit B: Check out the crowds for every match in the IPL!
The shortest form of the game has also proved a smash hit with gamblers, with astronomical amounts turned over on events such as Australia’s Big Bash, India’s IPL and England’s T20 Blast, for starters.
And so to India and Sri Lanka in 2026, where the ICC World Twenty20 seems certain to attract massive crowds, television audiences and betting turnover.
Quick guide to the 2020 ICC World Twenty20 in Australia
- Dates: Feb 7-March 8, 2026
- First match: Pakistan v Netherlands @ Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 7/
- Defending champions: India, defeated South Africa by seven runs in the 2024 final. India 7-176 (20 overs) v South Africa 8-169 (20 overs) at the MCG, Melbourne. Player of the match: Virat Kohli (WI).
- The draw: Sixteen teams will compete for the title, with a total of 45 matches. The top eight teams – Australia, Pakistan, India, England, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies and Afghanistan – go directly into the Super 12 stage. They will be joined there by four teams from the group stage. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will contest this stage alongside six other qualifiers.
- Super 12s: This stage is split into two groups:
Group 1: Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies plus two teams who qualify from the group stage.
Group 2: India, England, South Africa, Afghanistan plus two teams who qualify from the group stage.
The top two teams from each group after the Super 12s advance to the semi-finals. - Semi-final 1: TBC v TBC, November 11, Sydney Cricket Ground.
- Semi-final 2: TBC v TBC, November 12, Adelaide Oval.
- Final: winner semi-final 1 v winner semi-final 2, November 15, 2020, Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Top T20 World Cup betting sites
The best T20 World Cup betting sites will be determined by your location and the laws that are in place there. For instance, major contenders at the T20 World Cup include several countries with highly-regulated sports betting markets, with these including Australia, England and South Africa.
Other sub-continent teams like India and Sri Lanka can bet via offshore online cricket betting sites, with the brand’s varying depending on which country you are in.
As a general rule, the top T20 betting sites will feature both futures betting and match-day markets, with one of the most popular bet types available being the outright winner of the tournament, with this available well in advance of the February 2026 start. Other popular fixed-odds futures betting markets for the T20 World Cup include Player of the Tournament, top bowler and top batsman.
When the matches roll around is when T20 cricket betting sites tend to shine, with some bookmakers featuring upwards of 300 different options, on a single match. These T20 World Cup bet types range from simple win bets, right through to exotics, like when the first six will be hit, or the first wicket will fall.
T20 World Cup betting sites can be accessed via several different means; with these being via computer, betting apps and telephone (some countries only allow you to place in-play bets via phone). The funding methods for these World Cup betting sites range from credit and debit cards, right, right through to web wallets and cryptocurrencies.
Best T20 World Cup betting apps
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One of the most common ways people wager on cricket is via betting apps, and the T20 World Cup always sees an uptick in action surrounding the sport.
The two most common smartphone types that have betting apps are Android and Apple, with Huawei (popular in South Africa) coming in a distant third.
Downloading T20 World Cup betting apps for Android can be done one of two methods, with the first being via Google Play, although you are likely to only find these types of apps in regulated gambling markets, while the second is directly from the operators themselves, but you will need to turn on non-market apps.
iOS betting apps for the World Cup can only be downloaded via the App Store and only in regulated markets, with it very unlikely you will find gambling apps, for instance, in the Indian App Store because of their laws surrounding sports betting. Countries like Australia, the UK and South Africa have got a many different betting apps available for iPhones and iPads.
Overall, T20 World Cup betting apps will allow you to do anything you would via the bookie’s desktop website, and in many ways provides a more sucinct and intuitve betting experience.
Results of past ICC World Twenty20s
The reigning champion of the ICC T20 World Cup is India, after they defeated South Africa in the final of the event in 2024.
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Host nation/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | India | Pakistan | South Africa |
| 2009 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | England |
| 2010 | England | Australia | West Indies |
| 2012 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
| 2014 | Sri Lanka | India | Bangladesh |
| 2016 | West Indies | England | India |
| 2021 | Australia 173/2 | New Zealand 4/172 | Australia |
| 2022 | England 138/5 | Pakistan 8/137 | India |
| 2024 | India 7/176 | South Africa 8/169 | West Indies/USA |
| 2026 | India/Sri Lanka |
World Twenty20 rankings
(As at January 14, 2026)
- 1 – Pakistan
- 2 – Australia
- 3 – England
- 4 – New Zealand
- 5 – South Africa
- 6 – West Indies
- 7 – India
- 8 – Sri Lanka
- 9 – Bangladesh
- 10 – Afghanistan
- 11 – Ireland
- 12 – Zimbabwe
- 13 – Netherlands
- 14 – Scotland
- 15 – Namibia
- 16 – United Arab Emirates
- 17 – Nepal
- 18 – United States
- 19 – Canada
- 20 – Oman
ICC World T20 2026 betting
In early markets, bookmakers have installed home team India as the warm favourites ahead of Australia, who will be strongly fancied to land a second title.
As the tournament approaches and squads are finalised, there will be many more markets on offer.
Most of the action will take place on individual match bets but there will also be a string of interesting player bets such as top run scorer and top wicket taker (both overall and for individual teams), most sixes, head-to-head match-ups and so on.
Who will win the 2026 ICC World Twenty20?
We would like to be able to declare that we know who will win, so our followers can place their bets early and clean up.
But T20 is unpredictable and games can be won and lost with the toss of the coin or a dropped catch here and there. The nine previous editions of the tournament have thrown up six different winners, and it will be no surprise if South Africa, New Zealand or the badly out-of-sorts England win the title. .
We will wait until a little closer to the tournament before making our predictions.
