The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium won’t host any matches throughout subsequent yr’s ICC Males’s T20 World Cup, which can be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. The event comes regardless of the venue solely lately reopening for cricket after a chronic suspension following a deadly stampede in June.
Venues for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026
India
Arun Jaitley Stadium (Delhi), Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad), M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chennai), Eden Gardens (Kolkata), Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai).
Sri Lanka
R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo), Sinhalese Sports activities Membership (Colombo), Pallekele Worldwide Cricket Stadium (Kandy).
The stadium returned to motion for Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation’s (KSCA) Ok. Thimmappiah Memorial Trophy, a red-ball multi-day pre-season event, in September for the primary time since June 4, when 11 folks died in a crowd surge throughout Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL title celebrations outdoors the premises. The incident led to a collection of security and operational restrictions imposed across the venue.
Within the aftermath, the Maharaja Trophy, Karnataka’s franchise-based T20 league, was shifted out of Bengaluru after the police rejected the Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation’s request to stage the occasion behind closed doorways. The event was finally held in Mysore with no spectators.
The KSCA was additionally denied permission to host matches in the course of the Girls’s ODI World Cup, leading to Bengaluru shedding 5 allotted fixtures, together with the opener, a semifinal and the ultimate, which was held on November 2.
Revealed on Nov 25, 2025