India vs West Indies 1st T20I, Lucknow: Result, Scores and Squads
India and West Indies open their five-match T20I series on Tuesday 6 October 2026 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Start: 7:00 PM IST · 2:30 PM UK · 9:30 AM US Eastern · 6:30 AM US Pacific · 9:30 AM in Antigua, Barbados and Trinidad (8:30 AM Jamaica) · 3:30 PM South Africa · 6:30 PM Pakistan · 12:30 AM Wednesday in Sydney · 2:30 AM Wednesday in New Zealand.
Shreyas Iyer captains India, with Tilak Varma as vice-captain. Shai Hope leads West Indies. Cricket West Indies has given opening batter Kamil Pooran his first call-up, after 273 runs at a strike rate of 159.64 in this season’s Caribbean Premier League; Shimron Hetmyer joins the squad for the T20Is, and Jason Holder has been rested.
The T20Is follow the three-match ODI series. The full schedule, all five venues and listings for the whole series are on the India vs West Indies T20I series guide. Match page, with the start time in your own time zone: India vs West Indies, 1st T20I.
| Country | TV | Streaming | Status, notes & source |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | Star Sports ↗ | JioHotstar ↗ | ✓ Confirmed JioStar’s campaign for the T20Is says “exclusively on JioHotstar and Star Sports Network”. JioHotstar needs a subscription. MediaBrief (JioStar’s T20I campaign) ↗ · Checked 1 Oct 2026 |
| USA | Willow TV ↗ | Willow by Cricbuzz ↗ | ✓ Confirmed Times Internet, Willow’s owner, holds the BCCI’s rights for India’s home internationals in North America through March 2028 (Sportcal), and Willow showed the ODIs of this tour. Subscription; also sold through Sling TV and Prime Video Channels. Sportcal (Times Internet / Willow BCCI rights) ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| Canada | Willow TV ↗ | Willow by Cricbuzz ↗ | ✓ Confirmed Times Internet, Willow’s owner, holds the BCCI’s rights for India’s home internationals in North America through March 2028 (Sportcal), and Willow showed the ODIs of this tour. Subscription; also sold through Sling TV and Prime Video Channels. Sportcal (Times Internet / Willow BCCI rights) ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| UK and Ireland | TNT Sports ↗ | HBO Max ↗ | ✓ Confirmed Variety’s list of series in Warner Bros. Discovery’s UK and Ireland deal includes “September 2026: West Indies tour of India – 3 x ODIs, 5 x T20s”. TNT Sports says its UK streaming home is now HBO Max (the 2024 deal named discovery+). Subscription. Variety (TNT Sports’ BCCI deal for the UK and Ireland) ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| Australia | Fox Cricket (Foxtel) ↗ | Kayo Sports ↗ | ? Unverified Fox Cricket and Kayo. Named for the ODI leg of this tour; the T20Is are not separately confirmed yet. Sydney and Melbourne start: 12:30 AM the next day. Third-party T20I guides also name Fox Cricket and Kayo; we could not open Foxtel’s own guide to confirm. cricketnews.com ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport ↗ | Sky Sport Now ↗ | ? Unverified Sky Sport and Sky Sport Now. Named for the ODI leg of this tour; the T20Is are not separately confirmed yet. Start: 2:30 AM the next day in New Zealand. cricketnews.com ↗ · Checked 1 Oct 2026 |
| South Africa | SuperSport Cricket ↗ | DStv Stream ↗ | ✓ Confirmed SuperSport’s own fixtures page for India v West Indies 2026/27 lists all five T20Is. DStv Premium. SuperSport fixtures ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSport Cricket ↗ | DStv Stream ↗ | ✓ Confirmed SuperSport’s own fixtures page for India v West Indies 2026/27 lists all five T20Is. DStv Premium. SuperSport fixtures ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| Caribbean | ESPN Caribbean | — | ? Unverified Reports disagree for the T20Is: some name ESPN Caribbean (ESPN Play), others Flow Sports / Rush Sports. ESPN Caribbean was named for this tour’s ODIs. Check both before paying. Wisden ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| Pakistan | — | Tapmad ↗ | ✓ Confirmed Tapmad says fans in Pakistan can follow the whole tour live on tapmad, T20Is included, “subject to broadcast availability”. No TV channel confirmed for the T20Is. Tapmad ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| Bangladesh | — | Tapmad ↗ | ✓ Confirmed Tapmad says fans in Bangladesh can check tapmad for live streaming of the series, “subject to broadcast availability”. No TV channel confirmed. Tapmad ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| Gulf / MENA | — | — | Listing pending Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| Sri Lanka | — | — | Listing pending Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
India and West Indies T20I squads
| Team | Squad | Changes | Status, notes & source |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir | Naman Dhir replaced Washington Sundar, 1 Oct 2026: Sundar was withdrawn to play red-ball cricket for his state before the Test series against New Zealand. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed by the BCCI. BCCI, 1 Oct 2026 ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
| West Indies | Shai Hope (captain), Jewel Andrew, Roston Chase, Matthew Forde, Shimron Hetmyer, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Keemo Paul, Kamil Pooran, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Quentin Sampson, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Springer | Kamil Pooran: maiden call-up. Jason Holder rested. | ✓ Confirmed Confirmed by Cricket West Indies, 19 September 2026. Cricket West Indies, 19 Sep 2026 ↗ · Checked 2 Oct 2026 |
Questions
What time does India vs West Indies 1st T20I start?
7:00 PM IST on Tuesday 6 October 2026 (13:30 UTC): 2:30 PM in the UK, 9:30 AM US Eastern, 6:30 AM US Pacific, 9:30 AM in most of the Caribbean (8:30 AM Jamaica), and 12:30 AM Wednesday in Sydney.
Where can I watch it in India?
On the Star Sports Network and JioHotstar. JioStar’s campaign for the T20Is says “exclusively on JioHotstar and Star Sports Network”. JioHotstar needs a subscription.
Is it on TV in the UK?
Yes, on TNT Sports. Warner Bros. Discovery’s UK and Ireland deal for cricket hosted in India includes this tour; TNT names HBO Max as its UK streaming home. Subscription.
Where is the 1st T20I played?
At the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, per the BCCI fixtures page.
Who are the captains?
Shreyas Iyer for India (Tilak Varma vice-captain) and Shai Hope for West Indies.
Sources
- BCCI, India’s squad for home series against West Indies, 16 September 2026 ↗ — checked 2 Oct 2026
- BCCI, 1 Oct 2026 ↗ — checked 2 Oct 2026
- Cricket West Indies, limited-overs squads for the tour of India, 19 September 2026 ↗ — checked 2 Oct 2026
- BCCI, international fixtures ↗ — checked 2 Oct 2026
- JioStar, India home season schedule, 25 August 2026 ↗ — checked 2 Oct 2026
- Variety, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Indian cricket rights deal for the UK and Ireland, 19 January 2024 ↗ — checked 2 Oct 2026