The 10th edition of the T20 World Cup begins today in India and Sri Lanka. Ahead of the marquee T20 event, here we look at some interesting facts:
** Bangladesh will miss the T20 World Cup for the first time since the tournament began in 2007.
** No team has ever successfully defended a T20 World Cup title.
** No host nation has won the T20 World Cup; Sri Lanka came closest in 2012, losing the final to the West Indies.
** Sri Lanka and India share the record for most final appearances (three each). Sri Lanka reached finals in 2009, 2012 and 2014, winning in 2014. India made finals in 2007, 2014 and 2024, winning in 2007 and 2024.
** Italy will make their T20 World Cup debut in this edition, the tournament’s only new team.
** India’s Rohit Sharma became the oldest captain to win a T20 World Cup at 37 years and 60 days during the 2024 tournament.
** Sri Lanka hold the highest team total record with 260/6 against Kenya in 2007; their 172-run win in the same match remains the largest victory margin by runs.
** The lowest team total is shared by the Netherlands (39 vs Sri Lanka, 2014) and Uganda (39 vs West Indies, 2024).
** The highest match aggregate came in 2016 in Mumbai, when South Africa and England combined for 459 runs.
** The lowest match aggregate occurred in 2014 in Chittagong, with just 79 runs in the Netherlands–Sri Lanka match.
** England recorded the highest successful chase in 2016, scoring 230/8 to overhaul South Africa’s 229/4 at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
** India’s Virat Kohli leads all-time run-scoring with 1,292 runs in 35 matches, including 15 fifties, from 2012 to 2024.
** Kohli also holds the single-edition record with 319 runs in 2014.
** New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum has the highest individual score: 123 vs Bangladesh in 2012.
** West Indies great Chris Gayle holds the record for most centuries (two).
** Gayle also tops the sixes chart with 63 in 33 matches between 2007 and 2021.
** He also owns the record for most sixes in an innings, hitting 11 during his unbeaten 48-ball 100 against England at Wankhede in 2016.
** The highest partnership remains the 170-run stand between England’s Jos Buttler and Alex Hales against India at Adelaide in 2022.
** Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan is the leading wicket-taker with 50 wickets in 43 matches from 2007 to 2024.
** Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi and India’s Arshdeep Singh share the record for most wickets in a single edition, with 17 each in 2024.
** Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis holds the best bowling figures: 6 for 8 against Zimbabwe at Hambantota in 2012.
** India’s MS Dhoni leads the list for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in T20 World Cup history, recording 32 dismissals across 33 matches between 2007 and 2016.
** Australia’s David Warner holds the record for the most catches by a fielder in the tournament, having taken 25 catches in 41 matches between 2009 and 2024.
