ICC World Twenty20

ICC World T20 CUP

Year               Host Nation       Venue                                                Result 

2007                South Africa     Wanderers, Johannesburg       India won by 5 runs beating Pakistan

2009               England              Lord’s, London           Pakistan won by 8 wickets beating Sri Lanka

2010               West Indies      Kensington Oval, Barbados        England won by 7 wickets beating Australia

2012               Sri Lanka          Sri Lanka                   West Indies won by 36 runs defeated hosts Sri Lanka

2014               Bangladesh       Bangladesh                              Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets beating India

2016               India                 India                                               Scheduled

ICC World T20

The logo of 2014 ICC World Twenty20

Administrator              International Cricket Council

Format                        Twenty20 International

First tournament          2007

Host country               Bangladesh

Dates                         16 March to 6 April

Tournament format     Round robin, followed by Super 8, and conclusion with the Semi Final and Final

Number of teams        16

Current champion       Sri Lanka (1st title)

Most successful          5 teams (1 title each)

Most runs                   Mahela Jayawardene (1016)

Most wickets              Lasith Malinga (38)

Winner Team            Sri Lanka made it to the finals for the third time beating India by 6 wickets. 

Three new teams (Nepal, Hong Kong and UAE) made their debut in this tournament.