ICC Men's T20 World Cup

ICC Men's T20 World Cup
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup Trophy
Administrator	International Cricket Council (ICC)
Format	Twenty20 International
First edition	2007 South Africa; (as ICC World Twenty20)
Latest edition	2024 West Indies ; United States
Next edition	2026 India ; Sri Lanka
Tournament format	↓Various
Number of teams	20
Current champion	England (2nd title)
Most successful	England; West Indies ; (2 titles each)
Most runs	Virat Kohli (1,146)
Most wickets	Shakib Al Hasan (47)
Website	t20worldcup.com
	2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup^[2] is the Twenty20 International cricket tournament, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2007.

The event has generally been held every two years. In May 2016, the ICC put forward the idea of having a tournament in 2018, with South Africa being the possible host,^[3] but the ICC later dropped the idea of a 2018 edition at the conclusion of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.^[4] The 2020 edition of the tournament was scheduled to take place but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed until 2021, with the intended host changed to India. The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was later relocated to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman^[5] due to problems relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, taking place 5 years after the previous (2016) iteration.

As of 2022, eight editions have so far been played and a total of 21 teams have competed. Only the West Indies and England have won the tournament more than once, both having won two titles. The inaugural 2007 World Twenty20, was staged in South Africa and won by India, who defeated Pakistan in the final at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The 2009 tournament took place in England, and was won by the previous runner-up, Pakistan, who defeated Sri Lanka in the final at Lord's. The third tournament was held in 2010, hosted by the countries making up the West Indies cricket team. England cricket team defeated Australia in the final in Barbados, which was played at Kensington Oval, winning their first international tournament. The fourth tournament, the 2012 World Twenty20, was held in Asia for the first time, with all matches played in Sri Lanka. The West Indies won the tournament by defeating Sri Lanka in the final, winning its first international tournament since the 2004 Champions Trophy.^[6] The fifth tournament, the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, was hosted by Bangladesh, and was won by Sri Lanka defeating India, Sri Lanka being the first team to play in three finals. The sixth tournament, the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, was hosted by India and was won by West Indies defeating England. The seventh tournament, the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup , was hosted by UAE and was won by Australia defeating New Zealand.

England are the reigning T20 World Cup holders, having beaten Pakistan in the 2022 final, winning their second title. They became the first men's team to hold both limited-overs World Cups (T20 and ODI) simultaneously.

^ "ICC announces expansion of global events". ICC. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ "World T20 renamed as T20 World Cup". ICC. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
^ "ICC hopeful of World T20 return in 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ Bhatt, Mukesh (18 June 2017). "Champions Trophy to take place in 2021, No World T20 in 2018". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
^ "T20 World Cup: It's India vs Pakistan in Dubai on October 24". The Live Mirror. 17 August 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Samuels special the spur for epic West Indies win". Wisden India. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

[1] "ICC announces expansion of global events". ICC. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[2] "World T20 renamed as T20 World Cup". ICC. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

[2018SA-3] "ICC hopeful of World T20 return in 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[4] Bhatt, Mukesh (18 June 2017). "Champions Trophy to take place in 2021, No World T20 in 2018". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

[5] "T20 World Cup: It's India vs Pakistan in Dubai on October 24". The Live Mirror. 17 August 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[6] "Samuels special the spur for epic West Indies win". Wisden India. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

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