ICC Men's T20 World Cup

ICC Men's T20 World Cup
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	India (2nd title)
Most successful	India ; England ; West Indies ; (2 titles each)
Most runs	Virat Kohli (1,292)
Most wickets	Shakib Al Hasan (50)
Website	t20worldcup.com

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (formerly the ICC World Twenty20) is a biennial T20 cricket tournament, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) every 2 years since its inauguration in 2007 with the exception of 2011, 2018 and 2020. This event was rebranded from ICC World Twenty20 to ICC Men's T20 World Cup in November 2018.^[1] India are the current champions after winning their 2nd title in the 2024 Tournament.

The 2011 edition of the tournament was preponed to 2010 due to its replacement with the ICC Champions Trophy 2010. This scheduling bottleneck was caused after the 5th Edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan in 2008 was delayed and shifted to South Africa in 2009 due to security concerns.^[2] The Champions Trophy was converted into a quadrennial tournament after that.

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 as the top member nations busied with bilateral commitments in 2018.^[4]

The 2020 edition of the tournament was scheduled to take place in Australia but due to the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, 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. The capacity in stadiums was reduced to 70% of the maximum.

As of 2024, nine editions have so far been played and a total of 24 teams have competed. Six national teams have won the T20 World Cup so far. Three teams, West Indies (2012, 2016), England (2010, 2022) and India (2007, 2024) have won the competition twice each. Pakistan (2009), Sri Lanka (2014), and Australia (2021) have one title each.

^ "ICC renames global T20 tournament". cricket.com.au. 24 November 2018.
^ "2010 Champions Trophy cancelled, superseded by a World T20 Tournament". RNZ. 19 October 2008.
^ "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.

[1] "ICC renames global T20 tournament". cricket.com.au. 24 November 2018.

[2] "2010 Champions Trophy cancelled, superseded by a World T20 Tournament". RNZ. 19 October 2008.

[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.

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