ICC T20 World Cup 2014 can be described as the international championship of Twenty20 cricket, which is commonly abridged as ICC T20 cricket. As the name suggests, the game is organized by ICC (International Cricket Council), this governing body of cricket in this world. The inaugural tournament of the ICC T20 World Cup was held in the year of 2007, in South Africa.
Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2007 stretched on from 11th September to 24th September, with India
winning the ICC championship, after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs (in Johannesburg). Just like this inaugural event had, all of the tournaments of the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup will comprise of 12 teams, which will include all of them Test-playing nations. Right now, It is expected that this world cup will held around every two years.
Qualification
Talking about the qualification for playing the ICC T20 World Cup, all the Test-playing nations receive the same automatically. As for the rest of the other places in the 12-teams championship, they are filled by ICC (International Cricket Council) associate member nations, also known as qualifiers, on this basis of a qualification tournament. In 2007, there were two qualifiers - Scotland and Kenya. In the year of 2009 tournament, there are three qualifiers - Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland.
Hosts
The hosts of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup are decided on the basis of the bids made by the nations interested in holding the championship. It is the executive committee of ICC (International Cricket Council) that votes on this bids, selecting the host country. It had been decided that the first two tournaments will be held in South Africa and England, since they had opted this Twenty20 format in the earliest stages only. The hosts of ICC (International Cricket Council) Twenty20 World Cup 2014 have and will be:
2007 - South Africa
2009 - England
2010 - West Indies
2012 - Sri Lanka
2014 - Bangladesh
2016 - India
Main Twenty20 World Cup Records (Individual & Team)
Batting
Most Runs in a Tournament: Mahela Jayawardene - 615 (18 matches) (2007-2010)
Highest Average in a Tournament: Rohit Sharma - 60.60 (12 matches) (2007-2010)
Highest strike rate in a Tournament: Chris Gayle - 153.47 (11 matches) (2007-2010)
Highest Score in a Tournament: Chris Gayle v South Africa - 117 (57 balls) (2007)
Highest Partnership in a Tournament: Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara v West Indies - 166 (100 balls) (second wicket) (2010)
Most Runs in a T20 Tournament: Tillakaratne Dilshan - 317 (7 matches) (2009)
Most runs in an over in a Tournament: Yuvraj Singh against Stuard Broad - 36 (2007)
Bowling
Most wickets: Shahid Afridi - 27 (20 matches) (2007-2010)
Best Figures: Umar Gul v New Zealand - 5/6 (3 overs) (2009)
Most Wickets in a Tournament: Dirk Nannes - 14 (7 matches) (2010)
Fielding
Most Dismissals (wicket-keeper): by Kamran Akmal - 21 (20 matches) (2007-2010)
Most Catches (fielder): AB de Villiers 16 (16 matches) (2007-2010)
Team
Highest Score: 260/6, by Sri Lanka vs Kenya (2007)
Lowest Score: 68 all out, by Ireland vs West Indies (2010)
Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2007 stretched on from 11th September to 24th September, with India
winning the ICC championship, after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs (in Johannesburg). Just like this inaugural event had, all of the tournaments of the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup will comprise of 12 teams, which will include all of them Test-playing nations. Right now, It is expected that this world cup will held around every two years.
Qualification
Talking about the qualification for playing the ICC T20 World Cup, all the Test-playing nations receive the same automatically. As for the rest of the other places in the 12-teams championship, they are filled by ICC (International Cricket Council) associate member nations, also known as qualifiers, on this basis of a qualification tournament. In 2007, there were two qualifiers - Scotland and Kenya. In the year of 2009 tournament, there are three qualifiers - Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland.
Hosts
The hosts of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup are decided on the basis of the bids made by the nations interested in holding the championship. It is the executive committee of ICC (International Cricket Council) that votes on this bids, selecting the host country. It had been decided that the first two tournaments will be held in South Africa and England, since they had opted this Twenty20 format in the earliest stages only. The hosts of ICC (International Cricket Council) Twenty20 World Cup 2014 have and will be:
2007 - South Africa
2009 - England
2010 - West Indies
2012 - Sri Lanka
2014 - Bangladesh
2016 - India
Main Twenty20 World Cup Records (Individual & Team)
Batting
Most Runs in a Tournament: Mahela Jayawardene - 615 (18 matches) (2007-2010)
Highest Average in a Tournament: Rohit Sharma - 60.60 (12 matches) (2007-2010)
Highest strike rate in a Tournament: Chris Gayle - 153.47 (11 matches) (2007-2010)
Highest Score in a Tournament: Chris Gayle v South Africa - 117 (57 balls) (2007)
Highest Partnership in a Tournament: Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara v West Indies - 166 (100 balls) (second wicket) (2010)
Most Runs in a T20 Tournament: Tillakaratne Dilshan - 317 (7 matches) (2009)
Most runs in an over in a Tournament: Yuvraj Singh against Stuard Broad - 36 (2007)
Bowling
Most wickets: Shahid Afridi - 27 (20 matches) (2007-2010)
Best Figures: Umar Gul v New Zealand - 5/6 (3 overs) (2009)
Most Wickets in a Tournament: Dirk Nannes - 14 (7 matches) (2010)
Fielding
Most Dismissals (wicket-keeper): by Kamran Akmal - 21 (20 matches) (2007-2010)
Most Catches (fielder): AB de Villiers 16 (16 matches) (2007-2010)
Team
Highest Score: 260/6, by Sri Lanka vs Kenya (2007)
Lowest Score: 68 all out, by Ireland vs West Indies (2010)
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