ICC World T20: Records, Statistics and Numbers

The third format of International Cricket - Twenty20 - was introduced in the season 2005. Soon, in the next 2 years of time ICC announced the World T20 Championship. It was scheduled to be held every 2 years. The 3rd edition, in 2010, was hosted within one year as ICC World Cup (of ODIs) was to be held in 2011. 

ICC World T20 has been a 12-teams tournament which is divided into 4 groups of 3 teams each. The 5th edition, unlike the previous 4 editions, is hosting 16 teams. The top 8 teams are qualified directly whereas 2 more teams will be added to the respective groups after winning the qualifiers. 

ICC World T20: Records, Statistics and Numbers

ICC World T20 Champions:

Inaugural ICC World T20 was held in South Africa in 2007 which was won by India. Next 3 editions were hosted by England, West Indies and Sri Lanka and the winners were Pakistan, England and West Indies respectively.

Year	Host Country	Winner	Runner-up
2007	South Africa	India (MS Dhoni)	Pakistan
2009	England	Pakistan (Younis Khan)	Sri Lanka
2010	West Indies	England (Paul Collingwood)	Australia
2012	Sri Lanka	West Indies (Darren Sammy)	Sri Lanka

ICC World T20 Finals: 

Edition	Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Man of the Match
1	24-Sep-07	Johannesburg	India	Pakistan	5 runs	Irfan Pathan
2	21-Jun-09	Lord's	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	8 wickets	Shahid Afridi
3	16-May-10	Bridgetown	England	Australia	7 wickets	Craig Kieswetter
4	07-Oct-12	Colombo (RPS)	West Indies	Sri Lanka	36 runs	Marlon Samuels

Teams:

The table below shows how the top 8 teams have fared in the tournament so far. 

Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Champion	Runner-Up
Pakistan	26	16	9	1	0	1	1
Sri Lanka	25	16	8	1	0	0	2
England	22	10	11	0	1	1	0
India	22	12	8	1	1	1	0
Australia	21	13	8	0	0	0	1
New Zealand	21	9	10	2	0	0	0
South Africa	21	13	8	0	0	0	0
West Indies	20	9	9	1	1	1	0

Team positions in each edition of ICC World T20:

Pakistan has been the most consistent team in ICC World T20. They are the only team to qualify for Semi-Finals in each of the 4 editions with winning once and being runner-ups once. Sri Lanka has managed to reach the semi-finals in last 3 editions, ending up as runner-ups twice. 

India (2007), South Africa (2009) and New Zealand (2007) could move to Semi-Finals stage only once in the 4 editions. India became the champions when they did so, while SA and NZ ended up as the semi-finalists.

Team	2007	2009	2010	2012
Pakistan	Runner-Up	Champions	Semi Finals	Semi Finals
Sri Lanka	Super 8	Runner-Up	Semi Finals	Runner-Up
England	Super 8	Super 8	Champions	Super 8
India	Champions	Super 8	Super 8	Super 8
Australia	Semi Finals	1st Round	Runner-Up	Semi Finals
New Zealand	Semi Finals	Super 8	Super 8	Super 8
South Africa	Super 8	Semi Finals	Super 8	Super 8
West Indies	1st Round	Semi Finals	Super 8	Champions

Player of the Tournaments: 

Only Kevin Pietersen's team won the trophy.

Year	Player	Matches	Runs	Avg	Wickets	S/R	Catches
2007	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	7	91	15.16	12	14	2
2009	Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)	7	317	52.83	-	-	3
2010	Kevin Pietersen (Eng)	6	248	62	-	-	3
2012	Shane Watson (Aus)	6	249	49.8	11	13	3

Batting Statistics:

Leading Run-getters:

Mahela Jayawardene is the highest run-getter in ICC World T20. He has scored 858 runs in 25 innings at average of 40.85 and strike rate of 136.62. His tally also included 1 100 and 5 50s. He has scored atleast 150 runs in each of the 4 edtions - 159 in 1st, 154 in 2nd, 302 in 3rd and 243 in the 4th. 

Other batsmen to aggregate 500-plus runs in ICC World T20 are Gayle, Dilshan, Sangakkara, Pietersen, B McCullum and Gambhir. Among these, Gambhir and Pietersen aren't part of the 2013/14 edition of ICC World T20. 

Runs	Batsman	Inns	Avg	S/R	100s	50s	Highest
858	Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	25	40.85	136.62	1	5	100
664	Chris Gayle (WI)	17	44.26	152.29	1	6	117
632	Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)	24	30.09	128.97	0	4	96*
590	Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	25	26.81	113.89	0	3	68
580	Kevin Pietersen (Eng)	15	44.61	148.33	0	4	79
552	Brendon McCullum (NZ)	21	29.05	126.6	1	1	123
524	Gautam Gambhir (India)	20	26.2	118.01	0	4	75

Leading run-getters of each edition:

In all the 4 editions, the leading run-getter's team did not win the title. In fact, only Dilshan's (2009) reached finals even!

Edition	Runs	Batsman	Inns	Avg	S/R	100s	50s	Highest
1st	265	Matthew Hayden (Aus)	6	88.33	144.80	0	4	73*
2nd	317	Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)	7	52.83	144.74	0	3	96*
3rd	302	Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	6	60.40	159.78	1	2	100
4th	249	Shane Watson (Aus)	6	49.80	150.00	0	3	72

Batsmen with most number of Ducks: 5 Shahid Afridi, 4 Jayasuriya, L Wright, Dilshan

Highest Average & Strike-Rate:

Rohit Sharma leads the table of highest batting average in ICC World T20 for a minimum cut-off of 10 innings. He aggregates 385 runs in 14 innings (with 7 not outs) for India in the tournament. He just pushes down Mike Hussey who has an average of 54.62. To be noted that without any cut-off, Matthew Hayden has the highest average of 83.33 in the tournament but he batted only 6 innings (all in the first edition).

The batsman with highest batting strike rate with a minimum cut-off of 175 balls faced is Chris Gayle. He is just ahead of Imran Nazir (150.00).

Best Averages (Min 10 inns)			Best Strike Rates (Min 175 balls)
Avg	Batsman	Innings	S/R	Batsman	Balls
55.00	Rohit Sharma (Ind)	14	152.29	Chris Gayle (WI)	436
54.62	Mike Hussey (Aus)	16	150.00	Imran Nazir (Pak)	200
46.66	Umar Akmal (Pak)	10	148.33	Kevin Pietersen (Eng)	391
44.61	Kevin Pietersen (Eng)	15	147.52	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	263
44.26	Chris Gayle (WI)	17	144.8	Matthew Hayden (Aus)	183

Most fours and Sixes:

Most Fours			Most Sixes
Sixes	Batsman	Innings	Fours	Batsman	Innings
43	Chris Gayle (WI)	17	91	Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	25
27	Shane Watson (Aus)	15	75	Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)	17
27	Yuvraj Singh (Ind)	19	62	Brendon McCullum (NZ)	21
22	Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	25	61	Gautam Gambhir (Ind)	20
21	Luke Wright (Eng)	20	60	Kevin Pietersen (Eng)	15

Most fours in an inning: 14 by Herschelle Gibbs in his 90* vs West Indies in the inaugural match of ICC World T20.

Most sixes in an inning: 10 by Chris Gayle in his 117 vs South Africa in the inaugural match of ICC World T20.

Highest Individual scores:

Runs	Batsman	Balls	Fours	Sixes	Opp	Venue	Date
123	Brendon McCullum (NZ)	58	11	7	Ban	Pallekele	21-Sep-12
117	Chris Gayle (WI)	57	7	10	SA	Johannesburg	11-Sep-07
101	Suresh Raina (Ind)	60	9	5	SA	Gros Islet	02-May-10
100	Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	64	10	4	Zim	Providence	03-May-10

Scores of 90s: 

Runs	Batsman	Balls	Fours	Sixes	Opp	Venue	Date
99*	Luke Wright (Eng)	55	8	6	Afg	Colombo (RPS)	21-Sep-12
98*	Mahela Jayawarden (SL)	56	9	4	WI	Bridgetown	07-May-10
98	Chris Gayle (WI)	66	5	7	Ind	Bridgetown	09-May-10
96*	Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)	57	12	2	WI	The Oval	19-Jun-09
90*	Herschelle Gibbs (SA)	55	14	2	WI	Johannesburg	11-Sep-07

Bowling Statistics:

Leading Wicket Takers:

Lasith Malinga leads the table of most wickets in ICC World T20. He has taken 33 wickets in 25 matches. Saeed Ajmal is next with 32 wickets, but only in 19 matches. Ajantha Mendis took 31 wickets in 18 matches and finds himself 3rd in the list of most wickets in the tournament. 

Wickets	Bowler	Mat	Avg	Eco	S/R	4	5	Best
33	Lasith Malinga (SL)	25	19.78	7.71	15.3	0	1	5/31
32	Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	19	15.46	6.65	13.9	3	0	4/19
31	Ajantha Mendis (SL)	18	13.48	6.14	13.1	1	1	6/8
31	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	26	22.25	6.63	20.1	2	0	4/11
29	Umar Gul (Pak)	20	16.58	6.95	14.3	1	1	5/6

Best Average, Strike Rate and Economy Rates

Ajantha Mendis has the best bowling average and bowling strike rates for a minimum cut-off of 250 balls while Daniel Vettori's economy rate of 5.83 is the best among all. 

Best Bowling Avg		Best Bowling Strike Rates		Best Economy Rates
Avg	Bowler	S/R	Bowler	Eco	Bowler
13.48	Ajantha Mendis (SL)	13.1	Ajantha Mendis (SL)	5.83	Daniel Vettori (NZ)
15.46	Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	13.9	Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	6.10	Nathan McCullum (NZ)
16.27	Graeme Swann (Eng)	14.3	Umar Gul (Pak)	6.14	Ajantha Mendis (SL)
16.58	Umar Gul (Pak)	15.0	Graeme Swann (Eng)	6.17	Dale Steyn (SA)
16.86	Morne Morkel (SA)	15.1	Morne Morkel (SA)	6.31	Angelo Mathews (SL)

Best Bowling Figures: 

Figures	Overs	Bowler	Opp	Venue	Date
6/8	4	Ajantha Mendis (SL)	Zim	Hambantota	18-Sep-12
5/6	3	Umar Gul (Pak)	NZ	The Oval	13-Jun-09
5/31	4	Lasith Malinga (SL)	Eng	Pallekele	01-Oct-12

Most 4-wicket hauls:

3 Saeed Ajmal 

2 Morne Morkel, Ajantha Mendis, Umar Gul, Shahid Afridi

Most Maiden Overs: 

4 - Harbhajan Singh 

3 - Dilhara Fernando, Ajantha Mendis

Team Statistics:

Highest Inning Totals:

Sri Lanka scored 260/6 in 50 overs against Kenya in the first edition of ICC World T20. It is the highest in the tournament and highest in T20 Internationals overall. 

South Africa chased down the total of 205/6 by West Indies in the inaugural match of ICC World T20 in 2007. It is the highest target chased in the tournament so far. 

Score	Team	Opp	Venue	Date	Result
260/6	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Johannesburg	14-Sep-07	Won
218/4	India	England	Durban	19-Sep-07	Won
211/5 #	South Africa	Scotland	The Oval	07-Jun-09	Won
208/2	South Africa	West Indies	Johannesburg	11-Sep-07	Won
205/6	West Indies	South Africa	Johannesburg	11-Sep-07	Lost

# While chasing, South Africa achieved the target in 17.4 overs. 

Lowest Inning Totals:

Ireland has been dismissed for the lowest total in the tournament - 68. Lowest total by a test playing nation is 80 by England against India in 2012. None of the below totals resulted in victory for the team. 

Score	Overs	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
68	16.4	Ireland	West Indies	Providence	30-Apr-10
73	16.5	Kenya	New Zealand	Durban	12-Sep-07
80	17.2	Afghanistan	England	Colombo (RPS)	21-Sep-12
80	16.0	Afghanistan	South Africa	Bridgetown	05-May-10
80	14.4	England	India	Colombo (RPS)	23-Sep-12

Lowest target defended: 128/7 by South Africa against West Indies in 2009. South Africa had won by 1 run. 

Victories by 1 run:

Team	Score	Opp	Score	Venue	Date
India	152/6	South Africa	151/10	Colombo (RPS)	02-Oct-12
New Zealand	133/7	Pakistan	132/7	Bridgetown	08-May-10
South Africa	128/7	New Zealand	127/5	Lord's	09-Jun-09

Wicket-Keeping and Fielding:

Most dismissals by a Wicket-Keeper:

Dismissals	Catches	Stumpings	Wicket-Keeper	Inns
24	8	16	Kamran Akmal (Pak)	26
23	10	13	Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	25
18	16	2	Denesh Ramdin (WI)	18
18	14	4	MS Dhoni (Ind)	21
16	15	1	Mark Boucher (SA)	16

Most catches by a Fielder: 

Catches	Fielder	Inns
16	AB de Villiers (SA)	16
14	David Warner (Aus)	15
13	Ross Taylor (NZ)	19
12	Mike Hussey (Aus)	12

Trivia and Miscellaneous Stats: 

# Only one match was brought to a result after being tied by bowl-out in ICC World T20 - India vs Pakistan in the inaugural edition. India won the bowl-out by 3-0. 

# In the inaugural edition of ICC World T20, Yuvraj Singh (Ind) batting against England became the first batsman to hit 6 sixes in an over in T20 format and the second do to so in International Cricket (Gibbs was the first). Yuvraj completed his half century in 12 balls which is the fastest in T20 cricket. 

# In the final of ICC World T20 2007, Sohail Tanvir batted for the first time in his International Career and hit a six off the first ball he faced. Thus, making him the first player to hit a six of the first ball off International career. 

# Ravindra Jadeja was hit for 6 sixes in 6 balls, not in the same over, by Shane Watson (last 3 balls of 4th over) and David Warner (first 3 balls of 10th over) at Bridgetown in 2009. 

The article was written as I saw comments on Sportskeeda requesting for this.
All stats updated till the end of 4th edition of ICC World T20.