ICC Men's T20 World Cup - 2007

Introduction

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC, which is the overall governing body for such tournaments. 

Since its inception in 2007, it has been held every two years with sixteen teams competing for the coveted trophy.

The only exception was between 2016 and 2022 when ICC had to postpone the championship because of the COVID-19 pandemic and other reasons.

So far, eight tournaments have happened, with England and West Indies winning twice. The rest of the winning countries include India (2007), Pakistan (2009), Sri Lanka (2014), and Australia  (2021). 

Table of Contents

• Details
• Specifications
• History
• Concept
• Registrations
• Most Wins
• Schedule
• 2022 Rewind
• Interesting Facts
• Conclusion

Details

Specifications

Teams

Fourteen teams for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 edition have already qualified.

Here are the qualified teams, along with the reason for their qualification:

• West Indies and the USA took the first two spots for the 2024 edition as host countries
• The following eight teams qualified on the basis of their performances in the 2022 edition. Australia, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and Sri Lanka qualified as they finished in the top eight in the 2022 T20 World Cup
• Afghanistan and Bangladesh qualified because of their T20I Team Rankings
• The rest of the eight teams will be selected through the ICC’s regional qualifiers in 2023. The details of the qualifying matches are as follows

Number of Matches

The 2024 edition would be the first edition to have 20 participating teams. A total of 55 matches will be played in the USA and West Indies.

Date

The tournament will begin in June 2024. However, the regional qualifiers will be held between July 2023 and October 2023. 

Format

The qualifying teams will be divided into four groups of five teams each. The top two teams from each group will proceed to the Super 8 round.

The eight teams will be divided into two groups. And again, only the top two teams from each group will go to the semi-finals. The semi-finals and finals are played as knockout matches.  

History

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup began with the need to give fast-paced cricket to fans.

Some sources claim that after the Benson & Hedges Cup ended in 2002, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) wanted to launch another one-day competition that could entertain the fans.

The idea to launch a 20-over-per-innings game came from here. 

The first matches of the Twenty20 were held in England and played between the English counties.

The event's popularity caught up with other cricket boards, who created their Twenty20 matches. The first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament was held in 2007 in South Africa and won by India. 

In 2014, ICC expanded the tournament to feature 16 teams instead of 12. It was again expanded in 2021 to include 20 teams. So, the tournaments that will be held in 2024, 2026, 2028, and 2030 will be played between 20 teams instead of 16.  

Concept

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How Are Hosts Decided?

The ICC Executive Committee decides the host country for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

The countries interested in hosting the event must submit a bid to the ICC. Australia, which won the 2021 championship, hosted the latest edition (2022). The hosts for the subsequent four editions are as follows.

2024 Edition: United States and West Indies

2026 Edition: India and Sri Lanka

2028 Edition: Australia and New Zealand

2030 Edition: United Kingdom and Ireland

How Do Teams Qualify?

Members of the ICC automatically qualify for the tournament. The remaining places are decided through the T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. 

Format Of the Tournament

ICC ranks teams against each other by following specific criteria. These criteria include a higher number of points, higher net run rate, lower bowling strike rate, etc. A Super Over is played to decide the winner in case of a tie. 

Registrations 

The tickets for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup are not yet available. They are expected to be available a few months before the tournament begins. 

Record

This table shows the record of all ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournaments. 

Most Wins

• Virat Kohli, from India, holds the record for most runs in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with a total runs of 1141. He also has the record for the highest average (minimum ten innings), most fifties (14), and most runs in a tournament (319 runs in the 2014 edition)
• Shakib Al Hasan, from Bangladesh, holds the record for most wickets (47) in the ICC T20 Men’s World Cup
• MS Dhoni, from India, has the most dismissals (32) by a wicketkeeper
• AB De Villiers, from South Africa, has the most catches (23)
• India has the highest win percentage by winning 27 matches out of the total of 44 played

Schedule

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2023 is expected to be held in June 2024 in the USA and West Indies. However, the full schedule has not been released yet. 

2022 Rewind

The eighth ICC Men’s T20 World Cup held in 2022 in Australia was the best tournament yet. With 16 teams playing 45 matches, the tournament was held between 16 October and 13 November.

Here’s everything you need to know about the rocking 2022 edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. 

The tournament was supposed to happen in 2020 but was postponed to October 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The matches took place across seven cities in Australia.

The semi-final matches happened at Sydney Cricket Ground, and the final match happened at Melbourne Cricket Ground. 

Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, England, and Bangladesh. Namibia, West Indies, Scotland, and Sri Lanka qualified through qualifier matches.

The first semi-final match happened between New Zealand and Pakistan, with Pakistan as the winner. The second semi-final match happened between India and England, with England as the winner.

The final match took place between Pakistan and England on 13 November 2022. England won the match with six balls to spare, becoming a champion for the second time. 

Sam Curran, England, was named the player of the tournament. Virat Kohli, India, scored the most runs during the tournament, and Wanindu Hasaranga, Sri Lanka, scored the most wickets. 

Interesting Facts

In its 16 years of history, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has had tons of exciting moments. Here are some of the most interesting facts about the tournament. 

• The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was previously known as ICC World Twenty20
• India won the first-ever ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament held
• Virat Kohli became the first cricketer to score 4,000 runs in T20Is after the semi-final match between India and England in the 2022 edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
• Chris Gayle is the only player who has scored two centuries in the T20 World Cup
• In the tournament's history, no host nation has ever won the T20 Men’s World Cup
• No defending champion has ever retained the T20 World Cup trophy in the tournament's history
• England and West Indies are the only two teams to have won twice at the T20 Men’s World Cup

Conclusion 

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is one of the most entertaining and famous tournaments in the cricket world.

The craze for the tournament is high in all countries across the globe. Throughout the years, the championship has undergone multiple changes, from introducing Super Over to expanding the number of teams.

All the changes have been made with cricket fans’ entertainment in mind. With how entertaining the 2022 edition was, fans can definitely expect better things from the 2024 edition. 

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