Interesting Facts About T20 World Cup

The T20 World Cup is an ICC event that happens every two years. The first edition of the mega event was played in 2007 in South Africa and so far eight instalments have been successfully executed. The T20 World Cup 2024 is around the corner and is scheduled to be played in the USA and West Indies with 20 teams. Let’s have a look at some interesting facts about the T20 World Cup. 

1. The West Indies are the first team to win two editions of the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016. 
2. Sri Lanka was the first team to play three finals in the competition while lifting the trophy once in 2014. 
3. To date, no team has been able to defend its title in the T20 World Cup, every time we have got a new winner. 
4. The West Indies is the first team to host the T20 World Cup twice. First, they organized it in 2010, and 2024 will be their 2nd time. 
5. Yuvraj Singh holds the record for the fastest 50 in the T20 World Cup, having scored it in 12 balls against England when he hit 6 sixes off Stuart Broad. 
6. Former Caribbean legend Chris Gayle hit the fastest hundred in the T20 World Cup against England in just 47 balls in 2016. 
7. Chris Gayle is the only batsman to score two hundreds in the T20 World Cup, having made it in 2007 and 2016 against South Africa and England apiece. 
8. Indian stalwart Virat Kohli is the highest run-getter in the T20 World Cup with 1141 runs in 27 matches. 
9. Virat also owns the feat of most runs in a single edition of the T20 WC with 319 runs in 6 innings in 2014. 
10. Shakib Al Hasan has taken the most wickets in the marquee event with 47 scalps in 36 matches. 
11. Brett Lee is the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup, taking it against Bangladesh in 2007. 
12. Darren Sammy is the only captain to clinch the T20 World Cup twice. 
13. The highest team total in the T20 WC belongs to Sri Lanka. They scored 260/6 against Kenya in 2007. 
14. The Netherlands holds the record for the lowest team total in the T20 World Cup, 39 against Sri Lanka in 2014.