List of ICC Men's T20 World Cup records

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This is a list of ICC Men's T20 World Cup records that have been broken over the tournaments of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup,[1] as of 3 April 2016.

Notation

Team notation

  • (200–3) indicates that a team scored 200 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no overs remained (or are able) to be bowled.
  • (200) indicates that a team scored 200 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more batsmen unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets.

Batting notation

  • (50) indicates that a batsman scored 50 runs and was out.
  • (50*) indicates that a batsman scored 50 runs and was not out.

Bowling notation

  • (5–50) indicates that a bowler has captured five wickets while giving away 50 runs.

Currently playing

  • Record holders who are currently playing T20Is or streaks that are still active and can change have a ^ next to their name.

Team records

Team wins, losses, ties, and no results

Team Span Matches Won Lost Tied Tie+Win Tie+Lost No result % Win
First Season Last Season
 Afghanistan 2010 2016 14 5 9 0 0 0 0 35.71
 Australia 2007 2016 29 16 13 0 0 0 0 55.17%
 Bangladesh 2007 2016 25 5 19 0 0 0 1 20.83%
 England 2007 2016 32 15 16 0 0 0 1 48.38%
 Hong Kong 2014 2016 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 16.66%
 India 2007 2016 33 20 11 0 1 0 1 64.06%
 Ireland 2009 2016 15 3 9 0 0 0 3 25.00%
 Kenya 2007 2007 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00%
   Nepal 2014 2014 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 66.66%
 Netherlands 2009 2016 12 5 6 0 0 0 1 45.45%
 New Zealand 2007 2016 30 15 13 0 0 2 0 53.33%
 Oman 2016 2016 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 50.00%
 Pakistan 2007 2016 34 19 14 0 0 1 0 57.29%
 Scotland 2007 2016 7 1 5 0 0 0 1 16.66%
 South Africa 2007 2016 30 18 12 0 0 0 0 60.00%
 Sri Lanka 2007 2016 35 22 12 0 1 0 0 64.28%
 United Arab Emirates 2014 2014 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00%
 West Indies 2007 2016 31 17 12 0 1 0 1 58.33%
 Zimbabwe 2007 2016 12 5 7 0 0 0 0 41.66%
Last updated: 18 July 2019[2]

Tie+W and Tie+L indicates matches tied and then won or lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowlout or one-over-eliminator ("Super Over") The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win

Result records

Greatest win margin (by runs)

Margin Teams Venue Date
172 runs  Sri Lanka (260-6) beat  Kenya (88) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 14 September 2007
130 runs  South Africa (211-5) beat  Scotland (81) Kennington Oval, London 7 June 2009
116 runs  England (196-5) beat  Afghanistan (80) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 21 September 2012
90 runs  India (170-4) beat  England (80) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 23 September 2012
84 runs  West Indies (166-6) beat  Pakistan (82) Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 1 April 2014
Last updated: 18 July 2019[3]

Lowest win margin (by runs)

Margin Teams Venue Date
1 run  South Africa (128–7) beat  New Zealand (127-5) Lord's, London 9 June 2009
 New Zealand (133–7) beat  Pakistan (132-7) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown 8 May 2010
 India (152-6) beat  South Africa (151) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 2 October 2012
 India (146-7) beat  Bangladesh (145-9) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru 23 March 2016
2 runs  South Africa (170-6) beat  New Zealand (168-8) Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 24 March 2014
3 runs  England (153-7) beat  India (150-5) Lord's, London 14 June 2009
 South Africa (196-5) beat  England (193-7) Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 29 March 2014
Last updated: 23 December 2019[4]

Team scoring records

Highest innings totals

Score Team Opponent Venue Date
260–6 (20 overs)  Sri Lanka  Kenya Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 14 September 2007
230–8 (19.4 overs)  England  South Africa Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 18 March 2016
229-4 (20 overs)  South Africa  England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 18 March 2016
218–4 (20 overs)  India  England Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 19 September 2007
211-5 (20 overs)  South Africa  Scotland The Oval, Kennington 7 June 2009
Last updated: 23 December 2019[5]

Lowest innings totals

Score Team Opponent Venue Date
39 (10.3 overs)  Netherlands  Sri Lanka Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 24 March 2014
60 (15.3 overs)  New Zealand  Sri Lanka Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 31 March 2014
68 (16.4 overs)  Ireland  West Indies Providence Stadium, Guyana 30 April 2010
69 (17.0 overs)  Hong Kong    Nepal Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 16 March 2014
70 (15.4 overs)  Bangladesh  New Zealand Eden Gardens, Kolkata 26 March 2016
Last updated: 23 December 2019[6]

Highest match aggregate

Score Teams Venue Date
459-12 (39.4 overs)  England (230-8) v  South Africa (229-4) Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 18 March 2016
418-10 (40 overs)  England (200-6) v  India (218-4) Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 19 September 2007
413-8 (37.4 overs)  South Africa (208-2) v  West Indies (205-6) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 11 September 2007
389-12 (40 overs)  England (193-7) v  South Africa (196-5) Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 29 March 2014
388-5 (39.4 overs)  India (192-2) v  West Indies (196-3) Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 31 March 2016
Last updated: 23 December 2019[7]

Lowest match aggregate

Score Teams Venue Date
79–11 (15.3 overs)  Netherlands (39) v  Sri Lanka (40-1) Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 24 March 2014
106–12 (12.0 overs)  Ireland (47-7) v  Netherlands (59-5) HPCA, Dharamshala 13 March 2016
120-11 (23.2 overs)  New Zealand (36-1) v  Zimbabwe (84) [Target 30 (D/L Method)] Providence Stadium, Guyana 4 May 2007
124-9 (14.0 overs)  Sri Lanka (46-5) v  South Africa (78-4) [Target 79 (D/L Method)] Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota 22 September 2012
147-11 (24.3 overs)  Kenya (73) v  New Zealand (74-1) Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 12 September 2007
Last updated: 23 December 2019[8]

Highest run chase

Score Team Opposition Venue Date
230-8 (19.4 overs)  England  South Africa Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 18 March 2016
208-2 (17.4 overs)  South Africa  West Indies Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 11 September 2007
197-7 (19.5 overs)  Australia  Pakistan Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet 14 May 2010
196-3 (19.4 overs)  West Indies  India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 31 March 2016
193-4 (13.5 overs)  Netherlands  Ireland Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet 21 March 2014
Last updated: 23 December 2019[9]

Batting

See also: List of ICC Men's T20 World Cup centuries

Most career runs

Runs Player Mat Inn HS Avg 100s 50s Period
1,016 Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene 31 31 100 39.07 1 6 2007-2014
920 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle 28 26 117 40.00 2 7 2007–2016
897 Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan 35 34 96* 30.93 0 6 2007–2016
777 India Virat Kohli 16 16 89* 86.33 0 9 2012–2016
717 South Africa AB de Villiers 30 29 79* 29.87 0 5 2007–2016
Last updated: 18 July 2019[10]

Highest individual scores

Runs Player Balls 4s 6s SR Opposition Venue Date
123 New Zealand Brendon McCullum 58 11 7 212.06  Bangladesh Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy 21 September 2012
117 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle 57 7 10 205.26  South Africa Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 11 September 2007
116* England Alex Hales 64 11 6 181.25  Sri Lanka Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 27 March 2014
111* Pakistan Ahmed Shehzad 62 10 5 179.03  Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 30 March 2014
103* Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal 63 10 5 163.49  Oman Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala 13 March 2016
Last updated: 18 July 2019[11]

Highest average

Average Player Mat Inn NO Runs Span
86.33 India Virat Kohli 16 16 7 777 2012–2016
54.62 Australia Michael Hussey 21 16 8 437 2007-2012
44.61 England Kevin Pietersen 15 15 2 580 2007-2010
40.57 South Africa JP Duminy 25 23 9 568 2007–2016
40.00 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle 28 26 3 920 2007–2016
Qualification: Minimum 10 innings

Last updated: 18 July 2019[12]

Highest strike rate

Strike Rate Player Mat Inn Runs BF Span
164.12 Cricket West Indies Darren Sammy 25 18 215 131 2009-2016
160.00 Australia Glenn Maxwell 13 10 264 165 2012-2016
154.23 Pakistan Shahid Afridi 34 32 546 354 2007-2016
150.00 Pakistan Imran Nazir 13 13 300 200 2007-2012
148.33 England Kevin Pietersen 15 15 580 391 2007-2010
Qualification: Minimum 125 balls faced.

Last updated: 21 July 2019[13]

Most centuries

Centuries Player Mat Inn Runs HS Span
2 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle 28 26 920 117 2007-2016
1 6 players
Last updated: 23 July 2019[14]

Most 50+ scores

No. Player Mat Inn Runs HS 100s 50s Span
9 India Virat Kohli 16 16 777 89* 0 9 2012–2016
Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle 28 26 920 117 2 7 2007-2016
7 Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene 31 31 1016 100 1 6 2007-2014
6 India Rohit Sharma 28 25 673 79* 0 6 2007-2016
Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan 35 34 897 96* 0 6 2007-2016
Last updated: 21 July 2019[15]

Overall

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli holds numerous batting records including most fifties & the highest average. He also has the most man of the match awards (5) & he is the only player to have won 2 man of the tournament awards.
West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle holds most the batting records including most man of the match awards (5), most sixes and he is the 2nd highest overall run scorer.
Record First Second Ref(s)
Fastest century Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle v England (2016) 48 balls Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle v South Africa (2007) 57 balls [16]
Fastest fifty India Yuvraj Singh v England (2007) 12 balls Netherlands Stephan Myburgh v Ireland (2014) 17 balls [17]
Most ducks Pakistan Shahid Afridi 5 out of 32 Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan 5 out of 34 [18]
Most sixes Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle 60 India Yuvraj Singh 33 [19] [20]
Most sixes in an innings Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle v England (2016) 11 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle v South Africa (2007) 10 [21]
Most fours Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene 111 Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan 101 [22]
Most fours in an innings South Africa Herschelle Gibbs v West Indies (2007) 14 New Zealand Aaron Redmond v Ireland (2009) 13 [23]
Most runs through boundaries in an innings Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle v South Africa (2007) 88 New Zealand Brendon McCullum v Bangladesh (2012) 86 [24]
Highest partnership Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakara (2nd wicket) v West Indies (2010) 166 England Alex Hales & Eoin Morgan (3rd wicket) v Sri Lanka (2014) 152 [25]

One tournament

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most 50+ scores Australia Matthew Hayden
India Virat Kohli 		4 2007
2014 		India Gautam Gambhir
Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
Australia Shane Watson
Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle
Cricket West Indies Marlon Samuels
Netherlands Stephan Myburgh
India Virat Kohli 		3 2007
2009
2010
2012
2012
2012
2014
2016 		[26]
Most runs in a tournament India Virat Kohli 319 (6 innings) 2014 Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan 317 (7 innings) 2009 [27]
Most sixes Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle 16 (6 innings) 2012 Cricket West Indies Marlon Samuels 15 (6 innings) 2012 [28]
Most fours Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan 46 (7 innings) 2009 Australia Matthew Hayden 32 (6 innings) 2007 [29]

Bowling

Most career wickets

Wickets Player Matches Avg. Econ BBI Span
39 Pakistan Shahid Afridi 34 23.25 6.71 4/11 2007-2016
38 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga 31 20.07 7.43 5/31 2007-2014
36 Pakistan Saeed Ajmal 23 16.86 6.79 4/19 2009-2014
35 Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis 21 15.02 6.70 6/8 2009-2014
35 Pakistan Umar Gull 24 17.25 7.30 5/6 2007-2014
Last updated: 22 December 2019[30]

Best bowling figures

Figures Player Overs Maidens Econ Opposition Venue Date
6/8 Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis 4.0 2 2.00  Zimbabwe MRIC Stadium, Hambantota 18 September 2012
5/3 Sri Lanka Rangana Herath 3.3 2 0.85  New Zealand Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 31 March 2014
5/6 Pakistan Umar Gul 3.0 0 2.00  New Zealand The Oval, Kennington 13 June 2009
5/19 Netherlands Ahsan Malik 4.0 0 4.75  South Africa Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 27 March 2014
5/22 Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman 4.0 0 5.50  New Zealand Eden Gardens, Kolkata 26 March 2016
Last updated: 22 December 2019[31]

Best average

Avg. Player Matches Wickets Econ Overs Span
13.58 Cricket West Indies Samuel Badree 15 24 5.52 59.0 2012-2016
15.02 Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis 21 35 6.70 78.3 2009-2014
15.40 Cricket West Indies Sunil Narine 12 15 5.17 44.4 2012-2014
16.27 England Graeme Swann 16 22 6.50 55.0 2009-2012
16.70 India Ravichandran Ashwin 15 20 6.18 54.0 2012-2016
Qualification: Minimum 250 deliveries

Last updated: 22 December 2019[32]

Best strike rate

Strike-rate Player Matches Wickets Overs Span
13.4 Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis 21 35 78.3 2009-2014
14.1 Pakistan Umar Gul 24 35 82.4 2007-2014
14.5 Bangladesh Al-Amin Hossain 14 18 43.3 2014-2016
14.7 Cricket West Indies Samuel Badree 15 24 59.0 2012-2016
14.8 Pakistan Saeed Ajmal 23 36 89.2 2009-2014
Qualification: Minimum 250 deliveries

Last updated: 11 November 2019[33]

Best economy rate

Economy rates Player Matches Wickets Runs Overs Span
5.17 Cricket West Indies Sunil Narine 12 15 231 44.4 2012-2014
5.52 Cricket West Indies Samuel Badree 15 24 326 59.0 2012-2016
5.83 New Zealand Daniel Vettori 17 20 392 67.1 2007-2012
5.94 New Zealand Nathan McCullum 22 23 399 67.1 2007-2016
6.18 India Ravichandran Ashwin 15 20 334 54.0 2012-2016
Qualification: Minimum 250 deliveries

Last updated: 22 December 2019[34]

Overall

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most four-wicket hauls (and over) Pakistan Saeed Ajmal 3 South Africa Morne Morkel
Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis
Pakistan Umar Gul
Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan
Pakistan Shahid Afridi 		2 [35]

One tournament

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most wickets in a tournament Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis 15 (6 matches) 2012 Australia Dirk Nannes 14 (7 matches) 2010 [36]

Fielding

While records for best fielders have varied through World Cups, the records for wicketkeepers have been occupied by MS Dhoni who holds the record for most dismissals overall and AB De Villiers which holds the record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one tournament.

MS Dhoni has taken the most dismissals overall for a wicket keeper

Overall

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper) India MS Dhoni 32 Pakistan Kamran Akmal 30 [37]
Most catches (fielder) South Africa AB De Villiers 23 New Zealand Martin Guptill 15 [38]

One tournament

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper) South Africa AB De Villiers 9 2012 Australia Adam Gilchrist 8 2007 [39]
Most catches (fielder) Australia Mike Hussey 8 2010 Australia David Warner 8 2010 [40]

One match

Record First Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper) Australia Adam Gilchrist
England Matt Prior
Pakistan Kamran Akmal
Ireland Niall O'Brien
India MS Dhoni
South Africa AB De Villiers
Cricket West Indies Denesh Ramdin
Zimbabwe Richmond Mutumbami
South Africa Quinton de Kock 		4 2007
2007
2009
2009
2010
2012
2012
2014
2016
2016 		[41]
Most catches (fielder) Cricket West Indies Darren Sammy 4 2010 [42]

Extras

An extra is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball. Other than runs scored off the bat from a no-ball, a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score.

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most extras conceded in one innings South Africa v Cricket West Indies (2007) 28 (0 b, 4 lb, 23 w, 1 nb) England v South Africa (2016) 26 ( 0 b, 6 lb, 20 wd, 0 nb) [43]

Other Records

There are certain records other than batting, bowling or fielding. These records include participation records, hosting records etc.

Grounds

The World Cup has never been held in same country twice.

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most matches hosted by a ground Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram 		15 Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 14 [44]

Umpires

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most matches as umpire in World Cup Pakistan Aleem Dar 35 England Ian Gould 30 [45]
Most finals as umpire in World Cup Australia Simon Taufel 3 Pakistan Aleem Dar 2 [46]

Appearances

Matches

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most appearances in World Cup Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan 35 Pakistan Shahid Afridi 34 [47]

Representing more than one country

Dirk Nannes and Roelof van der Merwe are the only two players to have represented two countries in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Most T20 World Cup Titles

Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy, Chris Gayle, Denesh Ramdin, Marlon Samuels, Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons, Samuel Badree, Johnson Charles, Sunil Narine share the record of T20 two World Cup titles. Each was a member of West Indies's winning teams of 2012 and 2016.

Age

Record First Second Ref(s)
Youngest player Pakistan Mohammad Amir 17 years, 55 days Afghanistan Rashid Khan 17 years, 169 days [48]
Oldest player Hong Kong Ryan Campbell 44 years, 34 days Australia Brad Hogg 43 years, 53 days [49]

Captaincy

Record First Second Ref(s)
Most matches as captain India MS Dhoni 33 Cricket West Indies Darren Sammy 18 [50]
Best win % as captain (min. 10 matches) Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 71.42% (14 matches) South Africa Graeme Smith 68.75% (16 matches) [51]

Other results

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