ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021: Australia has won the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2021 by 8 wickets. This year the final was played between Australia and New Zealand. Let us have a look at the list and facts of all the winners of ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup from 2007 to 2021 through this article.
Indian Team after winning the T20 Cricket World Cup 2007 |
ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup 2021:
The ICC T20 Cricket World Cup is an international tournament organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Its first edition was played in South Africa in 2007. This year the final was played between Australia and New Zealand in Dubai on 14 November 2021. Australia won by 8 wickets against New Zealand.
Let us have a look at the list and facts of all the winners of ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup from 2007 to 2021 through this article.
List of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup winners (2007-2021):
Winner |
Runner up |
Year/Host |
1. India |
Pakistan |
2007/South Africa
|
2. Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
2009/England |
3. England |
Australia |
2010/ West
Indies |
4. West
Indies |
Sri Lanka |
2012/Sri Lanka |
5. Sri Lanka |
India |
2014/Bangladesh |
6. West
Indies |
England |
2016/India |
7. Australia |
New Zealand |
2021/UAE and
Oman |
Facts about ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup
1st Edition: 2007
Next Edition: 2021 (17 October 2021 to 14 November 2021)
1st winner: India
First Runner Up: Pakistan
Current Champion: West Indies
Most successful Team: West Indies (2 titles)
Administrator: International Cricket Council (ICC)
Format: Twenty20 International
Number of Teams: 16 (2021)
Tournament Version: 7
Host country of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2021: India (However, the game will be played in UAE and Oman)
Most runs: Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka (1016 runs)
Most wickets: Shahid Afridi of Pakistan (39 wickets)
The above list shows that West Indies is the most successful team that has won the T20 World Cup title twice, first in the year 2012 and second in 2016. Sri Lankan team, on the other hand, has played three finals of ICC T20 men's. Cricket World Cup, won one and was runner-up in two.
It is quite a surprise that Australia has not won a single ICC T20 Men's Cricket World Cup so far while this team has won the most five ICC Cricket World Cups in the 50-over format. Although Australia played the final of the 2010 Men's Cricket T20 World Cup, they lost to England in the final.
Indian team defeated their arch-rivals Pakistan by 5 runs to win the first edition of the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup tournament. Everyone will remember the last over of that exciting match when India defeated Pakistan in the last over.
India hosted the Men's Cricket T20 World Cup in 2016. Hopefully the Indian team will give their best and become the world champion once again.
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