List of ICC Men's T20 World Cup records

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 SeasonLast Season
 Afghanistan 201020161459000035.71
 Australia 20072016291613000055.17%
 Bangladesh 2007201625519000120.83%
 England 20072016321516000148.38%
 Hong Kong 20142016615000016.66%
 India 20072016332011010164.06%
 Ireland 200920161539000325.00%
 Kenya 2007200720200000.00%
   Nepal 20142014321000066.66%
 Netherlands 200920161256000145.45%
 New Zealand 20072016301513002053.33%
 Oman 20162016311000150.00%
 Pakistan 20072016341914001057.29%
 Scotland 20072016715000116.66%
 South Africa 20072016301812000060.00%
 Sri Lanka 20072016352212010064.28%
 United Arab Emirates 2014201430300000.00%
 West Indies 20072016311712010158.33%
 Zimbabwe 200720161257000041.66%
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)

200

Margin Teams Venue Date
 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 KenyaWanderers Stadium, Johannesburg14 September 2007
230–8 (19.4 overs)  England South AfricaWankhede Stadium, Mumbai18 March 2016
229-4 (20 overs)  South Africa EnglandWankhede Stadium, Mumbai18 March 2016
218–4 (20 overs)  India EnglandKingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban19 September 2007
211-5 (20 overs)  South Africa ScotlandThe Oval, Kennington7 June 2009
Last updated: 23 December 2019[5]

Lowest innings totals
Score Team Opponent Venue Date
39 (10.3 overs)  Netherlands Sri LankaZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram24 March 2014
60 (15.3 overs)  New Zealand Sri LankaZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram31 March 2014
68 (16.4 overs)  Ireland West IndiesProvidence Stadium, Guyana30 April 2010
69 (17.0 overs)  Hong Kong   NepalZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram16 March 2014
70 (15.4 overs)  Bangladesh New ZealandEden Gardens, Kolkata26 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, Mumbai18 March 2016
418-10 (40 overs)  England (200-6) v  India (218-4)Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban19 September 2007
413-8 (37.4 overs)  South Africa (208-2) v  West Indies (205-6)Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg11 September 2007
389-12 (40 overs)  England (193-7) v  South Africa (196-5)Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram29 March 2014
388-5 (39.4 overs)  India (192-2) v  West Indies (196-3)Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai31 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, Chattogram24 March 2014
106–12 (12.0 overs)  Ireland (47-7) v  Netherlands (59-5)HPCA, Dharamshala13 March 2016
120-11 (23.2 overs)  New Zealand (36-1) v  Zimbabwe (84) [Target 30 (D/L Method)]Providence Stadium, Guyana4 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, Hambantota22 September 2012
147-11 (24.3 overs)  Kenya (73) v  New Zealand (74-1)Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban12 September 2007
Last updated: 23 December 2019[8]

Highest run chase
Score Team Opposition Venue Date
230-8 (19.4 overs)  England South AfricaWankhede Stadium, Mumbai18 March 2016
208-2 (17.4 overs)  South Africa West IndiesWanderers Stadium, Johannesburg11 September 2007
197-7 (19.5 overs)  Australia PakistanDarren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet14 May 2010
196-3 (19.4 overs)  West Indies IndiaWankhede Stadium, Mumbai31 March 2016
193-4 (13.5 overs)  Netherlands IrelandSylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet21 March 2014
Last updated: 23 December 2019[9]

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

Most career runs
RunsPlayerMatInnHSAvg100s50sPeriod
1,016 Mahela Jayawardene313110039.07162007-2014
920 Chris Gayle282611740.00272007–2016
897 Tillakaratne Dilshan353496*30.93062007–2016
777 Virat Kohli161689*86.33092012–2016
717 AB de Villiers302979*29.87052007–2016
Last updated: 18 July 2019[10]

Highest individual scores
RunsPlayerBalls4s6sSROppositionVenueDate
123 Brendon McCullum58117212.06 BangladeshPallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy21 September 2012
117 Chris Gayle57710205.26 South AfricaWanderers Stadium, Johannesburg11 September 2007
116* Alex Hales64116181.25 Sri LankaZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong27 March 2014
111* Ahmed Shehzad62105179.03 BangladeshSher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka30 March 2014
103* Tamim Iqbal63105163.49 OmanHimachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala13 March 2016
Last updated: 18 July 2019[11]

Highest average
AveragePlayerMatInnNORunsSpan
86.33 Virat Kohli161677772012–2016
54.62 Michael Hussey211684372007-2012
44.61 Kevin Pietersen151525802007-2010
40.57 JP Duminy252395682007–2016
40.00 Chris Gayle282639202007–2016
Qualification: Minimum 10 innings

Last updated: 18 July 2019[12]

Highest strike rate
Strike RatePlayerMatInnRunsBFSpan
164.12 Darren Sammy25182151312009-2016
160.00 Glenn Maxwell13102641652012-2016
154.23 Shahid Afridi34325463542007-2016
150.00 Imran Nazir13133002002007-2012
148.33 Kevin Pietersen15155803912007-2010
Qualification: Minimum 125 balls faced.

Last updated: 21 July 2019[13]

Most centuries
CenturiesPlayerMatInnRunsHSSpan
2 Chris Gayle28269201172007-2016
1 6 players
Last updated: 23 July 2019[14]

Most 50+ scores
No.PlayerMatInnRunsHS100s50sSpan
9 Virat Kohli161677789*092012–2016
Chris Gayle2826920117272007-2016
7 Mahela Jayawardene31311016100162007-2014
6 Rohit Sharma282567379*062007-2016
Tillakaratne Dilshan353489796*062007-2016
Last updated: 21 July 2019[15]

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

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

Bowling

Most career wickets
WicketsPlayerMatchesAvg.EconBBISpan
39 Shahid Afridi3423.256.714/112007-2016
38 Lasith Malinga3120.077.435/312007-2014
36 Saeed Ajmal2316.866.794/192009-2014
35 Ajantha Mendis2115.026.706/82009-2014
35 Umar Gull 2417.257.305/62007-2014
Last updated: 22 December 2019[30]

Best bowling figures
FiguresPlayerOversMaidensEconOppositionVenueDate
6/8 Ajantha Mendis4.022.00 ZimbabweMRIC Stadium, Hambantota18 September 2012
5/3 Rangana Herath3.320.85 New ZealandZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram31 March 2014
5/6 Umar Gul3.002.00 New ZealandThe Oval, Kennington13 June 2009
5/19 Ahsan Malik4.004.75 South AfricaZohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram27 March 2014
5/22 Mustafizur Rahman4.005.50 New ZealandEden Gardens, Kolkata26 March 2016
Last updated: 22 December 2019[31]

Best average
Avg.PlayerMatchesWicketsEconOversSpan
13.58 Samuel Badree15245.5259.02012-2016
15.02 Ajantha Mendis21356.7078.32009-2014
15.40 Sunil Narine12155.1744.42012-2014
16.27 Graeme Swann16226.5055.02009-2012
16.70 Ravichandran Ashwin15206.1854.02012-2016
Qualification: Minimum 250 deliveries

Last updated: 22 December 2019[32]

Best strike rate
Strike-ratePlayerMatchesWicketsOversSpan
13.4 Ajantha Mendis213578.32009-2014
14.1 Umar Gul243582.42007-2014
14.5 Al-Amin Hossain141843.32014-2016
14.7 Samuel Badree152459.02012-2016
14.8 Saeed Ajmal233689.22009-2014
Qualification: Minimum 250 deliveries

Last updated: 11 November 2019[33]

Best economy rate
Economy ratesPlayerMatchesWicketsRunsOversSpan
5.17 Sunil Narine121523144.42012-2014
5.52 Samuel Badree152432659.02012-2016
5.83 Daniel Vettori172039267.12007-2012
5.94 Nathan McCullum222339967.12007-2016
6.18 Ravichandran Ashwin152033454.02012-2016
Qualification: Minimum 250 deliveries

Last updated: 22 December 2019[34]

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

One tournament
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most wickets in a tournament Ajantha Mendis 15 (6 matches) 2012 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.

Highest dismissals as a wicket-keeper:MS Dhoni

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

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

One match
Record First Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper) Adam Gilchrist
Matt Prior
Kamran Akmal
Niall O'Brien
MS Dhoni
AB De Villiers
Denesh Ramdin
Richmond Mutumbami
Quinton de Kock		 4 2007
2007
2009
2009
2010
2012
2012
2014
2016
2016		 [41]
Most catches (fielder) 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 v (2007) 28 (0 b, 4 lb, 23 w, 1 nb) v (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 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram		 15 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka 14 [44]

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

Appearances

Matches
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most appearances in World Cup Tillakaratne Dilshan 35 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 Mohammad Amir 17 years, 55 days Rashid Khan 17 years, 169 days [48]
Oldest player Ryan Campbell 44 years, 34 days Brad Hogg 43 years, 53 days [49]

Captaincy
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most matches as captain MS Dhoni 33 Darren Sammy 18 [50]
Best win % as captain (min. 10 matches) Kumar Sangakkara 71.42% (14 matches) Graeme Smith 68.75% (16 matches) [51]

Other results
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