T20 World Cup Winners List

The T20 World Cup, first played in 2007, is an international cricket championship, usually held once every two years.

The inaugural men’s twenty20 edition, featuring 12 teams, was held in South Africa. The Indian cricket team, led by MS Dhoni, were crowned the champions after beating Pakistan by five runs in the final at Johannesburg. India were also the runners-up in 2014.
So far, in eight editions, England and West Indies have emerged as the joint-most successful nations with two titles each.

England first won the T20 World Cup in 2010 in the Caribbean, winning the final by seven wickets against Australia. The England cricket team claimed the 2022 title in Australia after beating Pakistan by five wickets in the final.

With this 2022 victory, England became the first team to simultaneously hold both men’s World Cups - the 2019 ODI World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup.

West Indies, meanwhile, were the first team to win the T20 World Cup twice, courtesy their victories in the 2012 edition in Sri Lanka and 2016 in India. The Caribbeans beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs in the 2012 final while sealing a four-wicket win against England in the 2016 final.

Two other Asian teams, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, have also lifted the T20 World Cup.

Pakistan followed their 2007 runners-up finish by winning the 2009 edition with an eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the final. The 1992 ODI World Cup champions were also the runners-up in the 2021 edition.

Sri Lanka, who came second-best in the final in 2009 and 2012, clinched the title in 2014 after a six-wicket success against India in the final.

Australia, the most successful team in the men’s ODI World Cup with five titles, got the better of New Zealand by eight wickets in the final to lift their first T20 World Cup in 2021. New Zealand are the only finalist in the men’s T20 World Cup history to not win the trophy.

India’s Virat Kohli is the leading run-getter in the T20 World Cup history with 1,141 runs in 27 matches, since his debut in 2012. Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka is the only other batter with 1000-plus runs in the tournament.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is the top wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup, recording 47 scalps in 36 matches between 2007 and 2022.

Nine nations have hosted the ICC T20 World Cup so far. The 2021 hosting rights belonged to India, however, the matches were held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the T20 World Cup began as a 12-team competition in 2007, it was expanded to 16 teams from the 2014 edition.

The International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body of the sport, has announced that the 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2030 tournaments will include 20 teams, featuring four groups of five teams, each, followed by the Super Eights, semi-finals and the final.

All full members automatically qualify for the tournament while the remaining teams go through the T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.