{"id":248087,"date":"2022-10-17T07:03:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T07:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/17\/t20-world-cup-facts-and-trivia-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T07:03:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T07:03:08","slug":"t20-world-cup-facts-and-trivia-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/17\/t20-world-cup-facts-and-trivia-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup facts and trivia | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: With the T20 World Cup underway in Australia, a look at interesting facts and trivia about the tournament from its previous editions. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">*<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahendra-singh-dhoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_mahendra-singh-dhoni\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mahendra Singh Dhoni<\/a> holds the record for most dismissals &#8211; 32 &#8211; by a wicketkeeper. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>The West Indies are the only team to have won the tournament more than once. They won in 2012 and then again in 2016. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>AB de Villiers holds the record for most catches &#8212; 23 across editions. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chris-gayle\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_chris-gayle\" frmappuse=\"1\">Chris Gayle<\/a> is the only player to have scored two centuries at the T20 World Cup. One in the 2007 edition against South Africa and the second against <!-- -->England<!-- --> in 2016. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is India&#8217;s leading wicket taker in T20 World Cups with 26 scalps. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>No host nation has ever won the T20 World Cup neither has any defending champion been able to retain it. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>Australia lost to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/zimbabwe\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_zimbabwe\" frmappuse=\"1\">Zimbabwe<\/a> by 5 wickets in their opening match in the 2007 edition of T20 World Cup. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sri-lanka\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_sri-lanka\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sri Lanka<\/a> holds the record for the highest team total of 260\/6 which they scored against Kenya in 2007. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>Chris Gayle hit 11 sixes &#8211; the maximum in a T20 World Cup innings &#8211; against England in 2016. He also holds the record for most sixes across editions with 63 maximums. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahela-jayawardene\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_mahela-jayawardene\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mahela Jayawardene<\/a> is the highest run-scorer in T20 World Cups with 1016 run under his belt. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>The first-ever hat-trick in the T20 World Cup was taken by Australian pacer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/brett-lee\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_brett-lee\" frmappuse=\"1\">Brett Lee<\/a> against Bangladesh in 2007 <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>Bangladesh&#8217;s Shakib Al Hasan has the most wickets in T20 World Cups with 41 scalps. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>The lowest total in the T20 World Cup is 39, made by the <!-- -->Netherlands<!-- --> against Sri Lanka in 2014. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">* <\/span>The famous bowl-out between India and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pakistan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_pakistan\" frmappuse=\"1\">Pakistan<\/a> in 2007 was the only time a T20 World Cup match was decided by that method. 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