General Records:
Most Number of Matches Played by a team:
Most number of wins:
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Pakistan and Sri Lanka- 16 wins each
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Australia and South Africa– 13 wins each
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India- 12 wins
Most number of matches played by two teams:
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India vs South Africa- 4 times
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Australia vs Pakistan- 4 times
Highest Total by a Team:
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Sri Lanka 260-6 against Scotland, Johannesburg in 2007
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India 218-4 against England, Durban in 2007
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South Africa 211-5 against Scotland, The Oval in 2009
Lowest Total by a Team:
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Ireland 68 vs West Indies, Providence in 2010
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Kenya 70 vs New Zealand, Durban in 2007
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England 80 vs India, Colombo in 2012
Highest Match Aggregate:
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418, India vs England at Durban in 2007
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413, South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg in 2007
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388, Pakistan vs Australia at St. Lucia in 2010
Lowest Match Aggregates:
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120, New Zealand vs Zimbabwe, Providence in 2010
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124, Sri Lanka vs South Africa, Hambantota in 2012
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147, Kenya vs New Zealand, Durban in 2007
Largest Victories:
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172 runs, Sri Lanka vs Kenya, Johannesburg in 2007
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130 runs, South Africa vs Scotland, The Oval in 2009
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116 runs, England vs Afghanistan, Colombo in 2012
Smallest Victories:
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1 run, South Africa vs New Zealand in Lord’s, 2009; New Zealand vs Pakistan in Barbados, 2010; India vs South Africa in Colombo, 2012
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3 runs, England vs India in Lord’s, 2009
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5 runs, New Zealand vs England in Durban, 2007; India vs Pakistan in Johannesburg, 2007.
*There are three matches tied in the history of World T20 which are not included in this list
Most matches played by a player:
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26- Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal, Pakistan
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25- Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka
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22- MS Dhoni, India; Stuart Broad, Luke Wright, England
Most matches played as a captain:
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MS Dhoni, India- 22 matches
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Paul Collingwood, England- 17 matches
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Graeme Smith, South Africa- 16 matches
Batting Records:
Most Runs by a player:
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858- Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka
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664- Chris Gayle, West Indies
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632- Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka
High Scores:
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123- Brendon McCullam, New Zealand vs Bangladesh in Pallekele, 2012
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117- Chris Gayle, West Indies vs South Africa in Johannesburg, 2007
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101- Suresh Raina, India vs South Africa in St. Lucia, 2010
Highest Average:
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Rohit Sharma– 55.00 in 14 innings
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Mike Hussey– 54.62 in 16 innings
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Umar Akmal– 46.66 in 10 innings
Highest Strike Rate:
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152.29- Chris Gayle, West Indies
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150.00- Imran Nazir, Pakistan
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148.33- Kevin Pietersen, England
Most Hundreds:
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1- Chris Gayle, West Indies; Suresh Raina, India; Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka; Brendon McCullam, New Zealand
Most Fifties:
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7- Chris Gayle, West Indies
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6- Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka
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5- Shane Watson, Australia
Most ducks:
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5- Shahid Afridi, Pakistan
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4-Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka; Luke Wright, England
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3- Andre Fletcher, West Indies
Most Sixes:
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43- Chris Gayle, West Indies
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27- Shane Watson, Australia; Yuvraj Singh, India
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22- Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka
Highest Partnership:
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166- Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka vs West Indies in Barbados, 2010
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145- Devon Smith and Chris Gayle, West Indies vs South Africa in Jo’Burg, 2007
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142- Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt, Pakistan vs Bangladesh in St. Lucia, 2010
Highest Partnerships by Wickets:
1st Wicket- 145: Devon Smith and Chris Gayle, West Indies vs South Africa in Jo’Burg, 2007
2nd Wicket- 166: M Jayawardene and K Sangakkara, Sri Lanka vs West Indies in Barbados, 2010
3rd Wicket- 120*: Herschelle Gibbs and Justin Kemp, South Africa vs West Indies, Jo’Burg, 2007
4th Wicket- 107: Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan, England vs West Indies, Pallekele, 2012
5th Wicket- 119*: Misbah-ul-Haq and Shoaib Malik, Pakistan vs Australia, Johannesburg, 2007
6th Wicket- 101*: Mike Hussey and Cameron White, Australia vs Sri Lanka, Barbados, 2010
7th Wicket- 74: Steve Smith and Mike Hussey, Australia vs Bangladesh, Barbados. 2010
8th Wicket- 53*: Mitchell Johnson and Mike Hussey, Australia vs Pakistan, St. Lucia, 2010
9th Wicket- 44: Gulbadin Naib and Shapoor Zadran, Afghanistan vs England, Colombo, 2012
10th Wicket- 20: Steven Finn and Jade Dernbach, England vs India, Colombo, 2012
Most Extras in an innings:
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28, South Africa vs West Indies in Johannesburg, 2007
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24, South Africa vs India in Durban, 2007
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22, West Indies vs Sri Lanka, Nottingham, 2009
Bowling Records:
Most Wickets:
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33- Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka
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32- Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan
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31- Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka; Shahid Afridi, Pakistan
Best Bowling figures:
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4-2-8-6: Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe in Hambantota, 2012
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3-0-6-5: Umar Gul, Pakistan vs New Zealand at The Oval, 2009
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4-0-31-5: Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka vs England in Pallekele, 2012
Best average:
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13.48- Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka
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15.46-Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan
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16.27- Graeme Swann, England
Best economy:
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5.83– Daniel Vettori, New Zealand
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6.10– Nathan McCullam, New Zealand
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6.14– Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka
*Minimum 250 balls
Best Strike-Rate:
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13.1- Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka
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13.9- Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan
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14.3- Umar Gul, Pakistan
Most five-wickets in an innings:
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1- Umar Gul, Pakistan; Ajantha Mendis and Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka
Best economy in an innings:
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2.00- Ajantha Mendis vs Zimbabwe, Dale Steyn vs Afghanistan, Samit Patel vs Afghanistan, Umar Gul vs New Zealand
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2.18- Darren Sammy, West Indies vs Ireland
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2.25- Ajantha Mendis vs West Indies, Dale Steyn vs Zimbabwe
Most runs conceded in an innings:
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64- Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka vs Pakistan in Johannesburg, 2007
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61- Lameck Onyango, Kenya vs Sri Lanka in Johannesburg, 2007
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60- Stuart Broad, England vs India in Durban, 2007
Fielding Records:
Most catches by a wicket-keeper:
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16- Denesh Ramdin, West Indies
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15- Mark Boucher, South Africa
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14- MS Dhoni, India
Most Stumpings by a wicket-Keeper:
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16- Kamran Akmal, Pakistan
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13- Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka
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4- MS Dhoni, India
Most dismissals by a Wicket Keeper:
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24- Kamran Akmal, Pakistan
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23- Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka
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18- MS Dhoni, India and Denesh Ramdin, West Indies
Most catches by a fielder:
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14- David Warner, Australia
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13- Ross Taylor, New Zealand
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12- Mike Hussey, Australia
*AB de Villiers has taken 16 catches but he stood as the WK for South Africa in the 2012 World T20