General Records:

Most Number of Matches Played by a team:

  1. Pakistan– 26 matches

  2. Sri Lanka– 25 matches

  3. England and India– 22 matches each

Most number of wins:

  1. Pakistan and Sri Lanka- 16 wins each

  2. Australia and South Africa– 13 wins each

  3. India- 12 wins

Most number of matches played by two teams:

  1. India vs South Africa- 4 times

  2. Australia vs Pakistan- 4 times

Highest Total by a Team:

  1. Sri Lanka 260-6 against Scotland, Johannesburg in 2007

  2. India 218-4 against England, Durban in 2007

  3. South Africa 211-5 against Scotland, The Oval in 2009

Lowest Total by a Team:

  1. Ireland 68 vs West Indies, Providence in 2010

  2. Kenya 70 vs New Zealand, Durban in 2007

  3. England 80 vs India, Colombo in 2012

Highest Match Aggregate:

  1. 418, India vs England at Durban in 2007

  2. 413, South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg in 2007

  3. 388, Pakistan vs Australia at St. Lucia in 2010

Lowest Match Aggregates:

  1. 120, New Zealand vs Zimbabwe, Providence in 2010

  2. 124, Sri Lanka vs South Africa, Hambantota in 2012

  3. 147, Kenya vs New Zealand, Durban in 2007

Largest Victories:

  1. 172 runs, Sri Lanka vs Kenya, Johannesburg in 2007

  2. 130 runs, South Africa vs Scotland, The Oval in 2009

  3. 116 runs, England vs Afghanistan, Colombo in 2012

Smallest Victories:

  1. 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

  2. 3 runs, England vs India in Lord’s, 2009

  3. 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:

  1. 26- Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal, Pakistan

  2. 25- Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka

  3. 22- MS Dhoni, India; Stuart Broad, Luke Wright, England

Most matches played as a captain:

  1. MS Dhoni, India- 22 matches

  2. Paul Collingwood, England- 17 matches

  3. Graeme Smith, South Africa- 16 matches

Batting Records:

Most Runs by a player:

  1. 858- Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka

  2. 664- Chris Gayle, West Indies

  3. 632- Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka

High Scores:

  1. 123- Brendon McCullam, New Zealand vs Bangladesh in Pallekele, 2012

  2. 117- Chris Gayle, West Indies vs South Africa in Johannesburg, 2007

  3. 101- Suresh Raina, India vs South Africa in St. Lucia, 2010

     

Highest Average:

  1. Rohit Sharma– 55.00 in 14 innings

  2. Mike Hussey– 54.62 in 16 innings

  3. Umar Akmal– 46.66 in 10 innings

Highest Strike Rate:

  1. 152.29- Chris Gayle, West Indies

  2. 150.00- Imran Nazir, Pakistan

  3. 148.33- Kevin Pietersen, England

Most Hundreds:

  1. 1- Chris Gayle, West Indies; Suresh Raina, India; Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka; Brendon McCullam, New Zealand

Most Fifties:

  1. 7- Chris Gayle, West Indies

  2. 6- Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka

  3. 5- Shane Watson, Australia

Most ducks:

  1. 5- Shahid Afridi, Pakistan

  2. 4-Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka; Luke Wright, England

  3. 3- Andre Fletcher, West Indies

Most Sixes:

  1. 43- Chris Gayle, West Indies

  2. 27- Shane Watson, Australia; Yuvraj Singh, India

  3. 22- Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka

Highest Partnership:

  1. 166- Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka vs West Indies in Barbados, 2010

  2. 145- Devon Smith and Chris Gayle, West Indies vs South Africa in Jo’Burg, 2007

  3. 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:

  1. 28, South Africa vs West Indies in Johannesburg, 2007

  2. 24, South Africa vs India in Durban, 2007

  3. 22, West Indies vs Sri Lanka, Nottingham, 2009

Bowling Records:

Most Wickets:

  1. 33- Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka

  2. 32- Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan

  3. 31- Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka; Shahid Afridi, Pakistan

Best Bowling figures:

  1. 4-2-8-6: Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe in Hambantota, 2012

  2. 3-0-6-5: Umar Gul, Pakistan vs New Zealand at The Oval, 2009

  3. 4-0-31-5: Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka vs England in Pallekele, 2012

Best average:

  1. 13.48- Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka

  2. 15.46-Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan

  3. 16.27- Graeme Swann, England

Best economy:

  1. 5.83– Daniel Vettori, New Zealand

  2. 6.10– Nathan McCullam, New Zealand

  3. 6.14– Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka

*Minimum 250 balls

Best Strike-Rate:

  1. 13.1- Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lanka

  2. 13.9- Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan

  3. 14.3- Umar Gul, Pakistan

Most five-wickets in an innings:

  1. 1- Umar Gul, Pakistan; Ajantha Mendis and Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka

Best economy in an innings:

  1. 2.00- Ajantha Mendis vs Zimbabwe, Dale Steyn vs Afghanistan, Samit Patel vs Afghanistan, Umar Gul vs New Zealand

  2. 2.18- Darren Sammy, West Indies vs Ireland

  3. 2.25- Ajantha Mendis vs West Indies, Dale Steyn vs Zimbabwe

Most runs conceded in an innings:

  1. 64- Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka vs Pakistan in Johannesburg, 2007

  2. 61- Lameck Onyango, Kenya vs Sri Lanka in Johannesburg, 2007

  3. 60- Stuart Broad, England vs India in Durban, 2007

 

Fielding Records:

Most catches by a wicket-keeper:

  1. 16- Denesh Ramdin, West Indies

  2. 15- Mark Boucher, South Africa

  3. 14- MS Dhoni, India

Most Stumpings by a wicket-Keeper:

  1. 16- Kamran Akmal, Pakistan

  2. 13- Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka

  3. 4- MS Dhoni, India

Most dismissals by a Wicket Keeper:

  1. 24- Kamran Akmal, Pakistan

  2. 23- Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka

  3. 18- MS Dhoni, India and Denesh Ramdin, West Indies

Most catches by a fielder:

  1. 14- David Warner, Australia

  2. 13- Ross Taylor, New Zealand

  3. 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

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