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BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 79 and MP O’Dowd of Netherlands scored 71 not out in the match between Sri Lanka and Netherlands at Geelong on 20 Oct 2022 to provide the sixth occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in the same game in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
	2	HH Gibbs	90*	2	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
2	1	TM Dilshan	96*	1	Srl	Win	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
	2	CH Gayle	63*	2	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
3	1	RJ Nicol	58	1	NZl	Srl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
	2	TM Dilshan	76	2	Srl	NZl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
4	1	TM Dilshan	55	1	Srl	Eng	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
	2	AD Hales	116*	2	Eng	Srl	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
5	1	V Sibanda	59	1	Zim	HKG	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
	2	JJ Atkinson	53	2	HKG	Zim	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
6	1	BKG Mendis	79	1	Srl	Net	Geelong	20 Oct 2022
	2	MP O’Dowd	71*	2	Netv	Srl	Geelong	20 Oct 2022

Scotland won its game against West Indies at Hobart on 17 Oct 2022 by 42 runs in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia to provide the eleventh occasion of an Associate team winning the T20 World Cup game against a Test playing nation. All such occasions are tabulated below. Afghanistan and Ireland were granted test status in Jun 2017. Afghanistan played its first ever test against India at Bengaluru in Jun 2018 while Ireland played its first ever test against England in Jul 2019 at Lord’s

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Netherlands	Won	04 wkts	v England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
2	Ireland	Won	06 wkts	v Bangladesh	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
3	Ireland	Won	03 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
4	Hong Kong	Won	02 wkts	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	20 Mar 2014
5	Netherlands	Won	45 runs	v England	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
6	Afghanistan	Won	59 runs	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
7	Afghanistan	Won	06 runs	v West Indies	Nagpur	27 Mar 2016
8	Scotland	Won	06 runs	v Bangladesh	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
9	Namibia	Won	08 wkts	v Ireland	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
10	Namibia	Won	55 runs	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	16 Oct 2022
11	Scotland	Won	42 runs	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Oct 2022

It also provides the second occasion of an Associate team winning the T20 World Cup game against a Test playing nation West Indies. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Afghanistan	Won	06 runs	v West Indies	Nagpur	27 Mar 2016
2	Scotland	Won	42 runs	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Oct 2022

It also provides the second occasion of Scotland winning the T20 World Cup game against a Test playing nation, Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Scotland	Won	06 runs	v Bangladesh	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
2	Scotland	Won	42 runs	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Oct 2022

Scotland’s first victory in the tournament against a test playing nation was against Bangladesh on 17 Oct 2021. Its second victory against a test playing nation was against West Indies at Hobart exactly a year later, that is today, the 17 Oct 2022

Scotland became the fifth Associate team in the T20 World cup to post a win against a Test playing nation. Others are Afghanistan, Ireland, Namibia and Netherlands.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Afghanistan	Won	59 runs	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	12 Mar 2016
2	Afghanistan	Won	06 runs	v West Indies	Nagpur	27 Mar 2016
1	Ireland	Won	06 wkts	v Bangladesh	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
2	Ireland	Won	03 wkts	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
1	Namibia	Won	08 wkts	v Ireland	Sharjah	22 Oct 2021
2	Namibia	Won	55 runs	v Sri Lanka	Geelong	16 Oct 2022
1	Netherlands	Won	04 wkts	v England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
2	Netherlands	Won	45 runs	v England	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
1	Scotland	Won	06 runs	v Bangladesh	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
2	Scotland	Won	42 runs	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Oct 2022

T20 World Cup has taken place on seven occasions. The details are furnished below. West Indies is the only team to win the prestigious cup on two occasions – against Sri Lanka at Colombo by 36 runs in 2012 and against India at Kolkata by four wickets in 2016.

Year	Hosts	Final venue	Winner	Runner	Margin
2007	South Africa	Jo’burg	India	Pakistan	05 runs
2009	England	London	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	08 wkts
2010	West Indies	Bridgetown	England	Australia	07 wkts
2012	Sri Lanka	Colombo	West Indies	Sri Lanka	36 runs
2014	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Sri Lanka	India	06 wkts
2016	India	Kolkata	West Indies	England	04 wkts
2021	India in UAE	Dub-DSC	Australia	New Zealand	08 Wkts

The last edition of 2021 was held in UAE with the host country being India. Australia beat New Zealand by eight wickets at Dub-DSC and is currently the defending champion.

The 2022 edition will be played in Australia from 16 Oct 2022 to 13 Nov 2022,

Some of the Salient Stats from the previous seven editions of the world cup are listed below.

Sri Lanka {43} and Pakistan {40} are the two teams to play forty plus matches in the tournament.

Sri Lanka has won most games in the tournament – 27 and is closely followed by Pakistan which has won 24 games. Sri Lanka remains the only team to win 25 plus matches in the tournament.

The dubious record of losing most matches in the tournament is credited to Bangladesh. It has lost 25 matches and carries the tag of being the only team to lose 25 matches in the tournament.

There are twelve occasions of team posting a total of 200 plus runs in the tournament. Sri Lanka’s 260 for 6 against Kenya at Johannesburg on 14.09.07 is the highest total posted by a team in the tournament.

The tournament has witnessed 23 occasions of a team dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs in the tournament. The lowest total in a completed innings is 39 by Netherlands against Sri Lanka at Chattogram on 24.03.14. This also provides the only occasion of a team dismissed for a total less than 50 runs in the tournament.

The only occasion of a team dismissed all out for 99 is New Zealand’s 99 all out against Pakistan at The Oval on 13 Jun 2009.

There are 30 occasions of a team winning a game by 50 plus runs margin of which four games have been won by 100 plus runs margin. The largest margin of victory is Sri Lanka’s win by 172 runs against Kenya at Johannesburg on 14.09.07. Sri Lanka is the only team to post a win by 150 plus runs in the tournament.

The tournament has witnessed eleven occasion of a team winning a game by nine or more wickets of which four games are won by ten wickets.

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Tar	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Australia	10 wkts	58	102	10.2	Sri Lanka	Cape Town	20 Sep 2007
2	South Africa	10 wkts	44	094	12.4	Zimbabwe	Hambantota	20 Sep 2012
3	Oman	10 wkts	38	130	13.4	P.N.G.	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
4	Pakistan	10 wkts	13	152	17.5	India	Dub-DSC	24 Oct 2021

There are three occasions of a team winning a game by 50 plus deliveries remaining.

The  tournament has witnessed 19 occasions of a team winning a game by single digit margin {one to nine} of which four games are won by one run margin.

No	Winner	Margin	Tar	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	South Africa	1 run	129	New Zealand	Lord’s	09 Jun 2009
2	New Zealand	1 run	134	Pakistan	Bridgetown	08 May 2010
3	India	1 run	153	South Africa	Col-RPS	02 Oct 2012
4	India	1 run	147	Bangladesh	Bengaluru	23 Mar 2016

The lone occasion of a team winning a game by one wicket margin was New Zealand’s win by one run against Sri Lanka at Providence on 30.04.10. This game has another qualification as it was won with a delivery to spare.

Four games have been won on the last ball of the game and four games have been won with a delivery to spare. They are tabulated below.

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Netherlands	4 wkts	0	163	20.0	20.0	England	Lord’s	05 Jun 2009
2	Sri Lanka	5 wkts	0	164	20.0	20.0	India	Gros Islet	11 May 2010
3	Ireland	3 wkts	0	164	20.0	20.0	Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
4	Zimbabwe	5 wkts	0	141	20.0	20.0	Netherlands	Sylhet	19 Mar 2014

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Zimbabwe	5 wkts	1	139	19.5	20.0	Australia	Cape Town	12 Sep 2007
2	New Zealand	2 wkts	1	136	19.5	20.0	Sri Lanka	Providence	30 Apr 2010
3	West Indies	8 wkts	1	60	05.5	06.0	England	Providence	03 May 2010
4	Australia	3 wkts	1	192	19.5	20.0	Pakistan	Gros Islet	14 May 2010

The tournament has witnessed three tied games which are tabulated below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date
1	India	Pakistan	Durban	14 Sep 2007
2	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
3	New Zealand	West Indies	Pallekele	01 Oct 2012

There are 28 occasions of batsmen aggregating 500 plus runs in the tournament. M Jayawardene of Sri Lanka is the only batsman to total 1000 plus runs in the tournament. He has amassed 1016 runs

The following table lists the nine centurions and eight batsmen who have scored nineties in the tournament. New Zealand batsman BB McCullum’s 123 against Bangladesh at Pallekele on 21.09.12 is the highest individual innings by  a batsman in the tournament.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	BB McCullum	123	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Sep 2012
2	CH Gayle	117	West Indies	South Africa	Jo’burg	11 Sep 2007
3	AD Hales	116*	England	Sri Lanka	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
4	Ahmed Shehzad	111*	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Dhaka	30 Mar 2014
5	Tamim Iqbal	103*	Bangladesh	Oman	Dharamsala	13 Mar 2016
6	JC Buttler	101*	England	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	01 Nov 2021
7	SK Raina	101	India	South Africa	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
8	CH Gayle	100*	West Indies	England	Mumbai	16 Mar 2016
9	M Jayawardene	100	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Providence	03 May 2010

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	LJ Wright	99*	England	Afghanistan	Col-RPS	21 Sep 2012
2	M Jayawardene	98*	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
3	CH Gayle	98	West Indies	India	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
4	TM Dilshan	96*	Sri Lanka	West Indies	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
5	HE van der Dussen	94*	South Africa	England	Sharjah	06 Nov 2021
6	Umar Akmal	94	Pakistan	Australia	Mirpur	23 Mar 2014
7	MJ Guptill	93	New Zealand	Scotland	Dub-DSC	03 Nov 2021
8	HH Gibbs	90*	South Africa	West Indies	Jo’burg	11 Sep 2007

CH Gayle of West Indies is the only batsman in the tournament to score centuries on two occasions.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	CH Gayle	117	West Indies	South Africa	Jo’burg	11 Sep 2007
2	CH Gayle	100*	West Indies	England	Mumbai	16 Mar 2016

CH Gayle of West Indies and M Jayawardene of Sri Lanka are the only two batsmen to socre a century and ninety in the tournament.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	CH Gayle	117	West Indies	South Africa	Jo’burg	11 Sep 2007
2	CH Gayle	100*	West Indies	England	Mumbai	16 Mar 2016
3	CH Gayle	98	West Indies	India	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
1	M Jayawardene	100	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Providence	03 May 2010
2	M Jayawardene	98*	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Bridgetown	07 May 2010

CH Gayle is the only batsman to witness his century in a losing cause in the tournament. His 117 against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07 was in a losing cause.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	CH Gayle	117	West Indies	South Africa	Jo’burg	11 Sep 2007

CH Gayle of West Indies owns the record of scoring most boundary sixes in the tournament. He has scored 63 boundary sixes and remains the only batsman to score 50 plus boundary sixes in the tournament.

M Jayawardene {111} and TM Dilshan {101} are the two batsmen who have scored 100 plus boundary fours in the tournament. M Jayawardene wirh 111 boundary fours owns the record for scoring most boundary fours in the tournament.

V Kohli is the only batsman to score 250 plus runs in two separate editions of the tournament.

No	Player	Team	Edition	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	V Kohli	Ind	2013-14	6	6	3	319	77	106.33	0	4	0	24	10
2	V Kohli	Ind	2015-16	5	5	3	273	89*	136.50	0	3	0	29	5

V Kohli owns the record for scoring most runs in an edition in the tournament. He scored 319 runs in 2013-14 edition of the tournament.

CH Gayle of West Indies is the only batsman to score ten or more boundary sixes in an innings on two occasions in the tournament

No	Player	Runs	6s	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	CH Gayle	100*	11	West Indies	England	Mumbai	16 Mar 2016
2	CH Gayle	117	10	West Indies	South Africa	Jo’burg	11 Sep 2007

CH Gayle owns the record for scoring most boundary sixes in an innings in the tournament. He scored eleven boundary sixes against England at Mumbai on 16.03.16

V  Kohli {319}, TM Dishan {317}, Babar Azam {303} and M Jayawardene {302} are the four batsmen to total 300 plus runs in an edition of the tournament.

No	Player	Team	Edition	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	V Kohli	Ind	2013-14	6	6	3	319	77	106.33	0	4	0	24	10
2	TM Dilshan	Srl	2009	7	7	1	317	96*	52.83	0	3	2	46	03
3	Babar Azam	Pak	2021-22	6	6	1	303	70	60.60	0	4	0	28	05
4	M Jayawardene	Srl	2010	6	6	1	302	100	60.40	1	2	0	29	11

V Kohli is the only batsman to score ten fifties in the tournament. All his ten fifties are half centuries. CH Gayles has scored nine fifties in the tournament {02C + 07HC}

Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh owns the record for most wickets in the tournament. He has captured 41 wickets and is the only bowler to capture 40 plus wickets in the tournament.

The following bowlers have captured five or more wickets in an inningd in the tournament.

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	BAW Mendis	4.0	2	8	6	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Hambantota	18 Sep 2012
2	HMRKB Herath	3.3	2	3	5	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Chattogram	31 Mar 2014
3	Umar Gul	3.0	0	6	5	Pakistan	New Zealand	The Oval	13 Jun 2009
4	Ahsan Malik	4.0	0	19	5	Netherlands	South Africa	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
5	A Zampa	4.0	0	19	5	Australia	Bangladesh	Dub-DSC	04 Nov 2021
6	Mujeeb Ur Rehman	4.0	0	20	5	Afghanistan	Scotland	Sharjah	25 Oct 2021
7	Mustafizur Rahman	4.0	0	22	5	Bangladesh	New Zealand	Kolkata	26 Mar 2016
8	JP Faulkner	4.0	0	27	5	Australia	Pakistan	Mohali	25 Mar 2016
9	SL Malinga	4.0	0	31	5	Sri Lanka	England	Pallekele	01 Oct 2012

BAW Mendis of Sri Lanka owns the record for most wickets in the tournament. He captured six wickets conceding eight runs against Zimbabwe at Hambantota on 18.09.12. He is the only bowler to account for six wickets in an innings in the tournament.

The tournament has witnessed 61 occasions of bowlers capturing four or more wickets in an innings. It includes one occasion of a bowler capturing six wickets in an innings, eight occasions of bowler capturing five wickets in an innings and 52 occaions of bowler capturing four wickets in an innings.

The tournament has witnessed 12 occasions of a bowler’s four wicket haul in a losing cause of which two are five wicket hauls and remaining ten are four wicket hauls.

The following five bowlers have conceded 60 plus runs in an innings in the tournament. It is interesting to note that these five bowlers went wicketless while conceding 60 plus runs

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	4.0	0	64	0	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Jo’burg	17 Sep 2007
2	Mashrafe Mortaza	4.0	0	63	0	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Dhaka	30 Mar 2014
3	LN Onyango	4.0	0	61	0	Kenya	Sri Lanka	Jo’burg	14 Sep 2007
4	SCJ Broad	4.0	0	60	0	England	India	Durban	19 Sep 2007
5	MA Starc	4.0	0	60	0	Australia	New Zealand	Dub-DSC	14 Nov 2021

ST Jayasuriys of Sri Lanka owns the record for conceding most runs in an innings and also the record for conceding most runs in an innings without a wicket. He returned with none for 64 against Pakistan at Johannesburg on 17.09.07.

There are 32 occasions of bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in an innings and 20 occasions of bowlers conceding 50 plus runs in an innings without a wicket in the tournament.

The tournament has witnessed 38 occasions of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in an innings in the tournament

166 runs partnership between M Jayawardene and KC Sangakkara for the second wicket in the game between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Bridgetown on 07.05.10 is the highest partnership of the tournament.

There are 255 occasions of batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the tournament.  There are 13 occasions of batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament. There are two occasions of batsmen dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament.

There are 126 occasions of opening batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the tournament.  There are six occasions of opening batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament. There are two occasions of opening batsmen dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament.

There are 32 occasions of captain scoring fifties in an innings in the tournament.  There is one occasion of captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament. There is one occasion of captain dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament.

There are nine occasions of captain opening batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the tournament.  There is one occasion of captain opening batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament. There is one occasion of captain opening batsmen dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament.

There are 22 occasions of wicket keeper batsman scoring fifties in an innings in the tournament.  There are no occasion of wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament. There is no occasions of wicket keeper batsman dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament.

There are 15 occasions of wicket keeper opening batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the tournament.  There is no occasion of wicket keeper opening batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament. There is one occasion of wicket keeper opening batsmen dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty in an innings in the tournament.