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T20 World Cup records: Best batting, bowling and team numbers in history ahead of 2022 tournament

The T20 World Cup began this month with a real shock as the competition’s most successful team suffered defeat to a real underdog.

Sri Lanka, who have more wins than anyone else at this event, faced Namibia at Kardinia Park in the opening match of the 2022 tournament in Australia and were remarkably beaten by 55 runs.

More surprises have followed, including England’s defeat to Ireland and a quite spectacular finish to Pakistan vs. India, when Virat Kohli somehow inspired a victory in the final over.

Kohli and Sri Lanka are among the prominent features in a list of T20 World Cup record-breakers, in which some of the greatest players and teams the short format has ever seen have achieved moments of history.

Most recently, Rilee Rossouw and Quinton de Kock enjoyed the biggest run partnership in the competition’s history as South Africa powered to victory over Bangladesh. That record was then broken by Jos Buttler and Alex Hales in England’s brilliant semi-final win over India.

The highest partnership in #T20WorldCup history inspires England to a stunning win over India in the semi-finals in Adelaide 😍#INDvENG | 📝: https://t.co/HlaLdf632a pic.twitter.com/B9smQSPWx3— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) November 10, 2022

T20 World Cup records: Batting

Most runs

PlayerTeamRuns
1.Virat KohliIndia1,141
2.Mahela JayawardeneSri Lanka1,016
3.Chris GayleWest Indies965
4.Rohit SharmaIndia963
5.Tillakaratne DilshanSri Lanka897

Highest innings score

PlayerTeamRunsMatch
1.Brendon McCullumNew Zealand123vs. Bangladesh, Sep. 2012
2.Chris GayleWest Indies117vs. South Africa, Sep. 2007
3.Alex HalesEngland116vs. Sri Lanka, March 2014
4.Ahmed ShehzadPakistan111vs. Bangladesh, March 2014
5.Rilee RoussouwSouth Africa109vs. Bangladesh, October 2022

Highest-scoring innings partnership

PlayersTeamRunsMatch
1.Jos Butterl/Alex HalesEngland170vs. India, Nov. 2022
2.Quinton de Kock/Rilee RossouwSouth Africa168vs. Bangladesh, Oct. 2022
3.Mahela Jayawardene/Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka166vs. West Indies, May 2010
4.Mohammad Rizwan/Babar AzamPakistan152vs. India, Oct. 2021
=Alex Hales/Eoin MorganEngland152vs. Sri Lanka, Mar. 2014

1 – @Rileerr has become the first South African batter to register a ton in men’s @T20WorldCup and only the second batter to do so in consecutive innings of men’s T20Is after France’s Gustav McKeon. History. #T20WorldCup #SAvBAN pic.twitter.com/TH0nbHAr8G— OptaJim (@OptaJim) October 27, 2022

Best batting average

PlayerTeamAv. score (min. 10 innings)
1.Virat KohliIndia83.92
2.Michael HusseyAustralia54.62
3.Kevin PietersenEngland44.61
4.Mohammad RizwanPakistan42.66
5.JP DuminySouth Africa40.57

Best strike rate

PlayerTeamAv. strike rate (min. 125 balls faced)
1.Suryakuma YadavIndia184.13
2.Darren SammyWest Indies164.12
3.Shahid AfridiPakistan154.23
4.Marcus StoinisAustralia151.47
5.Imran NazirPakistan150.00

Most fours

PlayerTeamFours
1.Mahela JayawardeneSri Lanka111
2.Virat KohliIndia103
3.Tillakaratne DilshanSri Lanka101
4.Rohit SharmaIndia91
5.David WarnerAustralia86

Most sixes

PlayerTeamSixes
1.Chris GayleWest Indies63
2.Rohit SharmaIndia35
3.Yuvraj SinghIndia33
4.Shane WatsonAustralia31
=David WarnerAustralia31

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Most 50s

PlayerTeam50+ scores
1.Virat KohliIndia13
2.Chris GayleWest Indies9
=.Rohit SharmaIndia9
4.Mahela JayawardeneSri Lanka7
5.David Warner/Tillakaratne DilshanAustralia/Sri Lanka6

T20 World Cup records: Bowling

Most wickets

PlayerTeamWickets
1.Shakib Al HasanBangladesh47
2.Shahid AfridiPakistan39
3.Lasith MalingaSri Lanka38
4.Saeed AjmalPakistan36
5.Ajantha Mendis/Umar GulSri Lanka/Pakistan35

Best innings figures

PlayerTeamInnings figureMatch
1.Ajantha MendisSri Lanka6/8vs. Zimbabwe, Sep. 2012
2.Rangana HerathSri Lanka5/3vs. New Zealand, Mar. 2014
3.Umar GulPakistan5/6vs. New Zealand, Jun. 2009
4.Sam CurranEngland5/10vs. Afghanistan, Oct. 2022
5.Ahsan MalikNetherlands5/19vs. South Africa, Mar. 2014

Best bowling economy

PlayerTeamEc. rate (min. 250 deliveries)
1.Sunil NarineWest Indies5.17
2.Samuel BadreeWest Indies5.52
3.Wanindu HasarangaSri Lanka5.81
4.Daniel VettoriNew Zealand5.83
5.Nathan McCullumNew Zealand5.94

Best bowling strike rate

PlayerTeamStrike rate (min. 250 deliveries)
1.Wanindu HasarangaSri Lanka11.8
2.Adam ZampaAustralia13.0
3.Trent BoultAustralia13.4
=Ajantha MendisSri Lanka13.4
5.Wayne ParnellSouth Africa13.9

Best average

PlayerTeamAverage (min. 250 deliveries)
1.Wanindu HasarangaSri Lanka11.45
2.Adam ZampaAustralia13.30
3.Samuel BadreeWest Indies13.58
4.Trent BoultAustralia14.47
5.Ajantha MendisSri Lanka15.02

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T20 World Cup records: Team

Most wins

TeamMatchesWins
1.Sri Lanka5031
2.India4327
3.Pakistan4527
4.Australia4025
5.South Africa4024

Best win percentage

TeamMatchesWin % (min. 10 matches)
1.India4365.47
2.Australia4062.5
3.Sri Lanka5161.76
4.South Africa4061.53
5.Pakistan4561.11

Biggest win (runs)

TeamOppositionWinning margin (runs)Year
1.Sri LankaKenya1722007
2.South AfricaScotland1302009
=AfghanistanScotland1302021
4.EnglandAfghanistan1162012
5.South AfricaBangladesh1042022

Highest innings total

TeamOppositionTotal runsYear
1.Sri LankaKenya260-6 (20 overs)2007
2.EnglandSouth Africa230-8 (19.4 overs)2016
3.South AfricaEngland229-4 (20 overs)2016
4.IndiaEngland218-4 (20 overs)2007
5.South AfricaScotland211-5 (20 overs)2009

Lowest innings total

TeamOppositionTotal runsYear
1.NetherlandsSri Lanka39 (10.3 overs)2014
2.NetherlandsSri Lanka44 (10 overs)2021
3.West IndiesEngland55 (14.2 overs)2021
4.ScotlandAfghanistan60 (10.2 overs)2014
5.New ZealandSri Lanka60 (15.3 overs)2021

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