Whether
it’s
Yuvraj
Singh’s
six
sixes,
Umar
Gul
taking
five
for
six
or
Carlos
Brathwaite
making
sure
we
will
always
remember
his
name,
the
biggest
T20
moments
invariably
happened
at
the
World
Cup.

Five
different
teams
have
lifted
the
trophy
and,
after
this
tournament,
an
impressive
21
nations
will
have
appeared
at
some
stage,
making
it
a
proven
petri
dish
for
the
growth
of
the
game.

We
have
seen
teams
score
260
and
39,
combine
for
459
runs
in
a
single
night,
the
Netherlands
beat
England
and
Zimbabwe
beat
Australia.
It’s
as
unpredictable
as
it
is
compelling.

So,
here’s
a
quick
look
back
at
the
previous
editions
of
the
T20
World
Cup.

2007
—
Winner,
India

The
first
ICC
Men’s
T20
World
Cup
was
always
going
to
be
special.
Two
unforgettable
weeks
in
South
Africa
began
with
Chris
Gayle
striking
the
first-ever
international
T20
century
in
the
opening
game.

The
Universe
Boss
plundered
10
sixes
against
the
hosts
in
a
brutal
117,
coming
off
57
balls
and
in
a
stunning
partnership
of
145
for
the
first
wicket.
Two
days
later,
Gayle
fell
for
a
third-ball
duck
and
West
Indies
slipped
to
a
shock
defeat
to
Bangladesh,
who
chased
down
165
with
two
overs
to
spare.

The
upsets
didn’t
end
there
as
Zimbabwe
stunned
Australia
to
claim
their
first
win
over
an
ICC
full
member
in
four
years,
with
Brendan
Taylor
to
the
fore
with
an
unbeaten
64.

Pakistan
won
all
three
of
their
games
in
the
Super
8
stage,
as
skipper
Shoaib
Malik
led
from
the
front
and
Gul
was
potent
with
the
ball
to
down
New
Zealand
and
reach
the
final.

Yuvraj
Singh
was
the
defining
player
of
the
tournament,
starring
with
70
from
30
balls
in
a
semifinal
win
over
Australia
that
set
up
a
final
between
cricket’s
greatest
rivals,
won
by
India
by
just
five
runs.
Meanwhile,
his
six
sixes
in
an
over
against
England
made
the
legend
of
Yuvraj.

Herschelle
Gibbs
was
the
only
batter
to
have
done
it
in
international
cricket
before
Stuart
Broad
bounded
in
to
bowl
to
Yuvraj
in
their
group
stage
clash.

An
altercation
with
Andrew
Flintoff
served
only
to
fire
up
the
Indian
legend
and
Broad’s
bowling
was
soon
carted
to
all
four
corners
of
Kingsmead.
Yuvraj
reached
50
in
12
balls
and
wrote
a
chapter
of
still
unmatched
T20
history.

2009
—
Winner,
Pakistan

T20
cricket
was
born
in
England
and
that
was
where
it
returned
for
the
second
edition
of
its
biggest
tournament.
But
simply
saying
the
word
‘Netherlands’ is
enough
to
send
a
shiver
down
the
spine
of
any
English
cricket
fan.

For
the
standout
moment
of
the
2009
World
Cup,
you
only
have
to
look
as
far
as
the
first
game
when
the
Dutch
claimed
an
incredible
four-wicket
victory
at
Lord’s.

Later
on,
Gayle
would
be
a
headline
act
once
again,
thumping
88
from
50
balls
against
Australia
with
sixes
that
broke
records
for
the
furthest
Oval
crowds
had
seen
the
ball
travel
at
the
historic
ground.

Packed
English
crowds
watched
on
as
Australia
were
beaten
by
a
Kumar
Sangakkara-inspired
Sri
Lanka
to
fall
at
the
first
hurdle
in
the
group
stage.

Ireland
downed
Bangladesh
by
six
wickets
to
reach
the
Super
8
stage
on
their
maiden
World
Cup
appearance,
where
they
were
placed
in
a
tough
group
alongside
both
eventual
finalists.

The
hosts
claimed
a
thrilling
three-run
win
over
India
in
the
Super
8s
but
finished
third
in
their
group
to
miss
out
on
the
final
four.

All
of
the
youngsters
watching
tried
to
recreate
the
‘Dilscoop’
as
Tillakaratne
Dilshan
lit
up
the
event,
making
an
unbeaten
96
to
down
West
Indies
in
the
semifinal
and
ending
as
top
run
scorer.

Shahid
Afridi
hit
his
straps
with
bat
and
ball
in
the
knockout
stages
and
made
half-centuries
in
the
semifinals
and
final
as
Pakistan
beat
Sri
Lanka
by
eight
wickets
in
a
low-scoring
Lord’s
affair.

2010
—
Winner,
England

England
ended
their
long
wait
for
a
win
in
an
ICC-sanctioned
global
limited-overs
event
as
they
dispatched
arch-rivals
Australia
to
be
crowned
champions
in
the
West
Indies.

Kevin
Pietersen
was
named
the
man
of
the
tournament
for
his
contribution
to
England’s
triumph,
finishing
with
248
runs
from
six
matches
despite
getting
off
to
a
slow
start.

His
vital
stand
of
111
with
Craig
Kieswetter
against
Australia
was
his
most
decisive
contribution,
scoring
47
from
31
balls
to
help
England
claim
their
first
major
ICC
tournament
win.

In
the
group
stages,
Paul
Collingwood’s
side
progressed
from
Group
D
in
second
behind
the
West
Indies
after
a
Duckworth-Lewis
induced
loss
to
the
hosts
and
a
no-result
against
Ireland.

But
England
came
alive
in
the
knockout
stages,
topping
their
Super
8s
group
with
victories
over
defending
champions
Pakistan
and
one
of
the
pre-tournament
favourites,
South
Africa.

Pietersen
missed
England’s
final
Super
8
game
to
attend
the
birth
of
his
first
child
but
returned
for
their
semifinal
against
Sri
Lanka
and
struck
an
unbeaten
42
off
26
balls
in
the
victory.

On
the
other
side
of
the
draw,
Australia
also
topped
their
group
to
progress
along
with
Sri
Lanka
as
the
West
Indies
and
2007
champions
India
bowed
out.

Australia
then
won
a
thrilling
contest
against
Pakistan
to
reach
the
final
where
they
came
up
short
against
England,
who
chased
down
148
to
take
the
title
with
a
seven-wicket
win.

2012
—
Winner,
West
Indies

The
first
T20
World
Cup
to
be
held
in
an
Asian
country
delivered
another
first-time
champion
as
the
West
Indies
clinched
their
maiden
title.

Having
honed
their
skills
in
the
sub-continental
conditions
of
the
IPL,
Gayle,
Kieron
Pollard
and
Sunil
Narine
transferred
them
to
the
biggest
stage
in
sensational
fashion.

Darren
Sammy’s
men
were
consistent
from
start
to
finish
as
they
ended
an
eight-year
wait
for
global
silverware
following
West
Indies’
ICC
Champions
Trophy
victory
in
2004.

Windies
finished
second
in
their
group
behind
Australia
before
also
finishing
runners-up
in
their
Super
8s
group
behind
Sri
Lanka,
who
won
their
first
meeting
by
nine
wickets.

The
other
group
saw
table-toppers
Australia
progress
along
with
Pakistan,
with
the
latter
falling
at
the
semifinal
hurdle
to
Sri
Lanka
in
a
narrow
16-run
defeat.

The
West
Indies
turned
on
the
style
in
their
last-four
encounter
with
Australia,
with
Gayle’s
electrifying
unbeaten
75
from
41
balls
helping
his
side
storm
into
the
final
with
a
74-run
victory.

But
it
was
Marlon
Samuels
who
took
centre
stage
in
the
silverware
showpiece,
striking
78
from
56
balls
in
Colombo
to
fire
Windies
to
a
memorable
36-run
success.

2014
—
Winner,
Sri
Lanka

Sri
Lanka
finally
shed
their
reputation
as
the
nearly
men
by
winning
the
2014
ICC
T20
World
Cup,
beating
India
by
six
wickets
in
the
final
in
Bangladesh.

Since
lifting
the
1996
50-over
World
Cup,
Sri
Lanka
had
lost
in
the
2007
and
2011
finals
while
also
finishing
as
runners-up
in
the
2009
and
2012
T20
editions,
the
latter
on
home
soil.

It
was
Englishman
Paul
Farbrace
who
steered
them
to
glory
with
the
whole
team
chipping
in.
In
the
final,
it
was
the
death
bowling
of
Lasith
Malinga
and
Nuwan
Kulasekara
that
restricted
India
to
130-4
and
an
unbeaten
52
off
35
balls
from
Kumar
Sangakkara
saw
his
side
home.

Virat
Kohli
had
made
a
half-century
of
his
own
with
77
off
58
in
India’s
innings
and
finished
the
tournament
as
the
leading
run-scorer
with
319
at
a
mightily
impressive
average
of
106.33.

South
Africa’s
leg-spinner
Imran
Tahir
and
Ahsan
Malik,
of
surprise
package
the
Netherlands,
jointly
topped
the
leading
wicket-takers
with
12
apiece.

Alex
Hales
blasted
116
to
register
England’s
first
T20I
century
in
a
victory
over
eventual
champions
Sri
Lanka
but
it
was
their
only
win
of
a
disappointing
tournament
that
ended
at
the
Super
10s
stage
and
included
another
defeat
to
the
Netherlands.

2016
—
Winner,
West
Indies

The
West
Indies
entered
unchartered
territory
with
a
sensational
T20
World
Cup
win
in
2016
in
India,
becoming
the
first
side
to
claim
the
title
twice.

Marlon
Samuels
had
blasted
his
nation
to
glory
in
2012
and
he
was
at
it
again
four
years
later,
scoring
85
off
just
66
balls
to
pick
up
his
second
player
of
the
match
gong
in
a
T20
World
Cup
final
after
the
four-wicket
win
over
England.

Samuels
may
have
been
player
of
the
match
but
there
was
no
question
who
had
the
champagne
moment
in
the
final.

Big-hitting
all-rounder
Carlos
Brathwaite
went
from
virtual
unknown
to
cricketing
superstar
as
he
smoked
Ben
Stokes
for
four
consecutive
sixes
in
the
final
over.

After
2014,
2016
was
the
second
tournament
to
feature
16
teams
and
Afghanistan
were
the
main
beneficiaries
as
the
only
associate
nation
to
make
it
to
the
Super
10s.

All-rounder
Mohammad
Nabi
topped
the
bowling
rankings
with
12
scalps
and
bowled
expertly
in
tandem
with
17-year-old
leg-spinning
sensation
Rashid
Khan
who
claimed
11
victims.

India’s
Kohli
was
again
in
supreme
form
making
82
not
out
against
Australia
to
ensure
his
side
made
the
semi-finals.

In
the
last
four,
he
struck
an
unbeaten
89
and
although
his
team
came
up
short
against
West
Indies,
he
was
named
player
of
the
tournament
having
made
273
runs
at
136.50
in
five
innings.

Bangladesh’s
Tamim
Iqbal
pipped
Kohli
to
top
spot
in
the
batting
rankings
with
295
runs
at
73.75.