T20 World Cup Records: Most Titles, Runs, Wickets, Sixes, Highest Total, Biggest Win, Best Figures

The 2026 edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will feature a total of 20 teams, and the matches will be played across five venues in India and three in Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8. World No.

1 T20I team India will start as the favorites for the title, along with Australia, England, South Africa, and New Zealand.

So far in the history of the T20 World Cup, no host nation has ever managed to win an ICC trophy, and also no team has successfully managed to defend their title. Surya’s men will not just have to get the better of opposition teams in front of home fans but will also have to do what no other team in the past managed to.

This year’s T20 World Cup is expected to witness many high-scoring matches, and players will aim to break multiple records (in batting and bowling) to enter their names in the record books.

Here’s a look the major records and record holders in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup:

Most titles: 2 each for India, the West Indies, and England.

Most final appearances: 3 each for India, Pakistan, England, and Sri Lanka.

Most matches (team): 54 by Sri Lanka.

Most matches (player): 47 by Rohit Sharma of India.

Most matches (as captain): 33 matches by MS Dhoni of India.

Most wins (team): 35 wins in 52 matches by India.

Most wins (as player): 33 wins in 47 matches for Rohit Sharma of India.

Most wins (as captain): 20 wins in 33 matches for MS Dhoni of India.

Most defeats (team): 32 losses in 45 matches for Bangladesh.

Most defeats (as player): 30 losses in 43 matches for Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.

Most defeats (as captain): 11 losses in 33 matches for MS Dhoni of India.

Most wins (in one edition): 8 wins in 8 matches by India in 2024.

Highest total: 260/6 in 20 overs by Sri Lanka against Kenya in Johannesburg on September 14, 2007.

Lowest total: 39/10 in 10.3 overs by the Netherlands against Sri Lanka in Chattogram on March 24, 2014.

Biggest win (by runs): Sri Lanka beat Kenya by 172 runs in Johannesburg on September 14, 2007.

Biggest win (by wickets): England beat India by 10 wickets (169-run target) in Adelaide on November 10, 2022.

Biggest win (balls remaining): England beat Oman by 8 wickets (chased 48-run target in 3.1 overs; 101 balls remaining) in North Sound on June 13, 2024.

Smallest win (by runs): South Africa beat Nepal by 1 run (116-run target) in Kingstown on June 14, 2024.

Smallest win (by wickets): Hong Kong beat Bangladesh by 2 wickets (109-run target) in Chattogram on March 20, 2014.

Smallest win (by balls remaining): Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 5 wickets (chased 141-run target in 20 overs; 0 balls remaining) in Sylhet on March 19, 2014.

Most runs: Virat Kohli (1292 runs in 35 matches for India).

Highest individual score: 123 runs from 58 balls by Brendon McCullum of New Zealand against Bangladesh in Pallekele on September 21, 2012.

Highest average (minimum 5 innings): 88.33 by Matthew Hayden of Australia (265 runs in six matches).

Highest strike rate (minimum 500 balls): 147.23 by Jos Buttler of England (1013 runs in 35 matches).

Most 100s: 2 centuries in 33 matches by Chris Gayle of the West Indies.

Most 50s: 15 half-centuries in 35 matches by Virat Kohli of India.

Most ducks: 5 zeroes each by Shahid Afridi of Pakistan and Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka.

Most sixes: 63 maximums in 33 matches by Chris Gayle of the West Indies.

Most sixes in an innings: 11 sixes by Chris Gayle of the West Indies during his 100-run knock from 48 balls against England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 16, 2016.

Most runs in one edition: 319 runs in six matches by Virat Kohli for India in the T20 World Cup 2014.

Most wickets: Shakib Al Hasan (50 wickets in 43 matches for Bangladesh).

Best bowling figures: 6/8 in 4 overs by Ajantha Mendis for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in Hambantota on September 18, 2012.

Most four-wicket hauls: 3 four-fers each for Anrich Nortje (South Africa), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan), and Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh).

Most wickets in one edition: 17 wickets each for Arshdeep Singh (India) and Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) in eight matches (2024 T20 World Cup).

Most dismissals: 32 (21 catches and 11 stumpings) in 33 matches by MS Dhoni for India.

Most catches: 25 catches in 41 matches by David Warner of Australia.

Highest partnership: 170 runs for the 1st wicket between Alex Hales and Jos Buttler of England against India in Adelaide on November 10, 2022.