10 Facts to Know About World T20 2014

1. KANE WILLIAMSON of New Zealand set a new record of scoring the maximum percentage of runs for any team when he scored 70% of his team’s total of 60 against Sri Lanka at Chittagong in 2014.

2. DINESH RAMDIN of West Indies and KAMRAN AKMAL of Pakistan share the record of maximum number of stumpings in a T20I game. Ramdin made 4 stumpings against Pakistan at Mirpur in 2014 and Akmal made 4 against Netherland at Lord’s in 2009.

3. NETHERLANDS’ run – rate of 13.95 while chasing 193/4 in 13.5 overs against Ireland is a world record in an uninterrupted match. While considering interrupted matches, New Zealand recorded 90/3 in 6 overs, which is exactly 15 rpo, against Scotland to overhaul their score of 89/4 at The Oval in 2009.

4. SRI LANKA achieved an unusual double record by dismissing teams for the lowest totals in this edition of the World T20. They dismissed Netherlands for 39 which is the lowest by any International team in T20 and when they dismissed New Zealand for 60 later on in the tournament it became the lowest by a test playing nation in a T20I.

5. SRI LANKA has another double of scoring the highest T20 score when they made 260/6 against Kenya in the 2007 edition and dismissing their opponents for the lowest total when they dismissed Netherlands for 39 in the 2014 edition.

6. MAHELA JAYAWARDENE of Sri Lanka has the most runs scored in World T20 with a tally of 1016 over the 5 editions.

7. VIRAT KOHLI of India has the highest tally of runs in a single edition of the World T20 when he amassed a tally of 319 in the 2014 edition eclipsing Tillakartane Dilshan’s record of 317 in 2009 and also averages the most in T20 with 72.00 over the two editions he has figured in.

8. MS DHONI of India has captained the most in World T20s. He has captained his team on 28 occasions in the World Cup alone.

9. KUMAR SANGAKKARA and MAHELA JAYAWARDENE of Sri Lanka joined Jehan Mubarak of Pakistan (2009) and Joginder Sharma of India (2007) by featuring in their last T20 match in World T20 finals victory.

10. LASITH MALINGA of Sri Lanka became the first bowler to captain his side to a World Cup win across all formats when he lead Sri Lanka to the World T20 crown at Dhaka against India in the 2014 edition.