The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020. In 2018, the tournament was rebranded from World Twenty20 to Men's T20 World Cup.
Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh are the only players to have appeared in nine editions of the T20 World Cup out of the 10 editions so far. Rohit Sharma also holds the record for most matches played in the T20 World Cup (47), while MS Dhoni holds the record for most T20 World Cup matches as a captain (33). Virat Kohli has won the most player of the match awards in T20 World Cups (8). R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka has hosted the most T20 World Cup matches (23). Australian umpire Rod Tucker has umpired the most T20 World Cup matches (50), while Simon Taufel has umpired the most T20 World Cup finals (3). England and South Africa scored the highest match aggregate of 459/12 in 2016. England also holds the record for the highest score chased in T20 World Cups for the same match. India has the highest victory percentage in T20 World Cups (71.42%).
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli holds the records for most runs (1,292), fourth most runs in a tournament (319 in 2014),first being Sahibzada Farhan of Pakistan with 383 runs. Kohli has scored most 50+ scores (15), while Chris Gayle of West Indies and Sahibzada Farhan hold the record for most centuries (2). Shakib Al Hasan also holds the record for most wickets (50), while Fazalhaq Farooqi of Afghanistan and Arshdeep Singh of India share the record for most wickets in a tournament (17 each in 2024). Pat Cummins is the only player to have taken more than one hat-trick and has taken 2 hat-tricks both in 2024. South African Quinton de Kock holds the record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper (34) and David Warner of Australia hold the record for most catches by a fielder (25). Former West Indies captain Daren Sammy holds the record for most T20 World Cup titles as a captain, while Marlon Samuels holds the record for most player of the final awards (in 2012 and 2016).
An extra is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball. Other than runs scored off the bat from a no-ball, a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score.