Interesting Stuffs about ICC World T20

1
Top 10 Interesting Facts
2
Highest Runs

• Virat Kohli (319) is the highest run-scorer
  and he achieved it in the 2014 T20 World Cup
  played at Dhaka.

3
Best Bowler

• Sri Lankan off-spinner Ajantha Mendis holds
  the world record with 6 for 8 in a T20 World Cup
  match against Zimbabwe in 2012.

4
Highest Team Total

• Sri Lankas 260/6 against Kenya is the highest
  score ever, achieved in the year 2007 in World
  T20.

5
Fastest Fifty

• Yuvraj Singh is the only cricketer to score
  fastest half-century maker in just 12 deliveries
  in 2007 T20 World Tournament.

6
Most Sixes

• West Indian batsman Chris Gayle holds the
  world record for hitting most sixes (43) in all 5
  editions together in this T20.

7
Highest Score in a Over

• Yuvraj Singh is the only batsman to hit 6
  sixes in 6 balls in the inaugural edition of
  World T20 which was held in the year 2007.

8
Century Scorers

• Chris Gayle (117), Ahmed Shehzad (111),
  McCullum (123), Suresh Raina (101), Mahela
  Jayawardene (100) and Alex Hales (116) are the 6
  batsmens to score centuries.

9
Best Opening Partnership

• West Indies opening pair Chris Gayle and
  Dwayne Smith hold the world record of 145-run
  partnership for the 1st wicket in any T20 world
  cup match.

10
First Hat Trick

• Brett Lee was the first bowler to accomplish
  hat-trick in T20 tournament. He got three wickets
  in 3 balls in a match against Bangladesh in 2007
  T20 World Cup.

11
Most Ducks

• Pakistani batsman Shahid Afridi holds the
  world record for scoring five ducks in the T20
  World Cup.