Pakistan at the Men's T20 World Cup explained
The Pakistan national cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they are nicknamed as the Shaheens. The team has qualified for all the eight editions of the tournament, and were the champions of the second edition of the T20 World Cup in 2009, after defeating Sri Lanka in the final. Besides this victory, they have been the runners-up twice in 2007 and 2022 losing to India and England respectively. Pakistan have reached the semifinals in 2010, 2012 and 2021. In eight editions that they have contested, the team has a win-loss record of 28–18 in 47 matches.
T20 World Cup record
style="background:gold" width="20" | Champions |
| Runners-up |
| Semi-finals |
| Host | |
T20 World Cup record |
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width=300 | Year | width=250 | Round | width=100 | Position | width=50 | GP | width=50 | W | width=50 | L | width=50 | T | width=50 | NR | width=50 | Squad |
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| | 2/12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Squad |
2009 | Champions | 1/12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| Super 10 | 5/16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| Super 10 | 7/16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| Semi-finals | 3/16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| | 2/16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| Group Stage | 11/20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Squad |
| TBA |
2028 |
2030 |
Total | 9/9 | 1 Title | 51 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 | | |
Record by opponents
Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Win % | First played |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 | 2007 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2024 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2009 |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.50 | 2007 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 | 2007 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2007 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2014 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2022 |
Total | 51 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58.00 | |
Source:[1] Last Updated: 11 June 2024 |
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Tournament results
South Africa 2007
- Squad
- Results
England 2009
- Squad
- Results
West Indies 2010
- Squad
- Results
Sri Lanka 2012
- Squad
- Results
Bangladesh 2014
- Squad
- Results
India 2016
- Squad
- Results
Oman & UAE 2021
- Squad
- Results
Australia 2022
- Squad
- Results
United States & West Indies 2024
- Squad
- Results
Records and statistics
Most appearances
This list consists players with most number of matches at the T20 World Cup. Shahid Afridi has played the most matches(34), Babar Azam has captained the team most times(13).
Matches | Player | Years |
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34 | | 2007-2016 |
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| 2007-2021 |
30 | | 2007-2014 |
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| 2007-2021 |
24 | | 2007-2014 |
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Last updated: 4 November 2022[2] | |
Most runs
No. | Player | Runs | Average | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Years |
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align=center | 1 | | align=center | 646 | 34.00 | 57 | | 3 | 47 | 17 | 2007–2021 |
align=center | 2 | | align=center | 546 | 18.82 | | | 2 | 49 | 21 | 2007–2016 |
align=center | 3 | | align=center | 524 | 20.96 | 73 | | 3 | 50 | 16 | 2007–2014 |
align=center | 4 | | align=center | 511 | 21.29 | 64 | | 1 | 56 | 11 | 2007–2021 |
align=center | 5 | | align=center | 486 | 34.71 | 94 | | 3 | 32 | 19 | 2010–2016 |
Last updated: 4 November 2022[3] | |
Most wickets
Wickets | Player | | Years |
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align=center | 39 | | 4/11 | 2007–2016 |
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align=center | 36 | | 4/19 | 2009–2014 |
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align=center | 35 | | 5/6 | 2007–2014 |
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align=center | 20 | | 4/26 | 2021–2022 |
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align=center | 18 | | 4/22 | 2021–2022 |
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Last updated: 4 November 2022[4] | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Aggregate/overall records Twenty20 Internationals Cricinfo Statsguru ESPNcricinfo.com. Cricinfo. 3 June 2024.
- Web site: Individual Most Matches Career - Pakistan. ESPNcricinfo. 15 June 2024.
- Web site: Batting Most Runs Career - Pakistan. ESPNcricinfo. 15 June 2024.
- Web site: Bowling Most Wickets Career - Pakistan. ESPNcricinfo. 15 June 2024.