Pakistan at the ICC 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

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	Champions
	Runners-up
	Semi-finals
	Host

T20 World Cup record
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
		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	2	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
	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
	1	1	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	50	29	19	0	0	2	58.00
Source:^[1] Last Updated: 11 June 2024

Tournament results

South Africa 2007

See main article: 2007 ICC World Twenty20.

Squad

• Shoaib Malik (c)
• Abdur Rehman
• Fawad Alam
• Iftikhar Anjum
• Kamran Akmal (wk)
• Misbah-ul-Haq
• Mohammad Asif
• Mohammad Hafeez
• Salman Butt
• Shahid Afridi
• Sohail Tanvir
• Umar Gul
• Yasir Arafat
• Younis Khan

Results

England 2009

See main article: 2009 ICC World Twenty20.

Squad

• Younis Khan (c)
• Ahmed Shehzad
• Fawad Alam
• Iftikhar Anjum
• Kamran Akmal (wk)
• Misbah-ul-Haq
• Mohammad Amir
• Saeed Ajmal
• Salman Butt
• Shahid Afridi
• Shoaib Malik
• Shahzaib Hasan
• Sohail Tanvir
• Umar Gul
• Yasir Arafat
• Abdul Razzaq

Results

West Indies 2010

See main article: 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

Squad

• Shahid Afridi (c)
• Abdul Razzaq
• Hammad Azam
• Fawad Alam
• Iftikhar Anjum
• Kamran Akmal (wk)
• Khalid Latif
• Misbah-ul-Haq
• Mohammad Amir
• Mohammad Asif
• Mohammad Hafeez
• Saeed Ajmal
• Salman Butt
• Umar Akmal
• Mohammad Sami
• Abdur Rehman

Results

Sri Lanka 2012

See main article: 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

Squad

• Mohammad Hafeez (c)
• Shahid Afridi
• Saeed Ajmal
• Kamran Akmal (wk)
• Umar Akmal
• Yasir Arafat
• Umar Gul
• Raza Hasan
• Nasir Jamshed
• Shoaib Malik
• Imran Nazir
• Mohammad Sami
• Abdul Razzaq
• Asad Shafiq
• Sohail Tanvir

Results

Bangladesh 2014

See main article: 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

Squad

• Mohammad Hafeez (c)
• Shahid Afridi
• Saeed Ajmal
• Kamran Akmal (wk)
• Umar Akmal
• Bilawal Bhatti
• Zulfiqar Babar
• Umar Gul
• Sharjeel Khan
• Junaid Khan
• Shoaib Malik
• Sohaib Maqsood
• Ahmed Shehzad
• Mohammad Talha
• Sohail Tanvir

Results

India 2016

See main article: 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

Squad

• Shahid Afridi (c)
• Sarfraz Ahmed (vc, wk)
• Anwar Ali
• Umar Akmal
• Mohammad Amir
• Mohammad Hafeez
• Mohammad Irfan
• Sharjeel Khan
• Khalid Latif
• Shoaib Malik
• Mohammad Nawaz
• Wahab Riaz
• Ahmed Shehzad
• Mohammad Sami
• Imad Wasim

Results

Oman & UAE 2021

See main article: 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Squad

• Babar Azam (c)
• Shadab Khan (vc)
• Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk)
• Shaheen Afridi
• Asif Ali
• Hasan Ali
• Haider Ali
• Mohammad Hafeez
• Shoaib Malik
• Mohammad Nawaz
• Haris Rauf
• Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
• Mohammad Wasim Jr.
• Imad Wasim
• Fakhar Zaman

Results

Australia 2022

See main article: 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Squad

• Babar Azam (c)
• Shadab Khan (vc)
• Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk)
• Shaheen Afridi
• Iftikhar Ahmed
• Asif Ali
• Haider Ali
• Mohammad Haris
• Mohammad Hasnain
• Shan Masood
• Mohammad Nawaz
• Haris Rauf
• Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
• Khushdil Shah
• Naseem Shah
• Mohammad Wasim

Results

United States & West Indies 2024

See main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Squad

• Babar Azam (c)
• Saim Ayub
• Shaheen Afridi
• Abbas Afridi
• Abrar Ahmed
• Iftikhar Ahmed
• Mohammad Amir
• Azam Khan (wk)
• Shadab Khan
• Usman Khan (wk)
• Haris Rauf
• Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
• Naseem Shah
• Imad Wasim
• Fakhar Zaman

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
34		2007-2016
		2007-2021
30		2007-2014
		2007-2021
24		2007-2014
Last updated: 4 November 2022^[2]

Most runs

No.	Player	Runs	Average	HS	100	50	4s	6s	Years
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
align=center	39		4/11	2007–2016
align=center	36		4/19	2009–2014
align=center	35		5/6	2007–2014
align=center	20		4/26	2021–2022
align=center	18		4/22	2021–2022
Last updated: 4 November 2022^[4]

See also

• Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup
• ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aggregate/overall records Twenty20 Internationals Cricinfo Statsguru ESPNcricinfo.com. Cricinfo. 3 June 2024.
2. Web site: Individual Most Matches Career - Pakistan. ESPNcricinfo. 15 June 2024.
3. Web site: Batting Most Runs Career - Pakistan. ESPNcricinfo. 15 June 2024.
4. Web site: Bowling Most Wickets Career - Pakistan. ESPNcricinfo. 15 June 2024.