ICC T20 World Cup is the international cricketing event, which feature cricketing nations from around the world participating in this twenty-twenty format of the game. As the name suggests, the event is organized by ICC or International Cricket Council, the principal governing body in world cricket. The participating teams are a total of 12 in number, with ten of them being the permanent members of ICC, while the remaining two are chosen by the ICC through qualifier matches for the event.
However, in the last event held in 2014, the number of teams participating in it was expanded to 16. The prestigious tournament is scheduled every second year, with an exception of 2020 ICC T20 World Cup, which will be held four years after the previous T20 World Cup, to be held in 2016. The format followed in ICC T20 World Cup starts with round robin, which is followed by Super 8s and then the semi finals and the final, in which the winner is decided. The inaugural event of ICC T20 World Cup was organized in 2007 and till date, five of the events have been conducted with great success.
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Winner Season 1 (2007)
The first season of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup was organized in September 2007, with South Africa hosting the event, though Pakistan was the first choice for it. The finale of the event was held at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, with India being victorious over Pakistan by 5 runs.
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Winner Season 2 (2009)
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Season 2 was held in England in June 2009. The venue of the final match was Lord's, London, with the last year's runner up Pakistan lifting the title in this season, by defeating Sri Lanka in the final match by a huge margin of 8 wickets.
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Winner Season 3 (2010)
The third season of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup was conducted two years later, in May 2010, with West Indies playing the host nation this season. At a gripping final match held at Kensington Oval, Barbados, England defeated Australia by a total of 7 wickets, to emerge as the champion.
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Winner Season 4 (2012)
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Season 4 took place in Sri Lanka in September-October 2012. This year, West Indies created history by defeating Sri Lanka in the final by a margin of 36 runs at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. It was a fruit of great labor for the West Indian team, who were able to make it in a World Cup final after their first victory in 1979 and last appearance in 1983 World Cup final match.
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Winner Season 5 (2014)
Bangladesh hosted the season 5 of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup in March-April 2014. Sri Lanka was the winning team in the tournament and they beat India by 6 wickets in the final match, which was held at Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.
The 2016 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup is slated to be hosted by India, while the next one after that will be held four years later, in 2020, this time in Australia.
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