The ninth edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup saw a lot of new records being broken, as India won their second trophy and became the T20 world champions again after defeating South Africa in an exciting final.
Some firsts and records broken to get history:
The unbeaten finalists
India and South Africa reached the summit clash unbeaten and ended the competition with 8 wins apiece. It could have been nine for India but for a washed out group game against Canada.
Highest total in the final
India’s 176 for 7 in the title clash broke Australia’s record of 173 for 2, which they set in the final of the 2021 edition against New Zealand.
Rohit’s last hurrah in T20Is makes history
Rohit Sharma aged 37 years old on June 29th made him become oldest captain to win a T20 World Cup. After India has beaten his team dovering down to retirement from T20Is by Virat Kohli Rohit followed suit.
Most wickets in a single edition
India’s Arshdeep Singh was joined at the top by Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi with both taking home 17 wickets apiece; this is also a new record for most wickets taken during one season of World Cup Twenty-Twenty, beating Sri Lankan bowler Wanindu Hasaranga who had previously held that record with sixteen scalps.
‘Boom Boom’ Bumrah
The ‘Player of the Tournament’ Jasprit Bumrah was India’s leading bowler throughout with an average bowling rate of just over eight; this comes up better than any other previous player across all editions of T20 World Cups. When it comes to economy rate too, he only conceded runs at an impressive four points seventeen per over.
Jordan ‘strikes’ it best
England’s Chris Jordan, a limited-overs specialist bowler, surpassed Jacques Kallis’ record to achieve the best bowling strike rate ever in T20 World Cup history. Former South African all-rounder Kallis had a strike-rate of 9.4 in 2012; but Jordan broke it this year at 8.3 with his amazing figures of four for zero off an over against U.S.A.
Ferguson’s unbelievable feat
New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson became the first-ever bowler to give away no runs in an over for four consecutive overs against Papua New Guinea. He finally ended up getting three wickets while conceding no runs.
Most boundaries
The T20 World Cup has just finished its most boundary-laden edition till date with a whopping sum total of 1,478 hits over rope beating the record set in the previous tournament by more than a century which was establish at 1,349 ball crossing boundary lines.
Pooran goes big
Nicholas Pooran from West Indies recorded most sixes ever (17) hit during Twenty20 World Cup season on an individual basis in this year’s edition surpassing Windies legend Chris Gayle’s achievement of 16.
Cummins on a roll
Australia’s Pat Cummins became the only player ever who took successive hat-tricks within two games.
