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Cricket will always be people's favourite sport in India. However, no matter how much we enjoy this game, certain facts always manage to escape our attention. ICC Men's T20 World Cup is currently in its seventh edition this year. Fun88 India brings you a few interesting facts about the tournament. For more information checkout https://www.fun88.com/in/.
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Interesting Facts About T20 World Cup Tournament Image Source: IndiaTV
Fastest 50 - Yuvraj Singh Team India Yuvraj Singh has the record of making the fastest 50 in the World T20. He scored 50 runs off just 12 balls in the first edition of World T20 tournament (2007). He also created history that day by hitting six sixes in a row that guaranteed India's win against Pakistan in the final match. Image Source: India Today
Highest Total By A Team Sri Lanka Sri Lanka holds the record of making the highest total in a World T20 game. They won the game with the highest margin of 260 runs for 6 wickets against Kenya in the inaugural edition of the tournament. Image Source: EuroSport
Most Wickets - Shahid Afridi Team Pakistan Former Pakistani Spinner Shahid Afridi holds the record of most wicket-taker in the T20 WC. He has taken 39 wickets in just 34 matches with an average of 23.25. Afridi has represented Pakistan in six World Cups (2007-2016). In T20 matches, he has 98 wickets in 99 games. His economy of 6.71 indicates how difficult it was for batsmen to score against him in the World Cups. Image Source: ESPN CricInfo
Most Runs - Mahela Jayawardene Team Sri Lanka Former Sri Lanka cricket team batsman Mahela Jayawardene scored 1016 runs in 31 matches across all the T20 editions. He is the highest run-scorer in the T20 World Cup with an average of 30.07 runs per match and a strike rate of 134.74. Image Source:The Indian Expressa
Fastest Century – Chris Gayle Team West Indies Jamaican cricketer Chris Gayle is widely regarded as the best cricketer of all time. When Chris Gayle was playing against England in the 2016 T20 World Cup, he got his fastest century in the tournament in just 48 balls. Chris Gayle scored another century against South Africa in 2007, this time in just 57 balls. Image Source: JagranJosh
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