2014 World Twenty20

Format

During the group stage, points were awarded to the teams as follows:

In the event of teams finishing on equal points in their group, the following tie-breakers were applied to determine their order in the table in the following order of priority: most wins, higher NRR(Net Run Rate), head-to-head record in matches involving the tied teams.

Teams

For the first time, the tournament featured 16 teams. All ten full members of the ICC qualified automatically, joined by the six associate members that qualified through the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. The qualifying teams were Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and Hong Kong.

The first round consisted of 8 teams and 2 teams moved to next round. The second round was the Super 10 stage which consisted of 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top eight full member nations in the ICC T20I Championship rankings as of 8 October 2012 automatically progressed to the Super 10 stage of 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

Joining the eight full members in the super 10 stage was host nation Bangladesh (also a full member) and associate nation The Netherlands who topped their first round group by net run rate ahead of Test playing nation Zimbabwe and Ireland.

Match officials

The match referees' responsibilities throughout the tournament were shared between four members of the Elite Panel of ICC Referees:

• AUS David Boon
• SRI Ranjan Madugalle
• SRI Roshan Mahanama
• IND Javagal Srinath

The on-field responsibilities for officiating the tournament were shared by all 11 of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and 3 umpires from the International Panel of Umpires and Referees:

• NZL Billy Bowden
• PAK Aleem Dar
• AUS Steve Davis
• SL Kumar Dharmasena
• RSA Marais Erasmus
• ENG Ian Gould
• ENG Richard Illingworth
• ENG Richard Kettleborough
• ENG Nigel Llong
• SL Ranmore Martinesz
• AUS Bruce Oxenford
• IND Sundaram Ravi
• AUS Paul Reiffel
• AUS Rod Tucker

Squads

Main article: 2014 ICC World Twenty20 squads

Venues

Thirty-one matches were played at three venues in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet.

Warm-up matches

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Amjad Javed 2/25 (4 overs)

Shakti Gauchan 1/17 (4 overs)

First stage

Main article: 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Group Stage

Group A

Advanced to Super 10

Mohammad Nabi 2/27 (4 overs)

Group B

Advanced to Super 10

Super 10

Main article: 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Super 10s

Group 1

Advanced to Knockout stage.

Group 2

Advanced to Knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Main article: 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Knockouts

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Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 2014 World Twenty20 final

Attendance : 26,000

Statistics

Main article: 2014 ICC World Twenty20 records and statistics

Most runs

Source: ESPNCricinfo

Most wickets

Source: ESPNCricinfo

Team of the tournament

Media

Logo

On 6 April 2013, ICC unveiled the logo of the tournament at a gala event in Dhaka. The overall look of the logo design is primarily inspired by the unique Bangladesh decoration art style. The logo uses the colours of the Bangladeshi flag with splashes of blue representing the country's rivers (also as being the ICC's own colour). The logo is also inspired by the rickshaws. The T is made up of cricket stumps and the '0' in the T20 represents the cricket ball complete with a green seam.

Theme song

Main article: Char Chokka Hoi Hoi

The official theme song for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Char Chokka Hoi Hoi was released on 20 February 2014. It was composed by Fuad al Muqtadir and sung by Dilshad Nahar Kona, Dilshad Karim Elita, Pantha Konai, Johan Alamgir, Sanvir Huda, Badhon Sarkar Puja and Kaushik Hossain Taposh. The song received widespread popularity among the Bangladeshi youth as well as the Bangladeshi diaspora abroad and gave birth to a new trend of flashmobs in the major cities of Bangladesh.

Broadcasting

Notes

References

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