2016 World Twenty20

Teams

For the second time, the tournament featured 16 teams. All ten full members qualified automatically, joined by the six associate members: Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Oman who all qualified through the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, played in Ireland and Scotland between 6 and 26 July 2015. Oman made its debut in the tournament.

The top eight Full Member nations in the ICC T20I Championship rankings as of 30 April 2014 automatically progressed to the Super 10 stage, with the remaining eight teams competing in the group stage. From the group stage, Bangladesh and associate nation Afghanistan advanced to the Super 10 stage. Test playing nation Zimbabwe and Ireland failed to advance to the Super 10 stage for the second time.

In October 2015 Shahryar Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), said that Pakistan would consider pulling out of the tournament if the series against India did not go ahead. Although the series was ultimately cancelled, Pakistan received government clearance in February 2016 to visit India to compete in the tournament. In early March, Pakistan sent a delegation to assess the security arrangements ahead of the tournament. Following the visit, the match between India and Pakistan was moved from Dharamsala to Eden Gardens in Kolkata, at the request of the PCB, and on 11 March, Pakistan confirmed their participation in the tournament.

Match officials

The match referees’ responsibilities throughout the men's tournament were shared between six members of the Elite Panel of ICC Referees :

• AUS David Boon
• ENG Chris Broad
• NZ Jeff Crowe
• SRI Ranjan Madugalle
• ZIM Andy Pycroft
• IND Javagal Srinath

The on-field responsibilities for officiating the men's tournament were shared by all 12 of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and 3 umpires from the International Panel of ICC Umpires :

• SA Johan Cloete
• PAK Aleem Dar
• SRI Kumar Dharmasena
• SA Marais Erasmus
• NZ Chris Gaffaney
• ENG Michael Gough
• ENG Ian Gould
• ENG Richard Illingworth
• ENG Richard Kettleborough
• ENG Nigel Llong
• AUS Bruce Oxenford
• IND Sundaram Ravi
• AUS Paul Reiffel
• AUS Rod Tucker
• WIN Joel Wilson

Squads

Main article: 2016 ICC World Twenty20 squads

Prior to the tournament, each team selected a squad of 15 players.

Venues

On 21 July 2015, the Indian cricket board announced the name of the cities which will be hosting the matches. Bangalore, Chennai, Dharamshala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi were the venues along with Kolkata, which also hosted the final of the event. Chennai could not host a match due to legal issues regarding the construction of three stands at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium. VCA Stadium, Nagpur hosted all Group B games and HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala hosted all Group A matches. The India vs Pakistan match, was scheduled to be played at HPCA Stadium. With the announcement that HPCA authority could not provide the required security for Pakistani team, the match was moved to Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

There were some initial concerns about the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi hosting the first semi-final, due to one of the block of stands needing a clearance certificate from the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). If the clearance was not approved, the ICC and BCCI were planning an alternative venue to host the match. However, on 23 March, the Delhi & District Cricket Association were granted clearance from the SDMC to use the block at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Prize money

The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 declared a total prize money pool of $10 million for the tournament, 33% more than the 2014 edition. The prize money was distributed according to the performance of the teams as follows:

Warm-up matches

Main article: 2016 ICC World Twenty20 warm-up matches

The following warm-up matches for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 were played between 3 March and 15 March between all participants.

First round

All times listed below are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Group A

• Rain stopped play in Bangladesh's innings and no further play was possible.

• Tamim Iqbal became the first player for Bangladesh and 18th overall to score a century in a T20I match. He also became the first player for Bangladesh and 25th overall to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.

Group B

• Afghanistan progressed to the second phase of a World Twenty20 tournament for the first time.

Super 10

Group 1

• Chris Gayle became the second player to score two centuries in T20Is and first player to score two centuries in World Twenty20 tournaments. His eleven sixes is the most in an innings at the World Twenty20.
• Chris Gayle scored the most sixes in T20I matches (98) and the most sixes in World Twenty20 matches (60).

• England scored their first fifty runs from 17 balls, the joint second fastest in T20Is.
• Hashim Amla (SA) scored the most runs between dismissals in T20Is (224).
• Quinton de Kock equalled the record for the fastest fifty in T20Is for a South Africa player (21 balls).

Rashid Khan 2/17 (4 overs)

• This was the first T20I match to be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

• Marlon Samuels became the second player for the West Indies to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;team=4;template=results;type=batting|title=Twenty20 Internationals: Batting records |access-date=25 March 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
• Dwayne Bravo became the third player for the West Indies to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.

Mohammad Nabi 2/26 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan's score was the second-lowest total successfully defended in a World Twenty20 match.
• It was the first time Afghanistan and West Indies played each other in an international fixture.

• Hashim Amla became the fourth player for South Africa to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.

Group 2

• Shakib Al Hasan also became the second all-rounder to score 1,000 runs and take 50 wickets in T20Is.

Glenn Maxwell 2/18 (3 overs)

• Ahmed Shehzad became the fifth player for Pakistan to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.

• David Warner (Aus) became the fourth player to score more than 6,000 runs in T20 cricket.

• Shahid Afridi (Pak) became the leading wicket-taker in World Twenty20 matches (39).

• This was the fourth one-run win in a World Twenty20 match.
• This was the first time three wickets fell from the last three balls for a chasing side in a T20I match.
• MS Dhoni became the fifth player for India to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.

• James Faulkner became the first bowler for Australia and 15th player overall to take a five-wicket haul in a T20I match.
• The 21-run victory was Australia's sixth smallest margin of victory in a T20I match by runs.

• Mustafizur Rahman became the second bowler for Bangladesh and 16th player overall to take a five-wicket haul in a T20I match.
• Bangladesh's total is their lowest total in a T20I match.
• Ten dismissals in this match were bowled, the most in a T20I match.

• Shane Watson (Aus) played in his last international match.
• Virat Kohli (Ind) reached 1,500 runs in T20Is in the fewest innings (39).
• Ravichandran Ashwin became first player for India to take 50 T20I wickets.
• MS Dhoni (Ind) took the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in World Twenty20 matches (32).

Knockout stage

Due to security concerns, the ICC stated that if Pakistan finished second in Group 2, the two semi final venues would be switched.

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Semi-finals

• Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson (NZ) became the second pair to add 1,000 runs in a partnership in T20Is.

Final

Main article: 2016 World Twenty20 final

England and the West Indies were both contesting the tournament final for a second time, having won one previous tournament each (in 2010 and 2012, respectively). West Indian captain Darren Sammy won the toss and elected to bowl, as he had done throughout the tournament. England posted a total of 155/9 from their 20 overs, with Joe Root top-scoring with 54 runs from 36 balls. For the West Indies, Carlos Brathwaite took 3/23 and Samuel Badree took 2/16, including a maiden. The West Indies subsequently reached their target with just two balls to spare. They required 19 runs from the final over, bowled by Ben Stokes, which Brathwaite reached by hitting four consecutive sixes. Marlon Samuels scored 85 not out from 66 balls – the highest score in World T20 final history – and was named the final's Man of the Match for the second time. The match was played to a near-capacity crowd, with 66,000 people in attendance.

• West Indies became the first team to win both the men's and women's World Twenty20s on the same day, with the women defeating Australia by 8 wickets.
• Sulieman Benn played his final T20 game.

Statistics

The leading run-scorer in the tournament was Tamim Iqbal, with 295, and the highest wicket-taker Mohammad Nabi with 12. The top-five in each category are:

Most runs

Most wickets

Team of the tournament

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