History - Twenty20 World Cup History
The period lasting from the year of1998 to 2001 was can be traced back as the time of origin of Twenty20 cricket. However that it was in the year 2001 that the idea of a shortened form of cricket, earlier discussed by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), began to take a concrete shape. The concept of 40-over game, with 20 overs per innings,
**T20 Cricket was formally introduced to the world history in 2003, when ECB launched the Twenty20 Cup, along with slogan “I don’t like cricket, I love it”. The same year, the first Twenty20 cricket tournament was organized in England, with various counties cricket teams. The tournament proved to be a success, with thousands of peoples spectators filling the England’s cricket stadiums, a first in many decades. Soon, other cricket playing nations of the world also started to take notice of Twenty20 cricket.
ICC World Twenty20 Details (Since 2007)
YEAR HOST WINNER RUNNER-UP
2007 South Africa India Pakistan
2009 England Pakistan Sri Lanka
2010 West Indies England Australia
2012 Sri Lanka West Indies Sri Lanka
2014 Bangladesh Sri Lanka India
2016 India West Indies England
2020 Australia TBD TBD