Pakistan at the T20 World Cup
The Pakistan national cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they are nicknamed as the Shaheens. The team has qualified for all the eight editions of the tournament, and were the champions of the second edition of the T20 World Cup in 2009, after defeating Sri Lanka in the final. Besides this victory, they have been the runners-up twice in 2007 and 2022 losing to India and England respectively. Pakistan have reached the semifinals in 2010, 2012 and 2021. In eight editions that they have contested, the team has a win-loss record of 28–18 in 47 matches.
T20 World Cup record[edit]
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | Captain |
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Runners-up | 2/12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shoaib Malik |
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Champions | 1/12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Younis Khan |
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Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shahid Afridi |
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Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mohammad Hafeez |
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Super 10 | 5/16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mohammad Hafeez |
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Super 10 | 7/16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shahid Afridi |
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Semi-finals | 3/16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Babar Azam |
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Runners-up | 2/16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Babar Azam |
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Qualified | Babar Azam | ||||||
Total | 8/8 | 1 Title | 47 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 0 | — |
- – Semi-finals
- – Runners-up
- – Champions
Teamwise record[edit]
Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Win % | First played |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 | 2007 |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2009 |
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7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78.57 | 2007 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 | 2007 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2007 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2014 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2022 |
Total | 47 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.64 | — |
Source:[1] Last Updated: 4 November 2022 |
2007 World Twenty20[edit]
- Squad
- Results
Event | Group stage (Group D) | Super 8s (Group F) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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2007 | ![]() W by 51 runs |
![]() Tied (L in B/O) |
2 | ![]() W by 33 runs |
![]() W by 6 wickets |
![]() W by 4 wickets |
1 | ![]() W by 6 wickets |
![]() L by 5 runs |
Runners-up |
2009 World Twenty20[edit]
- Squad
- Results
Event | Group stage (Group B) | Super 8s (Group F) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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2009 | ![]() W by 48 runs |
![]() W by 82 runs |
2 | ![]() L by 19 runs |
![]() W by 6 wickets |
![]() W by 39 runs |
2 | ![]() W by 7 runs |
![]() W by 8 wickets |
Winners |
2010 World Twenty20[edit]
- Squad
- Results
Event | Group stage (Group A) | Super 8s (Group E) | Semifinal | Overall Result | |||||
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result | ||
2010 | ![]() W by 21 runs |
![]() L by 34 runs |
2 | ![]() L by 6 wickets |
![]() L by 1 run |
![]() W by 11 runs |
2 | ![]() L by 3 wickets |
Semifinals |
2012 World Twenty20[edit]
- Squad
- Results
Event | Group stage (Group D) | Super 8s (Group F) | Semifinal | Overall Result | |||||
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result | ||
2012 | ![]() W by 13 runs |
![]() W by 8 wickets |
1 | ![]() W by 2 wickets |
![]() L by 8 wickets |
![]() W by 32 runs |
2 | ![]() L by 16 runs |
Semifinals |
2014 World Twenty20[edit]
- Squad
- Results
Event | Super 10 (Group 2) | Overall Result | ||||
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Opposition Result |
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2014 | ![]() L by 7 wickets |
![]() W by 16 runs |
![]() W by 50 runs |
![]() L by 84 runs |
3 | Super 10 |
2016 World Twenty20[edit]
- Squad
- Results
Event | Super 10 (Group 2) | Overall Result | ||||
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Opposition Result |
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2016 | ![]() W by 55 runs |
![]() L by 6 wickets |
![]() L by 22 runs |
![]() L by 21 runs |
4 | Super 10 |
2021 T20 World Cup[edit]
- Squad
- Results
Event | Super 12 (Group 2) | Semifinal | Overall Result | |||||
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result | ||
2021 | ![]() W by 10 wickets |
![]() W by 5 wickets |
![]() W by 5 wickets |
![]() W by 45 runs |
![]() W by 72 runs |
1 | ![]() L by 5 wickets |
Semifinals |
2022 T20 World Cup[edit]
- Squad
- Results
Event | Super 12 (Group 2) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||
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Opposition Result |
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2022 | ![]() L by 4 wickets |
![]() L by 1 run |
![]() W by 6 wickets |
![]() W by 33 runs (DLS) |
![]() W by 5 wickets |
2 | ![]() W by 7 wickets |
![]() L by 5 wickets |
Runners-up |
2024 T20 World Cup[edit]
- Squad
- Results
Event | Group stage (Group A) | Overall Result | ||||
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Opposition Result |
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2024 | ![]() |
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TBD | TBD |
Records and statistics[edit]
Most appearances[edit]
This list consists players with most number of matches at the T20 World Cup. Shahid Afridi has played the most matches(34), Babar Azam has captained the team most times(13).
Matches | Player | Years | ||||
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34 | Shahid Afridi | 2007-2016 | ||||
Shoaib Malik | 2007-2021 | |||||
30 | Kamran Akmal | 2007-2014 | ||||
Mohammad Hafeez | 2007-2021 | |||||
24 | Umar Gul | 2007-2014 | ||||
Last updated: 4 November 2022[2] |
Most runs[edit]
No. | Player | Runs | Average | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Years |
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1 | Shoaib Malik | 646 | 34.00 | 57 | — | 3 | 47 | 17 | 2007–2021 |
2 | Shahid Afridi | 546 | 18.82 | 54* | — | 2 | 49 | 21 | 2007–2016 |
3 | Kamran Akmal | 524 | 20.96 | 73 | — | 3 | 50 | 16 | 2007–2014 |
4 | Mohammad Hafeez | 511 | 21.29 | 64 | — | 1 | 56 | 11 | 2007–2021 |
5 | Umar Akmal | 486 | 34.71 | 94 | — | 3 | 32 | 19 | 2010–2016 |
Last updated: 4 November 2022[3] |
Most wickets[edit]
Wickets | Player | BBI | Years | |||
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39 | Shahid Afridi | 4/11 | 2007–2016 | |||
36 | Saeed Ajmal | 4/19 | 2009–2014 | |||
35 | Umar Gul | 5/6 | 2007–2014 | |||
20 | Shadab Khan | 4/26 | 2021–2022 | |||
18 | Shaheen Afridi | 4/22 | 2021–2022 | |||
Last updated: 4 November 2022[4] |
References[edit]
- ^ "Aggregate/overall records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Most appearances". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Most Runs scored". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Most wickets taken". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.