1) World Twenty20 has witnessed 7 centuries so far. All 7 of them were scored by 7 different players of 7 different nations.

2) Chris Gayle was the first batsman to score a century in a T20 format international match.

3) The Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist had the most number of dismissals by a wicket-keeper in the 2007 T20 World Cup.

4) Brett Lee was the first and still is the only player to complete a hat-trick in World T20.

5) West Indian batsman Chris Gayle holds the world record for hitting most sixes (43) in all 5 editions together in this coveted T20 championship.

6) In 2012 T20 World Cup tournament, Sri Lankan off-spinner Ajantha Mendis accomplished the feat of 6 for 8, which is the best bowling record in the World T20 tournament.

7) There were 5 different winners in the last 5 editions.

8) Shahid Afridi holds the record as the highest wicket taker in T20 World Cup with 39 wickets.

9) In women's T20 World Cup, Australia has won it for a record 4 times, and England and West Indies have won it once.

10) Highest successful run chase in the world cup T20 was by South Africa against West Indies – chasing the target of 205 runs.

11) Sri Lanka has an extraordinary record of winning and losing by the biggest margins – they won against Kenya by 172 runs and lost to Australia by 10 wickets.

12) No century was hit by any batsman in the 2009 T20 World Cup.

13) Chris Gayle has 8 fifty plus scores in World T20 tournaments.

14) Chris Gayle, Ravi Rampaul, Dwayne Bravo, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Hafeez are the Players From The 2007 T20 World Cup Who Will Feature In this year’s T20 World Cup.

15) Craig McMillan of New Zealand scored the maximum number of sixes (13 sixes) in 2007 T20 cup