the last t20 world cup was held in india.
the last t20 world cup was held in india.
where was the last t20 world cup held?
india
the icc t20 world cup was first held in 2007. it was first decided that every two years an icc t20 world cup tournament is to take place, except in the event of an icc cricket world cup being scheduled in the same year, in which case it will be held the year before. the first tournament was in 2007 in south africa where india defeated pakistan in the final. two associate teams had played in the first tournament, selected through the 2007 icc world cricket league division one, a 50-over competition. in december 2007 it was decided to hold a qualifying tournament with a 20-over format to better prepare the teams. with six participants, two would qualify for the 2009 world twenty20 and would each receive $250,000 in prize money. the second tournament was won by pakistan who beat sri lanka by 8 wickets in england on 21 june 2009. the 2010 icc world twenty20 tournament was held in west indies in may 2010, where england defeated australia by 7 wickets. the 2012 icc world twenty20 was won by the west-indies, by defeating sri lanka at the finals. for the first time, a host nation competed in the final of the icc world twenty20. there were 12 participants for the title including ireland and afghanistan as 2012 icc world twenty20 qualifier. it was the first time the world twenty20 tournament took place in an asian country. pakistan was the only team to reach the last four in the first four editions of the tournament. 2014 saw the expansion to 16 teams featuring three teams making their debuts. sri lanka yet again made it to the finals this time winning after their two other appearances in previous finals. the icc t20 world cup has had five champions from five tournaments.
history of the icc t20 world cup
the regional finals were held in uganda from 20 to 24 may 2019, with the top two sides progressing to the 2019 icc t20 world cup qualifier tournament in the uae. originally, the finals were scheduled to start on 19 may, but all three fixtures were washed out, with the matches rescheduled for the tournament's reserve day. ahead of the final day of fixtures, kenya, namibia and nigeria were all in contention of finishing in the top two places and progressing to the 2019 icc t20 world cup qualifier tournament. however, all of the matches on the last day were washed out, therefore namibia and kenya both progressed to the t20 world cup qualifier after finishing first and second respectively in the regional finals.
2018–19 icc t20 world cup africa qualifier