6 little known facts about World T20

The qualifying round for the World T20 has already started. Eight teams will fight out to claim two spots for the main round. The current edition will be its 6^th edition with the first one played back in 2007. India lifted the inaugural gold beating Pakistan in the final. The Twenty-20 version of the game is never short of upsets and surprises. It gives the fans an on-the-go entertainment and WT20 is essential part of that excitement. In this age of internet usage, it is most likely that everyone knows everything about this tournament but their appear some facts that may be un-known and little known to the majority of the cricket fans.

1. Pakistan has scored the most runs and has taken the most wickets in WT20

This may not come as a surprise to many but Pakistan surely has scored the most runs (jointly with Sri Lanka) and has taken more wickets than any other team in the WT20s. In the 30 games that Pakistan has played at the WT20, it has a combined tally of 4299 runs and 192 wickets. Sri Lanka has scored as many runs as Pakistan but in 31 games. India is at number 3 on this list with 3889 runs from 28 games. No other team comes close to the 192 wickets Pakistan has taken in the WT20. Sri Lanka is second with 181 wickets while South Africa follows closely with 171 wickets.