The ICC World Twenty20 is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament consists of 12 all-male teams and is contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers.
The inaugural event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, was staged in South Africa from 11-24 September 2007. The tournament was won by India, who become the first World T20 Champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at Johannesburg.
And the second event, the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 took place in England from 5-21 June 2009. This tournament was won by the last time runners-up Pakistan who won the title after defeating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the finals at Lord's, London. Before this match Sri Lanka was undefeated in the tournament. The shortened version of cricket, Twenty20 or T20 is the perfect dose for all cricket enthusiasts. The game has come a long way right from the days when only test matches were being played.
The England and Wales cricket board decided on an innovation. The board started coining the idea of shortening the length of the game even further – to 20 overs-a-side. The idea was to go with the modern times and give the game some boost.
Hosts
The International Cricket Council's executive committee voted for the hosts of the tournament after examining bids from the nations which expressed an interest in holding a Twenty20 World Championship. After South Africa in 2007, England hosted the tournament in 2009 and will be followed by the West Indies in 2010, Sri Lanka in 2012 and Bangladesh in 2014. The ICC decided that South Africa and England should host the first two tournaments as they were the earliest adopters of the format.
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