Pakistan at the Men's T20 World Cup
The Pakistan national cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The team has qualified for all the nine 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.
T20 World Cup record
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | Squad |
| 2007 | Runners-up | 2/12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Squad |
| 2009 | Champions | 1/12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2010 | Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2012 | Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2014 | Super 10 | 5/16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2016 | Super 10 | 7/16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2021 | Semi-finals | 3/16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2022 | Runners-up | 2/16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2024 | Group Stage | 11/20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Squad |
| 2026 | Qualified | |||||||
| 2028 | TBD | |||||||
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| Total | 9/9 | 1 Title | 51 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 | |
Record by opponents
| Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Win % | First played |
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| Afghanistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 |
| Australia | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 | 2007 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2024 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2009 |
| India | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.50 | 2007 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 | 2007 |
| Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 |
| South Africa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2007 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 |
| West Indies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2014 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2022 |
| Total | 51 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58.00 | — |
| Source:[1] Last Updated: 11 June 2024 | ||||||||
Tournament results
South Africa 2007
- Squad
- Results
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| Scotland W by 51 runs |
India T+L by bowl-out |
2 | Sri Lanka W by 33 runs |
Australia W by 6 wickets |
Bangladesh W by 4 wickets |
1 | New Zealand W by 6 wickets |
India L by 5 runs |
Runners-up |
- Scorecards
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England 2009
- Squad
- Results
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| 2009 | England L by 48 runs |
Netherlands W by 82 runs |
2 | Sri Lanka L by 19 runs |
New Zealand W by 6 wickets |
Ireland W by 39 runs |
2 | South Africa W by 7 runs |
Sri Lanka W by 8 wickets |
Winners |
- Scorecards
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West Indies 2010
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| 2010 | Bangladesh W by 21 runs |
Australia L by 34 runs |
2 | England L by 6 wickets |
New Zealand L by 1 run |
South Africa W by 11 runs |
2 | Australia L by 3 wickets |
Semifinals |
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Group stage (Group A)
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Sri Lanka 2012
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| 2012 | New Zealand W by 13 runs |
Bangladesh W by 8 wickets |
1 | South Africa W by 2 wickets |
India L by 8 wickets |
Australia W by 32 runs |
2 | Sri Lanka L by 16 runs |
Semifinals |
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Group stage (Group D)
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Bangladesh 2014
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| 2014 | India L by 7 wickets |
Australia W by 16 runs |
Bangladesh W by 50 runs |
West Indies L by 84 runs |
3 | Super 10 |
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India 2016
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| 2016 | Bangladesh W by 55 runs |
India L by 6 wickets |
New Zealand L by 22 runs |
Australia L by 21 runs |
4 | Super 10 |
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Oman & UAE 2021
- Squad and kit
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- Results
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| 2021 | India W by 10 wickets |
New Zealand W by 5 wickets |
Afghanistan W by 5 wickets |
Namibia W by 45 runs |
Scotland W by 72 runs |
1 | Australia L by 5 wickets |
Semifinals |
- Scorecards
Super 12 (Group 2)
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Australia 2022
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- Results
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| 2022 | India L by 4 wickets |
Zimbabwe L by 1 run |
Netherlands W by 6 wickets |
South Africa W by 33 runs (DLS) |
Bangladesh W by 5 wickets |
2 | New Zealand W by 7 wickets |
England L by 5 wickets |
Runners-up |
- Scorecards
Super 12 (Group 2)
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United States & West Indies 2024
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| 2024 | United States T+L by Super over |
India L by 6 runs |
Canada W by 7 wickets |
Ireland W by 3 wickets |
3 | Group Stage |
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Records and statistics
Most appearances
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[21] | ||||||
Most runs
| 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[22] | |||||||||
Most wickets
| 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[23] | ||||||
See also
References
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