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The most successful team in WT20? It's all here!

Last updated on: March 14, 2016 22:27 IST

The biggest prize in the shortest format of cricket will be up for grabs when the main round of the World T20 kicks-offs in Nagpur on Tuesday.

The unpredictability of the format renders it difficult to bet on a winner.

Picking a team to win the tournament is not always a safe option, like we have seen in the past.

In 2012, the West Indies sprung a surprise and defeated much fancied Sri Lanka to win the title.

Two years later, the Sri Lankans beat 2007 champions India in a clinical show. After restricting India to just 130, the Lankans chased down the target with 13 balls to spare, winning by six wickets.

Pakistan and England are the other two teams to have won the World T20 title, having emerged triumphant in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

In form India start as the hot favourites in this year's tournament and will aim to become the first team to win the World T20 twice.

ODI World champions Australia would be looking to win its first World title in the T20 format.

South Africa get another opportunity to win its first-ever World title shake off the eternal 'chokers' tag.

New Zealand and England can't also be ruled out along with unpredictable Pakistan and Bangladesh, both teams will present a stiff challenge in home-like conditions.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni hits out during a warm-up game against South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, March 12, 2016. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

As the top 10 teams prepare to battle for the World T20 crown, Rajneesh Gupta breaks down each squad's T20 performance and their showing in previous editions of the event.

 

GROUP 1:

AFGHANISTAN

PERFORMANCE IN EACH WT20 CONTEST

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Did not play

Did not play

Round 1

Round 1

Round 1

PLAYING RECORD

 

Mts

Won

Lost

NR

%W

Twenty20 Internationals

44

28

16

0

63.63

World T20

10

4

6

0

40.00

TEAM

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy

Caughtt/Stumped

Asghar Stanikzai (captain)

32

607

103.76

1

6.00

12

Amir Hamza

16

9

100.00

16

6.98

0

Dawlat Zadran

27

54

168.75

34

7.29

7

Gulbadin Naib

26

363

128.26

6

9.44

12

Hamid Hassan

20

50

108.69

31

6.36

2

Karim Sadiq

33

505

112.47

14

6.77

5

Mohammad Nabi

41

586

134.09

41

6.95

21

Mohammad Shahzad (wicket-keeper)

44

1,287

136.04

-

-

20/19

Najibullah Zadran

23

398

141.13

-

-

11

Noor Ali Zadran

15

403

99.26

-

-

2

Rashid Khan

10

17

212.50

14

6.53

3

Samiullah Shenwari

39

564

117.50

26

6.39

9

Shafiqullah

27

316

142.34

-

-

11

Shapoor Zadran

25

25

40.98

25

6.82

5

Usman Ghani

8

212

109.84

-

-

4

FIXTURES

March 17

Sri Lanka

Kolkata

March 20

South Africa

Mumbai

March 23

England

Delhi

March 27

West Indies

Nagpur

ENGLAND

PERFORMANCE IN EACH EDITION OF WT20

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Round 2

Round 2

Winners

Round 2

Round 2

PLAYING RECORD

 

Mts

Won

Lost

NR

%W

Twenty20 Internationals

81

39

38

4

48.15

World T20

26

11

14

1

42.31

SQUAD

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy

Caught/Stumped

Eoin Morgan (captain)

56

1,333

133.16

-

-

23

Moeen Ali

12

130

116.07

6

7.56

2

Sam Billings

6

99

150.00

-

-

5/1

Jos Buttler (wicket-keeper)

42

648

135.56

-

-

11/3

Liam Dawson

0

 

 

 

 

 

Alex Hales

39

1,154

135.12

-

-

20

Chris Jordan

11

96

126.31

12

8.86

6

Liam Plunkett

3

1

50.00

7

7.58

2

Adil Rashid

12

24

72.72

9

7.72

3

Joe Root

14

345

133.72

4

10.66

8

Jason Roy

8

104

111.82

-

-

1

Ben Stokes

11

86

138.70

4

8.90

2

Reece Topley

4

1

50.00

4

9.07

1

James Vince

3

125

119.04

-

-

0

David Willey

5

20

125.00

8

9.18

3

FIXTURES

March 16

West Indies

Mumbai

March 18

South Africa

Mumbai

March 23

Afghanistan

Delhi

March 26

Sri Lanka

Delhi

SOUTH AFRICA

PERFORMANCE IN EACH EDITION OF WT20

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Round 2

Semi-final

Round 2

Round 2

Semi-final

PLAYING RECORD

 

Matches

Won

Lost

No Result

%W

World T20

87

52

34

1

59.77

Twenty20 Internationals

26

16

10

0

61.54

TEAM

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy

Caught/Stumnped

Faf du Plessis (captain)

31

995

135.00

0

2.25

16

Kyle Abbott

18

23

115.00

19

7.93

7

Hashim Amla

33

888

128.32

-

-

15

Farhaan Behardien

24

232

114.28

1

6.00

6

Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper)

25

589

125.05

-

-

22/7

A B de Villiers (wicket-keeper)

67

1,258

128.89

-

-

59/7

Jean-Paul Duminy

68

1,571

121.78

16

7.64

32

Imran Tahir

23

17

154.54

37

6.72

3

David Miller

42

741

133.03

-

-

26

Chris Morris

8

28

127.27

11

8.79

4

Aaron Phangiso

9

2

40.00

13

8.11

0

Kagiso Rabada

13

5

83.33

17

7.66

2

Rilee Rossouw

14

327

139.14

-

-

9

Dale Steyn

40

15

75.00

57

6.52

11

David Wiese

17

64

130.61

23

7.50

7

FIXTURES

March 18

England

Mumbai

March 20

Afghanistan

Mumbai

March 25

West Indies

Nagpur

March 28

Sri Lanka

Delhi

SRI LANKA

PERFORMANCE IN EACH EDITION OF WT20

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Round 2

Runners-up

Semi-final

Runners-up

Winners

PLAYING RECORD

 

Matches

Won

Lost

No Result

%W

World T20

87

52

34

1

59.77

Twenty20 Internationals

26

16

10

0

61.54

TEAM

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy

Caught/Stumped

Angelo Mathews (captain)

62

862

120.72

33

6.64

21

Dushmantha Chameera

10

16

80.00

10

8.45

4

Dinesh Chandimal (wicket-keeper)

38

546

102.82

-

-

22

Tillakaratne Dilshan

74

1,751

120.50

7

7.43

31/2

Rangana Herath

13

2

100.00

15

6.11

0

Shehan Jayasuriya

9

156

113.04

3

8.65

2

Chamara Kapugedera

32

504

119.71

-

-

13

Nuwan Kulasekara

48

186

120.00

55

7.16

17

Suranga Lakmal

5

1

100.00

5

8.94

2

Lasith Malinga

62

71

81.60

78

7.26

16

Thisara Perera

48

536

145.65

31

8.57

14

Sachithra Senanayake

22

43

82.69

24

6.35

3

Dasun Shanaka

8

76

89.41

4

6.83

0

Milinda Siriwardana

13

203

137.16

6

8.73

4

Lahiru Thirimanne

22

277

114.93

-

-

6

FIXTURES

March 17

Afghanistan

Kolkata

March 20

West Indies

Bangalore

March 26

England

Delhi

March 28

South Africa

Delhi

WEST INDIES

PERFORMANCE IN EACH EDITION OF WT20

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Round 1

Semi-final

Round 2

Winners

Semi-final

PLAYING RECORD

 

Matches

Won

Lost

No Result

%W

Twenty20 Internationals

71

35

34

2

49.30

World T20

25

13

11

1

52.00

TEAM

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy

Caught/Stumped

Darren Sammy (captain)

60

526

152.02

43

7.21

28

Samuel Badree

22

24

66.66

31

5.39

4

Sulieman Benn

18

37

88.09

16

7.35

7

Carlos Brathwaite

2

2

50.00

1

11.16

0

Dwayne Bravo

55

991

119.54

40

8.53

30

Johnson Charles

23

463

114.32

-

-

8/2

Andre Fletcher

24

427

111.48

-

-

15/1

Chris Gayle

45

1,406

142.59

15

7.17

12

Jasin Holder

4

2

50.00

5

9.30

1

Evin Lewis

0

 

 

 

 

 

Ashley Nurse

4

9

112.50

0

7.84

1

Denesh Ramdin (wicket-keeper)

52

385

123.39

-

-

30/18

Andre Russell

35

219

124.43

11

9.57

8

Marlon Samuels

40

952

122.36

19

7.75

8

Jerome Taylor

19

53

106.00

24

8.13

5

FIXTURES

March 16

England

Mumbai

March 20

Sri Lanka

Bangalore

March 25

South Africa

Nagpur

March 27

Afghanistan

Nagpur

(GROUP 2)

AUSTRALIA

PERFORMANCE IN EACH EDITION OF WT20

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Semi-final

Round 1

Runners-up

Semi-final

Round 2

PLAYING RECORD

 

Matches

Won

Lost

No Result

%W

Twenty20 Internationals

84

42

41

1

50.00

World T20

25

14

11

0

56.00

TEAM

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy

Caught/Stumped

Steven Smith (captain)

26

348

122.96

17

7.77

18

David Warner

57

1,595

140.77

-

-

30

Ashton Agar

1

-

-

1

12.50

1

Nathan Coulter-Nile

13

50

121.95

20

8.16

6

James Faulkner

15

 

114.81

19

8.23

6

Aaron Finch

26

916

152.92

0

13.50

7

John Hastings

7

43

130.30

5

8.33

1

Josh Hazlewood

5

-

-

7

10.25

0

Usman Khawaja

3

56

136.58

-

-

2

Mitchell Marsh

7

103

137.33

3

8.91

1

Glenn Maxwell

30

502

160.38

15

7.22

14

Peter Nevill (wicket-keeper)

3

4

80.00

-

-

1

Andrew Tye

3

4

100.00

2

10.50

0

Shane Watson

54

1,366

145.01

43

7.68

18

Adam Zampa

2

5

100.00

0

6.12

0

FIXTURES

March 18

New Zealand

Dharamsala

March 21

Bangladesh

Bangalore

March 25

Pakistan

Mohali

March 27

India

Mohali

BANGLADESH

PERFORMANCE IN EACH EDITION OF WT20

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Round 2

Round 1

Round 1

Round 1

Round 2

PLAYING RECORD

 

Matches

Won

Lost

No Result

%W

Twenty20 Internationals

58

20

36

2

34.48

World T20

21

5

15

1

23.81

TEAM

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy

Caught/Stumped

Mashrafe Mortaza (captain)

45

342

138.46

37

7.91

9

Shakib Al Hasan

50

996

122.20

61

6.67

13

Abu Hider

5

14

140.00

3

9.27

0

Al-Amin Hossain

21

7

70.00

34

7.10

2

Arafat Sunny

9

34

113.33

10

7.25

1

Mahmudullah

49

610

115.31

20

6.93

18

Mohammad Mithun

8

48

102.12

-

-

2

Mushfiqur Rahim (wicket-keeper)

53

659

112.26

-

-

23/22

Mustafizur Rahman

10

2

25.00

13

5.61

2

Nasir Hossain

31

370

113.49

7

8.78

15

Nurul Hasan (wicket-keeper)

6

54

125.58

-

-

0/4

Sabbir Rahman

22

529

122.17

5

6.43

14

Soumya Sarkar

15

271

117.82

0

11.00

9

Tamim Iqbal

49

1,092

115.31

-

-

12

Taskin Ahmed

12

17

94.44

7

6.05

1

FIXTURES

March 16

Pakistan

Kolkata

March 21

Australia

Bangalore

March 23

India

Bangalore

March 26

New Zealand

Kolkata

INDIA

PERFORMANCE IN EACH EDITION OF WT20

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Winners

Round 2

Round 2

Round 2

Runners-up

PLAYING RECORD

 

Matches

Won

Lost

No Result

%W

Twenty20 Internationals

68

42

25

1

61.76

World T20

28

18

9

1

64.29

TEAM

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy

Caught/Stumped

M S Dhoni (captain/wicket-keeper)

63

952

121.42

-

-

35/17

Ravichandran Ashwin

38

97

112.79

46

6.84

6

Jasprit Bumrah

11

0

-

15

6.15

1

Shikhar Dhawan

18

373

118.41

-

-

3

Harbhajan Singh

28

108

124.13

25

6.20

7

Ravindra Jadeja

32

91

86.66

25

7.02

16

Virat Kohli

38

1,368

133.07

3

8.07

17

Mohammed Shami

4

-

-

5

8.92

0

Pawan Negi

1

-

-

1

5.33

2

Ashish Nehra

18

28

80.00

26

8.20

4

Hardik Pandya

11

62

147.61

10

7.11

7

Ajinkya Rahane

17

324

113.68

-

-

14

Suresh Raina

57

1,162

133.25

9

7.58

27

Rohit Sharma

55

1,204

128.63

1

9.97

21

Yuvraj Singh

51

1,082

139.43

27

7.09

12

FIXTURES

March 15

New Zealand

Nagpur

March 19

Pakistan

Kolkata

March 23

Bangladesh

Bangalore

March 27

Australia

Mohali

NEW ZEALAND

PERFORMANCE IN EACH EDITION OF WT20

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Semi-final

Round 2

Round 2

Round 2

Round 2

PLAYING RECORD

 

Matches

Won

Lost

No Result

%W

Twenty20 Internationals

88

44

42

2

50.00

World T20

25

11

14

0

44.00

TEAM

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy

Caught/Stumped

Kane Williamson (captain)

30

844

127.68

3

10.28

17

Corey Anderson

20

229

144.93

12

8.56

13

Trent Boult

11

12

54.54

15

7.95

6

Grant Elliott

11

107

103.88

11

8.41

3

Martin Guptill

57

1,666

129.64

0

11.00

29

Mitchell McClenaghan

24

7

58.33

26

7.68

7

Nathan McCullum

61

299

101.01

55

6.90

23

Adam Milne

14

19

90.47

18

7.35

4

Colin Munro

23

382

159.16

0

10.00

5

Henry Nicholls

0

 

 

 

 

 

Luke Ronchi (wicket-keeper)

21

262

136.45

-

-

21/1

Mitchell Santner

5

11

55.00

7

6.37

3

Ish Sodhi

5

0

-

6

7.41

2

Tim Southee

38

75

108.69

46

8.62

16

Ross Taylor

68

1,165

120.60

-

-

41

FIXTURES

March 15

India

Nagpur

March 18

Australia

Dharamsala

March 22

Pakistan

Mohali

March 26

Bangladesh

Kolkata

PAKISTAN

PERFORMANCE IN EACH EDITION OF WT20

 

2007

2009

2010

2012

2014

Runners-up

Winners

Semi-final

Semi-final

Round 2

PLAYING RECORD

 

Matches

Won

Lost

No Result

%W

Twenty20 Internationals

102

60

42

0

58.82

World T20

30

18

12

0

60.00

TEAM

 

Matches

Runs

Strike Rate

Wickets

Economy/span>

Caught/Stumped

Shahid Afridi (captain)

94

1,315

148.92

93

6.57

29

Ahmed Shehzad

40

941

115.88

0

10.00

13

Anwar Ali

16

109

141.55

10

8.30

5

Imad Wasim

8

86

159.25

7

6.15

2

Khalid Latif

7

34

66.66

-

-

1

Mohammad Amir

25

41

80.39

31

6.93

3

Mohammad Hafeez

75

1,545

113.93

46

6.69

21

Mohammad Irfan

17

4

50.00

13

6.86

1

Mohammad Nawaz

2

-

-

0

10.66

1

Mohammad Sami

10

17

60.71

17

8.16

2

Sarfraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper)

17

270

120.00

-

-

8/2

Sharjeel Khan

7

154

137.50

-

-

3

Shoaib Malik

74

1,372

110.73

25

6.89

28

Umar Akmal

75

1,611

122.97

-

-

45/2

Wahab Riaz

17

101

107.44

17

8.31

4

FIXTURES

March 16

Bangladesh

Kolkata

March 19

India

Kolkata

March 22

New Zealand

Mohali

March 25

Australia

Mohali

Rajneesh Gupta