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The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial T20I cricket tournament, organised by the International Cricket Council. It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009 , and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020.
Sri Lanka first hosted the T20 World Cup in 2012 and India hosted in 2016. [6] In December 2024, following an agreement between Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the ICC confirmed that India and Pakistan matches at ICC events hosted by India or Pakistan would be played at a neutral venue until 2027 ...
The Sri Lanka cricket team has reached the World Cup final three times. Winning in 1996 under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga and finishing as runners-up in the 2007 & 2011 World Cups. Sri Lanka has also reached the Semi Final at the 2003 World Cup and the Quarter Final at the 2015 World Cup.
Sri Lanka, the 1996 World Cup champions, won all eight of its games at the qualifiers to keep its record of playing at every Cricket World Cup since the tournament started in 1975.
The following 2011 Cricket World Cup matches were played in Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. The first official international match was between Pakistan and New Zealand on 8 March 2011. [4] A total of three matches were played at the venue during the 2011 World Cup.
This was the second T20 World Cup final played at the stadium, after the 2010 final. [5] This was South Africa's maiden T20 World Cup final, [6] while it was India's third final, having been champions in 2007 and runners-up in 2014. [7] Both teams qualified for the final unbeaten, with neither of them losing a group stage, Super 8 or semi-final ...
The 2011 Cricket World Cup Final was the final match of the 2011 Men's Cricket World Cup, the 10th edition of ICC's championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The match was played between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium , Mumbai on Saturday 2 April 2011.
Silva eventually fell for 57 when Kamran did get a stumping right, and despite Nuwan Kulasekara's cameo, Sri Lanka ended up 11 short. Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi took his 300th ODI wicket during this match. [6] The defeat was the first home loss for Sri Lanka in World Cup matches. [7]