ICC WORLD TWENTY20 history

ICC WORLD Twenty20
The ICC World Twenty20 or ICC World T20 also reffered to as the T20 World Cup is the international championship of twenty20 cricket.The event is organized by the sport's governing body,the International Cricket Council(ICC).The tournament consists of 16 teams in which all the ten ICC full members are automatically qualified and the remaining six spots will be contested through ICC World T20 qualifier.The event is held every two years.


The inaugural event,the 2007 ICC World T20,was staged in South Africa from 11-24  september 2007.The tournament was
 won by India,who became the world t20 champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at Johannesburg.The second event  , the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 took place in England from 5-21 June 2009.This tournament was won by the previous runners-up Pakistan who defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's, London.The third twenty20 World tournament was held from 30 April - 16 may 2010 and hosted by the west Indies.The winners were England who defeated Australia by 7 wickets in the final at kensington Oval,Barbados.This was the first ever ICC tournament won by England