From the second Chris Gayle scythed the primary supply of the inaugural ICC Males’s T20 World Cup for 4, a brand new type of leisure was born.
The West Indies batter ushered in a brand new period for cricket with a scorching 117 in opposition to South Africa, the primary of numerous unforgettable T20 World Cup moments.
For the primary time, 20 groups will take part on this 12 months’s Males’s T20 World Cup with a brand new host and three new groups set to make their bow on the largest stage.
Forward of the ninth instalment of the event, let’s have a look again at its previous.
A behemoth is born
4 years after T20 cricket had been launched throughout the English county recreation, the primary T20 World Cup came about in 2007, catapulting the novel format into the mainstream at a time when the worldwide leagues of at the moment have been but to return into existence.
Two weeks of intoxicating cricket ended with a last for the ages between arch-rivals India and Pakistan in Johannesburg.
Misbah-ul-Haq dragged Pakistan to the brink of victory however a mistimed scoop with simply six runs required from 4 deliveries handed India the trophy.
A dramatic ending put the seal on what Wisden described as a ‘dream’ debut event as the brand new format grew to become an prompt hit.
Legends created and memorable moments
From Yuvraj Singh to Carlos Brathwaite, there was no scarcity of spectacular ICC Males’s T20 World Cup moments.
Yuvraj’s six sixes from the bowling of Stuart Broad continues to be unmatched whereas the India-Pakistan, bowl-out match from the group stage of the inaugural event additionally stands alone for its absurdity.
Pakistan earned revenge for his or her 2007 last defeat at Lord’s two years later, which was earlier the scene of one of many nice World Cup shocks when Netherlands upset hosts England.
England bounced again shortly to win their first white-ball silverware a 12 months later within the Caribbean.
The West Indies then lit up Colombo with their ‘Gangnam Model’ impressed celebrations within the 2012 last, earlier than overwhelmed finalists Sri Lanka made it third time fortunate in 2014, a becoming T20 swansong for legendary pair Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara.
After 5 totally different winners throughout the primary 5 tournaments, the Windies grew to become the primary group to win two Males’s T20 World Cups after Brathwaite’s last-over heroics broke English hearts, the batter hanging 4 consecutive sixes off the bowling of Ben Stokes to seal a four-wicket win.
Regardless of their dominance at ODI World Cups, Australia needed to wait till 2021 to carry their first T20 World Cup, leaving New Zealand as the one finalists but to win heading into 2024.
England are the holders after their win in Australia two years in the past, when Participant of the Event Sam Curran produced a Participant of the Match show to see off Pakistan within the last.
Extra groups than ever earlier than
The ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024 will break new floor with 20 groups competing for the primary time ever.
It would even be the primary ICC World Cup event to characteristic matches performed in the US and with 55 video games in retailer, it is going to be the largest cricket event in ICC historical past.
Three new groups will probably be welcomed to the highest desk, with hosts the US, Canada and Uganda all taking part of their maiden T20 World Cup event.
With new faces and new pitches to get to know, the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024 guarantees to be extra unpredictable and unforgettable than ever earlier than.
