Pakistan at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup

The Pakistan national cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they are nicknamed as the Shaheens. The team has qualified for all the eight 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. In eight editions that they have contested, the team has a win-loss record of 28–18 in 47 matches.

ICC T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup record
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	TBA
2028
2030
Total	9/9	1 Title	51	30	19	2	0

– Semi-finals
– Runners-up
– Champions

Record by opponents

Opponent	M	W	L	T+W	T+L	NR	Win %	First played
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	1	1	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	50	29	19	0	0	2	58.00	—
Source:^[1] Last Updated: 11 June 2024

Tournament results

South Africa 2007

Squad

Results

Event	Group stage (Group D)			Super 8s (Group F)				Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Overall Result
2007	Scotland W by 51 runs	India Tied (L in B/O)	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

England 2009

Squad

Results

Event	Group stage (Group B)			Super 8s (Group F)				Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Overall Result
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

West Indies 2010

Squad

Results

Event	Group stage (Group A)			Super 8s (Group E)				Semifinal	Overall Result
Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Overall Result
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

Sri Lanka 2012

Squad

Results

Event	Group stage (Group D)			Super 8s (Group F)				Semifinal	Overall Result
Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Overall Result
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

Bangladesh 2014

Squad

Results

Event	Super 10 (Group 2)					Overall Result
Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Overall Result
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

India 2016

Squad

Results

Event	Super 10 (Group 2)					Overall Result
Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Overall Result
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

Oman & UAE 2021

Squad

Results

Event	Super 12 (Group 2)						Semifinal	Overall Result
Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Overall Result
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

Australia 2022

Squad

Results

Event	Super 12 (Group 2)						Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Overall Result
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

United States & West Indies 2024

Squad

Results

Event	Group stage (Group A)					Overall Result
Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Overall Result
2024	United States Tied (L the S/O)	India L by 6 runs	Canada W by 7 wickets	Ireland W by 3 wickets	3	Group Stage

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
34	Shahid Afridi	2007-2016
34	Shoaib Malik	2007-2021
30	Kamran Akmal	2007-2014
30	Mohammad Hafeez	2007-2021
24	Umar Gul	2007-2014
Last updated: 4 November 2022^[2]

Most runs

No.	Player	Runs	Average	HS	100	50	4s	6s	Years
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^[3]

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	BBI	Years
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^[4]

References

^ "Aggregate/overall records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ "Individual Most Matches Career - Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "Batting Most Runs Career - Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ "Bowling Most Wickets Career - Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

External links

[1] "Aggregate/overall records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[2] "Individual Most Matches Career - Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[3] "Batting Most Runs Career - Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[4] "Bowling Most Wickets Career - Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]