Winners of T20 World Cup from 2007-2021

Winners of T20 World Cup: The first T20 World Cup was played in 2007 in South Africa. The West Indies are the only team who have won this event twice, in 2012 and 2016. No host country has won the T20 WC even once till now.
Winners of T20 World Cup from 2007-2021
Winners of T20 World Cup from 2007-2021Image Credit: Since Independence

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The ICC mega event will be played in the seven cities of Australia. The first T20 World Cup was played in South Africa, and Team India was crowned as the inaugural champions of that tournament of the shortest format.

T20 World Cup 2022
T20 World Cup 2022

But despite being the organizers of the best T20 and Franchise league, the men in blue have won just one edition of this T20I competition. 

West Indies is the only side to win two T20 World Cup tournaments till now. The Windies won the event in Sri Lanka in 2012 and in 2016 in India.

But so far, no host country has won this tournament even once. Now Australia will be eyeing to script history by winning the T20 World Cup for the second back-to-back time and be the first host country to win this ICC mega event Down Under. 

Today the mobile application of 11Sixes and the media portal of Since Independence.com shall make a list of all the winners of the T20 World Cup events.

T20 World Cup 2022
T20 World Cup 2022

This list will start from the first-ever edition in 2007, and it will go on until the last edition of 2021, which was played in the United Arab Emirates.

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Winners of T20 World Cup: Where T20 World Cup 2022 will be played? 

The T20 World Cup 2022 is being played in Australia. Seven cities of this country are hosting this mega event Dow Under. Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong and Hobart are the cities for this ICC event.    

Winners of T20 World Cup

2007 – India became the first champions of the T20 World Cup in 2007. The young side under MS Dhoni proved the critics wrong and won the tournament by defeating the arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg in South Africa.

India became the first champions of the T20 World Cup in 2007
India became the first champions of the T20 World Cup in 2007Image Credit: Getty Images

It has been a wait of 15 long years that the men in blue haven't clinched this title again. Will the wait be over this time around? 

2009 – England hosted this tournament for the first time, and Pakistan became the second champion of the T20 World Cup.

Pakistan became the second champion of the T20 World Cup
Pakistan became the second champion of the T20 World CupImage Credit: Getty Images

The 2009 T20 World Cup final was played at the iconic stadium of Lords Cricket Ground in London, and the men in green beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets to clinch their first-ever title of the shortest format. 

2010 – The third edition of the T20 World Cup was held in the Caribbean. Under the leadership of Paul Collingwood, England won their first and only title of the shortest format.

England won their first and only title of the shortest format
England won their first and only title of the shortest format

England won their final against Australia by seven wickets at Kensington Oval in Bridge Town. 

2012 – The Lankan Tigers hosted this edition of the T20 World Cup in their island country, and they also reached the final, hoping to be the first host country to win this ICC mega event.

West Indies became the champion of the T20 World Cup in 2012
West Indies became the champion of the T20 World Cup in 2012Image Credit: Twitter@windiescricket

But the Windies were a better team that night, and West Indies won the final match of that edition by 36 runs. The 2012 edition final was played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. 

2014 – Sri Lanka made it to the finals again in the 2014 edition of the T20 World Cup, which was held in Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka made it to the finals again in the 2014 edition of the T20 World Cup
Sri Lanka made it to the finals again in the 2014 edition of the T20 World Cup

After losing in the final against West Indies in 2012, the Lankan Tigers under Lasith Malinga defeated India by six wickets. The final of that edition was played in Sher–E-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka. 

2016 – India hosted this edition of the T20 World Cup. West Indies became the first and only team in the history of this tournament to win the T20 World Cup twice.

West Indies became the first and only team in the history of this tournament to win the T20 World Cup twice
West Indies became the first and only team in the history of this tournament to win the T20 World Cup twiceImage Credit: AFP

The Windies defeated England at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Carlos Brathwaite smashed Ben Stokes for four back-to-back sixes to win the finals. 

2021 – The T20 World Cup was scheduled to be played every two years. But because of the COVID-19 Virus, the tournament wasn't played in 2020, and India also lost the hosting rights of this T20 event.

Australia, under the captaincy of Aaron Finch, clinched their maiden title in 2021
Australia, under the captaincy of Aaron Finch, clinched their maiden title in 2021

Last year, the United Arab Emirates hosted this ICC mega event, and Australia, under the captaincy of Aaron Finch, clinched their maiden title. The Aussies defeated the Kiwis in Dubai International Stadium by eight wickets. 

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