West Indies at the T20 World Cup: Two titles resonate Caribbean success

West Indies and T20 cricket have become synonymous over the last couple of decades. Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo among many others have embraced the format and etched themselves into the history books while adding a much-entertaining calypso brand to the game. The success of West Indies’ players across the various franchise leagues …

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India at the T20 World Cup: Inaugural champions, runners-up in 2014 – all you need to know

The Indian cricketing ecosystem was recovering from an underwhelming performance in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 when a young Indian team, led by a new captain in MS Dhoni, took centrestage in South Africa.  Australia, the World Champions from earlier in the year, South Africa, West Indies and New Zealand were among the teams …

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England at the T20 World Cup: First non-Asian champions to heartbreak in 2016 – all you need to know

England were one of the first Test-playing nations to adopt the T20 format. The England Cricket Board (ECB) successfully kick-started the 20-over format on June 13, 2003, with the Twenty20 Cup, a tournament between the English counties. The English cricket team have also found success in the format, especially in the ICC Men’s T20 World …

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Golden Boot winners of FIFA World Cup: Brazilian Ronaldo, Miroslav Klose among legends in the list

The FIFA World Cup is held once every four years and several awards are handed out to the best players every single edition. The Golden Boot is presented to the top goal-scorer of the edition. The top scorer award was first branded as the Golden Shoe from 1982 to 2006 and then rebranded to its …

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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup top wicket-takers: Shakib Al Hasan leads the charts, four spinners in top five

The inaugural edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was played in 2007. The T20 format since has been dominated by batters, however, bowlers have been paramount to the success of the teams, especially in this tournament.  The all-attacking nature of T20s has enabled the spinners to capitalise on the batters’ mistakes. The pacers …

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Most FIFA World Cup goals: Miroslav Klose holds record, Thomas Muller at the top among active players

The FIFA World Cup has seen many prolific strikers grace the tournament since its first edition in 1930. The 21 editions have seen more than 2,000 goals being scored with more than 1,200 goal-scorers. French player Lucien Laurent scored the first goal in the history of this competition while Guillermo Stabile of Argentina was the …

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