T20 World Cup stats lookback: Samra, teenage sensation

19 Yuvraj Singh Samra’s age when he became the first teenager to register a three-figure score in T20 World Cup history. The Canadian opener bettered the previous record held by former Pakistani opener Ahmed Shehzad, who was three years older at 22 years, when he scored his maiden T20WC century in Mirpur in the 2014 edition.Samra is also the youngest player to score a century in any World Cup format.

Youngest to register 100+ scores in T20 World Cups

Youngest to register 100+ scores in any World Cup match across formats

Note: Virat Kohli was 22y-106d when he made an unbeaten 100 against Bangladesh at Mirpur on 19 Feb 2011, making him the youngest Indian to achieve this feat

0 The number of three-figure scores by captains in the T20WC before England’s Harry Brook made a 100 against Pakistan in Pallekele on 24 February 2026. This milestone occurred in the 361st T20WC match, 18 years, 5 months, and 14 days after the inaugural game on 11 September 2007. West Indies’ Chris Gayle previously held the record for the highest score by a captain, with 98 in 2010 and 88 in 2009, holding it for over 16 years until Brook surpassed it. Meanwhile, Brook also became the first English captain to register a T20I century. The previous highest was Eoin Morgan’s 91 against New Zealand in Napier on 8 November 2019. Brook’s century was the first to be conceded by Pakistan in a T20WC. The previous highest was Bangladeshi Shakib-Al-Hasan’s 84, which also came at the same venue (Pallekele) 13 years ago on 25 September 2012! (This also means, West Indies is now the only side, among major teams, not to concede a three-figure score in the T20WC).

Highest scores by captains in T20WCs

Note: Tucker also kept wickets

How the record of highest scores for captains changed hands in T20WCs

How the record of highest scores for English captains changed hands in T20Is

4 The number of players who have scored at least 30 runs and taken four or more wickets in a single T20 World Cup match. Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai and New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra are the most recent to achieve this rare feat. Ravindra is the first New Zealand player to do so in T20Is, while Omarzai is the second from Afghanistan, following Samiullah Shenwari (61 runs, 4-14 at the Dubai Academy ground on 18 March 2012).

Players doing the double of 30 runs and four wickets in the same T20WC match

8 The number of players to do the double of 1000 or more runs and 100 or more wickets during their T20I career. New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner is the latest and the first from his country to reach this milestone, and thus becoming the latest to join this elite group of players in T20I history. Notably, three players accomplished this within two days, on 24 and 25 February 2026. Among these players, only Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza and Malaysia’s Virandeep Singh have achieved the rare milestone of over 3,000 runs and 100 wickets. Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, with more than 2,000 runs, is just one wicket away from his 150th.

Players with 1000+ runs and 100+ wicket during their T20 international career (listed chronologically)

The last column indicates the date when the player achieved both 1000-runs and 100-wickets during his career

31 The number of overs bowled by slow bowlers in the two T20WC 2026 matches. This is the highest recorded in a T20 international between two full member teams. In the India versus Pakistan match (see the table below), 11 slow bowlers were used, a record for any T20I game.

Slow bowlers delivering 30 or more overs in a T20I match

Note: Three of the instances have come in the recent T20WC

12The number of consecutive victories achieved by India in the T20 World Cup, which has set a new record for the longest winning streak in the tournament. This surpassed the previous record of eight consecutive wins held by Australia and South Africa from 2022 to 2024. India’s unbeaten run began after its huge semifinal loss to England by 10 wickets in Adelaide on 10 November 2022. However, the streak ended on 22 February 2026 in Ahmedabad, with a 76-run defeat to South Africa, thus concluding its unbeaten spell after 1 year, 8 months, and 17 days.

Consecutive T20WC match victories

All records are correct and updated until 1 March 2026.