The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was the fifth edition of the Men's T20 World Cup, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament, that took place in Bangladesh from 16 March to 6 April 2014. It was played in three cities — Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. The International Cricket Council announced Bangladesh as host in 2010. This was the first Men's T20 World Cup where the use of Decision Review System (DRS) was implemented. It was the second consecutive time that an Asian country hosted the event, with Sri Lanka hosting the previous tournament in 2012. Sri Lanka won the title, beating India by 6 wickets in the final at Mirpur.
Format During the group stage, points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Results Points Win 2 points No result/Tie 1 point Loss 0 points
In the event of teams finishing on equal points in their group, the following tie-breakers were applied to determine their order in the table in the following order of priority: most wins, higher NRR(Net Run Rate), head-to-head record in matches involving the tied teams.
Teams For the first time, the tournament featured 16 teams. All ten full members of the ICC qualified automatically, joined by the six associate members that qualified through the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier. The qualifying teams were Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and Hong Kong.
The first round consisted of 8 teams and 2 teams moved to next round. The second round was the Super 10 stage which consisted of 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top eight full member nations in the ICC T20I Championship rankings as of 8 October 2012 automatically progressed to the Super 10 stage of 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
Joining the eight full members in the super 10 stage was host nation Bangladesh (also a full member) and associate nation The Netherlands who topped their first round group by net run rate ahead of Test playing nation Zimbabwe and Ireland. QualificationCountryHostFull MembersQualifier
Match officials The match referees' responsibilities throughout the tournament were shared between four members of the Elite Panel of ICC Referees: David Boon Ranjan Madugalle Roshan Mahanama Javagal Srinath
The on-field responsibilities for officiating the tournament were shared by all 11 of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and 3 umpires from the International Panel of Umpires and Referees: Billy Bowden Aleem Dar Steve Davis Kumar Dharmasena Marais Erasmus Ian Gould Richard Illingworth Richard Kettleborough Nigel Llong Ranmore Martinesz Bruce Oxenford Sundaram Ravi Paul Reiffel Rod Tucker
Squads
Venues Thirty-one matches were played at three venues in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet.
ChittagongDhakaSylhetZahur Ahmed Chowdhury StadiumSher-e-Bangla National Cricket StadiumSylhet International Cricket StadiumCapacity: 20,000Capacity: 26,000Capacity: 18,500Matches: 15Matches: 14 (SF-1), (SF-2) & (Final)Matches: 6
Warm-up matches 16 warm-up matches were played between 12 and 19 March featuring all 16 teams.
First stage Play in the Group stage of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 took place from 16 March to 21 March 2014.
Group A
Matches
Group B
Matches
Super 10 Play in the Super 10s stage of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 took place from 21 March to 1 April 2014. The top eight Full Member nations in the ICC T20I Championship rankings as of 8 October 2012 automatically progressed to the Super 10 stage of 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
QualificationSuper 10 Group 1 Group 2 Rankings Advanced from First Stage
Group 1
Matches
Group 2
Matches
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Most runs Source: ESPNCricinfo
Player Matches Innings Runs Average SR HS 100 50 4s 6s Virat Kohli 6 6 319 106.33 129.14 77 - 4 24 10 Tom Cooper 7 7 231 57.75 137.50 72* 0 1 22 10 Stephan Myburgh 7 7 224 32.00 154.48 63 0 3 26 13 Rohit Sharma 6 6 200 40.00 123.45 62* 0 2 19 6 JP Duminy 5 5 187 62.33 140.60 86* 0 1 14 8
Most wickets Source: ESPNCricinfo
Player Matches Innings Wickets Econ. Ave. BBI S/R 4WI 5WI Imran Tahir 5 5 12 6.55 10.91 4/21 10.0 1 0 Ahsan Malik 7 7 12 6.68 13.83 5/19 12.4 0 1 Samuel Badree 5 5 11 5.65 10.27 4/21 10.9 1 0 Ravichandran Ashwin 6 6 11 5.35 11.27 4/11 12.6 1 0 Amit Mishra 6 6 10 6.68 14.70 3/21 15.3 0 0
Team of the tournament
Source:
PlayerRole Rohit Sharma Batsman Stephan Myburgh Batsman Virat Kohli Batsman JP Duminy All-rounder Glenn Maxwell All-rounder MS Dhoni Batsman / Wicket-keeper (Captain) Darren Sammy All-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin Bowling all-rounder Dale Steyn Bowler Samuel Badree Bowler Lasith Malinga Bowler Krishmar Santokie Bowler / 12th man
Media Logo On 6 April 2013, ICC unveiled the logo of the tournament at a gala event in Dhaka. The overall look of the logo design is primarily inspired by the unique Bangladesh decoration art style. The logo uses the colours of the Bangladeshi flag with splashes of blue representing the country's rivers (also as being the ICC's own colour). The logo is also inspired by the rickshaws. The T is made up of cricket stumps and the '0' in the T20 represents the cricket ball complete with a green seam.
Theme song Char Chokka Hoi Hoi (; ) was the official theme song of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. It was released worldwide on 20 February 2014. Most of the song is in Bengali while some phrases in the opening lines are in English. The song is composed by famous Bangladeshi composer and artist Fuad al Muqtadir and has been sung by an ensemble of young vocalists, namely Dilshad Nahar Kona, Elita Karim, Pantha Kanai, Johan Alamgir, Sanvir Huda, Badhon Sarkar Puja and Kaushik Hossain Taposh. The song is notable for its playful use of "Banglish".
The song received a mixed reaction in Bangladesh. It was widely criticized on the grounds that the lyrics and the subsequent music video in particular, did not adequately capture the essence of Bangladeshi culture and heritage. Despite this, the song became hugely popular in a short while due to its catchy tune and energetic beat. A competition held by the ICC, which invited university students from the three host cities (Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet) to create and submit their own dance videos, helped to further popularise the song. The competition gave rise to flashmobs and performances in a number of major cities in Bangladesh. Eventually, the trend continued in other cities and even spread abroad to New York City, London, China and Russia well after the deadline for the competition had passed. Due to its now-global appeal and signature dance moves, Char Chokka Hoi Hoi has been compared to other dance trends such as 'Gangnam Style' and 'Harlem Shake'.
Broadcasting Country/Territory TV Radio Internet Afghanistan Lemar TV Salaam Wantadar Africa – sub-Sahara SuperSport www.supersport.com Australia Fox Sports Nine Network (Australia matches & finals only) foxsports.com.au Brunei and Malaysia Astro Bangladesh Bangladesh Television Maasranga TV Gazi TV Bangladesh Betar Radio Bhumi starsports.com Canada Sportsnet World, Sportsnet One (finals) Sportsnet World Online Caribbean, Central America, South America and United States ESPNESPN2 (Finals) CMC ESPN3 Europe (excluding the United Kingdom and Ireland) Eurosport India STAR Sports Doordarshan (India matches, Semifinals and Final) All India Radio starsports.com Indian subcontinent STAR Sports starsports.com Ireland and United Kingdom Sky Sports BBC skysports.com Hong Kong, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Singapore STAR Sports Star Cricket starsports.com Middle East and North Africa OSN Sports Cricket 89.1 Radio4 Nepal Nepal Television New Zealand Sky TV Radio Sport Norway NRK Pacific Islands Fiji TV Pakistan PTV Home & Personal TV (Terrestrial) PTV Sports (Cable)TEN Sports (Cable and IP TV) PBC Hum FM Hot FM (Pakistan matches) starsports.com sports.ptv.com.pk South Africa SuperSport SABC 3 SABC Radio 2000 www.supersport.com Sri Lanka CSN Siyatha FM
See also 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20
Notes
References
External links ICC World Twenty20 - Official website ICC World T20 2014 coverage on Wisden India ICC World T20 2014 coverage on ESPNCricinfo Char Chokka Hoi Hoi YouTube Video