2016 ICC World Twenty20: Difference between revisions

| caption = Official logo of the tournament

| host = {{flag|India}}

| champions = {{flagicon|WIN}} [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] (2nd title)

| player of the series = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Virat Kohli]]

| most runs = {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Tamim Iqbal]] (295)

| most wickets = {{flagicon|AFG}} [[Mohammad Nabi]] (12)

Seven cities hosted matches in the tournament – [[Bangalore]], [[Dharamshala]], [[Kolkata]], [[Mohali]], [[Mumbai]], [[Nagpur]], and [[New Delhi]]. For the second time there were sixteen participating teams, ten qualifying automatically through their status as [[List of International Cricket Council members|full members]] of the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC), and another six qualifying through the [[2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier|2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier]]. The tournament was divided into three stages. In [[#Group stage|the first stage]], the eight lowest-ranked teams played off, with the top two joining the eight highest-ranked teams in the [[#Super10|Super 10]] stage. Finally, the top four teams overall contested the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]. In [[2016 ICC World Twenty20 Final|the final]], played at [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]], the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] defeated [[England cricket team|England]] by four wickets. Indian batsman [[Virat Kohli]] was named the player of the tournament, while Bangladesh's [[Tamim Iqbal]] and Afghanistan's [[Mohammad Nabi]] led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.

For the second time, the tournament featured 16 teams. All ten full members qualified automatically, joined by the six [[ICC associate membership|associate members]]: Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Oman who all qualified through the [[2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier]], played in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and [[Scotland]] between 6 and 26 July 2015. Oman made its debut in the tournament.<ref name="OmanQual">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-qualifier-2015/content/story/902731.html |title=Oman secure World T20 spot with memorable win |access-date=23 July 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

The top eight Full Member nations in the [[ICC T20I Championship]] rankings as of 30 April 2014 automatically progressed to the [[#Super 10|Super 10]] stage, with the remaining eight teams competed in the [[#Group stage|group stage]]. From the group stage, Bangladesh and associate nation Afghanistan advanced to the Super 10 stage.<ref name="cricinfo">{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/736467.html|title=Format of T20 World Cup 2016|access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/80143/results-of-icc-board-meeting|title=Results of ICC Board meeting 2014|publisher=ICC|access-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113842/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/80143/results-of-icc-board-meeting|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Test playing nation Zimbabwe and Ireland failed to advance to the Super 10 stage for the second time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.icct20worldcuplive.com/category/teams/|title=Teams in ICC World Cup 2016|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref>

In October 2015 [[Shahryar Khan]], chairman of the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] (PCB), said that Pakistan would consider pulling out of the tournament if the [[Indian cricket team against Pakistan in Sri Lanka in 2015–16|series against India]] did not go ahead.<ref name="Khan">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/933063.html |title=PCB moots World Twenty20 boycott |access-date=24 October 2015|work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> Although the series was ultimately cancelled, Pakistan received government clearance in February 2016 to visit India to compete in the tournament.<ref name="clearance">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/976309.html |title=Pakistan cleared to participate in World T20 |access-date=25 February 2016 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> In early March, Pakistan sent a delegation to assess the security arrangements ahead of the tournament.<ref name="security">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/978729.html |title=Pakistan delegation to assess security arrangements in India|access-date=5 March 2016|work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> Following the visit, the match between India and Pakistan was moved from Dharamsala to [[Eden Gardens]] in Kolkata, at the request of the PCB, and on 11 March, Pakistan confirmed their participation at the tournament.<ref name="move">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/979671.html |title=Pakistan wants India match shifted out of Dharamsala |access-date=8 March 2016 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref><ref name="Eden">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/979921.html |title=India-Pakistan game moved to Kolkata |access-date=9 March 2016 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35786022|title=World Twenty20 2016: Pakistan confirms participation in tournament|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

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The match referees’ responsibilities throughout the men's tournament were shared between six members of the [[Elite Panel of ICC Referees]] :<ref name=officials>{{cite news |title=ICC announces umpire and match referee appointments for the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/media-releases/92667/icc-announces-umpire-and-match-referee-appointments-for-the-icc-world-twenty20-india-2016 |publisher=[[International Cricket Council]] |access-date=25 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311053950/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/media-releases/92667/icc-announces-umpire-and-match-referee-appointments-for-the-icc-world-twenty20-india-2016 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The on-field responsibilities for officiating the men's tournament were shared by all twelve of the [[Elite Panel of ICC Umpires]] and three umpires from the [[International Panel of Umpires and Referees|International Panel of ICC Umpires]] :<ref name=officials />

;Australia

;England

;India

;New Zealand

;Pakistan

;South Africa

;Sri Lanka

;West Indies

Prior to the tournament, each team selected a squad of fifteen players.

On 21 July 2015, the Indian cricket board announced the name of the cities which will be hosting the matches. [[Bangalore]], [[Chennai]], [[Dharamshala]], [[Mohali]], [[Mumbai]], [[Nagpur]] and [[New Delhi]] were the venues along with [[Kolkata]], which also hosted the final of the event.<ref name="Venues">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/901351.html |title=Eden Gardens to host 2016 World T20 final |access-date=21 July 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Chennai could not host a match due to legal issues regarding the construction of three stands at the [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/943389.html|title=Chennai in danger of being cut as World T20 host|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> [[VCA Stadium]], [[Nagpur]] hosted all Group B games and [[HPCA Stadium]], [[Dharamshala]] hosted all Group A matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/fixtures/men|title=Fixtures for the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016|work=ICC|access-date=3 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223080347/http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/fixtures/men|archive-date=23 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[India–Pakistan cricket rivalry|India vs Pakistan]] match, was scheduled to be played at HPCA Stadium.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/951215.html |title=Dharamsala to host World T20 India-Pakistan match|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> With the announcement that HPCA authority could not provide the required security for Pakistani team,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/977569.html|title=Political tussle clouds India-Pakistan World T20 match|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=1 March 2016 |access-date=10 March 2016 |author=Gollapudi, Nagraj}}</ref> the match was moved to [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/979921.html|title=India-Pakistan game moved to Kolkata|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=10 March 2016}}</ref>

There were some initial concerns about the [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] stadium in Delhi hosting the first semi-final, due to one of the block of stands needing a clearance certificate from the [[South Delhi Municipal Corporation]] (SDMC).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/987343.html|title=Uncertainty grows over Delhi WT20 semi-final|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref> If the clearance was not approved, the ICC and [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] were planning an alternative venue to host the match.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/986379.html|title=Delhi in danger of losing World T20 semi-final|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref> However, on 23 March, the [[Delhi & District Cricket Association]] were granted clearance from the SDMC to use the block at the Feroz Shah Kotla.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/987839.html|title=Delhi confirmed as World T20 semi-final venue|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:auto"

! colspan=3 |[[Eden Gardens]]

! colspan=3 |Capacity: 66,349

! colspan=3 |[[File:Eden Gardens.jpg|300px]]

! colspan=3 |Matches: 5 ([[#match35|final]])

The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 declared a total prize money pool of $10 million for the tournament, 33% more than the 2014 edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/swoop/mind-the-gap-world-twenty20-prize-money-for-winning-men-16-times-that-of-womens-purse/news-story/e4bd048a12ddcec96a4b667138aff90b|title=Mind the gap! World Twenty20 prize money for winning men 16 times that of women’s purse}}</ref> The prize money was distributed according to the performance of the teams as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalsportek.com/cricket/icc-world-twenty20-prize-money/|title=ICC World Twenty20 2016 Prize Money (Confirmed)|author=totalsportek2|work=TOTAL SPORTEK|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>

| Bonus for winning every “Super 10 round” match|| $50,000

== First Round ==

| notes = This was Oman's first victory in an ICC World T20 tournament.<ref name="Oman-win">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/980047.html |title=Joy for underdogs Oman, Ireland stunned |access-date=12 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| notes = Netherlands were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref name="Netherlands">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/981149.html |title=Netherlands ousted after Dharamsala washout|access-date=11 March 2016|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| notes = Ireland were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/981309.html |title=Persistent rain knocks Ireland out |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=11 March 2016}}</ref>

| notes = Bangladesh qualified for the Super 10 stage of the tournament as a result of this match, while Oman were eliminated.<ref name="Ban-Oman">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35798204 |title=World Twenty20 2016: Tamim Iqbal century sends Bangladesh through|access-date=13 March 2016 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

* [[Tamim Iqbal]] became the first player for Bangladesh and 18th overall to score a [[List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket|century in a T20I match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;spanmax1=13+Mar+2016;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting;view=innings|title=Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records / Centuries|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> He also became the first player for Bangladesh and 25th overall to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.<ref name="Iqbal">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/982289.html |title=Tamim ton secures Bangladesh's berth |access-date=13 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;qualmin1=1000;qualval1=runs;spanmax1=13+Mar+2016;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting|title=Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records / 1000 career runs|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>

| notes = [[Ryan Campbell]] (HK) became the oldest player to make his T20I debut (44 years and 30 days).<ref name="oldest">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/979139.html |title=Hong Kong eye second Full Member scalp |access-date=8 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AFG}}

| notes = Scotland were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref name="Scotland">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35775033 |title=World Twenty20: Scotland knocked out after Zimbabwe loss|access-date=10 March 2016 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

| team2 = {{cr|AFG}}

| notes = Hong Kong were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref name="HK-out">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/980719.html|title=Nabi, Shahzad to the fore in easy Afghanistan win|access-date=10 March 2016|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AFG}}

| toss = Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

| notes = Afghanistan qualified for the Super 10 stage of the tournament as a result of this match, while Zimbabwe were eliminated.<ref name="Afg-Zim">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/981483.html|title=Afghanistan progress to main draw with thumping win|access-date=12 March 2016|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* Afghanistan progressed to the second phase of a World Twenty20 tournament for the first time.<ref name="Afg-prog">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35793424|title=World Twenty20 2016: Afghanistan reach Super 10s with win over Zimbabwe|access-date=12 March 2016|work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

| notes = This was Scotland's first victory in an ICC tournament.<ref name="Scot-win">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/981675.html|title=Scotland end win drought at ICC global event|access-date=12 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

! Host

| {{cr|IND}}

! rowspan=7| [[List of International Cricket Council members#Full Members|Full Members]]

| {{cr|NZL}}

| {{cr|RSA}}

! rowspan=2| Advanced from First Round

| {{cr|AFG}}

| {{cr|BAN}}

===Group 1===

| notes = [[Chris Gayle]] (WI) scored the fastest century in a World Twenty20 match (47 balls).<ref name="Gayle-Eng">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/983733.html|title=Gayle's 47-ball ton wipes out England|access-date=16 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* Chris Gayle became the second player to score [[List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket|two centuries in T20Is]] and first player to score [[List of ICC World Twenty20 centuries|two centuries in World Twenty20 tournaments]]. His eleven sixes is the most in an innings at the World Twenty20.<ref name="Gayle-BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35826088|title=Chris Gayle century sees West Indies beat England at World Twenty20|access-date=16 March 2016 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

* Chris Gayle scored the most sixes in T20I matches (98) and the most sixes in World Twenty20 matches (60).<ref name="Gayle-six">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/984059.html|title=Gayle closes on century of sixes|access-date=16 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AFG}}

| notes = This was the highest successful run chase in a World Twenty20 match and the second highest in all T20I matches.<ref name="Chase">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/984989.html|title=Root takes England to record WT20 chase|access-date=18 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* England scored their first fifty runs from 17 balls, the joint second fastest in T20Is.<ref name="Eng-SA">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/985429.html|title=A pounding for fast bowlers|access-date=18 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| team2 = {{cr|AFG}}

| notes = [[AB de Villiers]] (SA) scored the joint-second highest number of runs in one over in a World Twenty20 match (29).<ref name="SA-Afg">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/986289.html|title=South Africa's Powerplay surge, and AB de Villiers' blitz|access-date=20 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]

| team2 = {{cr|AFG}}

| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]

| notes = Afghanistan were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref name="Eng-Afg">{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/icc-world-twenty20-2016/afghanistan-vs-england-live-icc-world-t20-match-24-super-10-group-1_1868680.html|title=ICC World T20, Match 24, Super 10 Group 1: Afghanistan vs England|access-date=23 March 2016 |work=Zee News}}</ref>

* This was the first T20I match to be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58040.html |title=Feroz Shah Kotla |access-date=23 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| notes = West Indies qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.<ref name="Win-semi">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/989461.html|title=West Indies in semi-finals, South Africa face exit|access-date=25 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* [[Marlon Samuels]] became the second player for the West Indies to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.<ref name="Win1000">{{cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;team=4;template=results;type=batting|title=Twenty20 Internationals: Batting records

| notes = England qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match, while Sri Lanka and South Africa were eliminated.<ref name="Eng-semi">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35904984|title=World Twenty20 2016: England hold on to reach semi-finals|access-date=25 March 2016 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AFG}}

* Afghanistan's score was the second-lowest total successfully defended in a World Twenty20 match.<ref name="Afg-Win">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/991527.html|title=Second-lowest total defended in World T20|access-date=27 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* It was the first time Afghanistan and West Indies played each other in an international fixture.<ref name="Afg-WI-first">{{cite news|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/news/2016/match-reports/94174|title=Afghanistan Stuns West Indies To Create History|access-date=27 March 2016|work=ICC Cricket|archive-url=https://archive.is/20160331223156/http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20/news/2016/match-reports/94174|archive-date=31 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]

| notes = [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] (SL) played in the most World Twenty20 matches (35).<ref name="Dill-most">{{cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/world-t20/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?id=89;type=trophy|title=World T20 / Records / Most matches|access-date=28 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* [[Hashim Amla]] became the fourth player for South Africa to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.<ref name="Amla1000">{{cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;team=3;template=results;type=batting|title=Twenty20 Internationals: Batting records|access-date=29 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| runs2 = [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni|MS Dhoni]] 30 (30)

| notes = [[Mitchell Santner]] recorded the best figures for a New Zealand [[Spin bowling|spin bowler]] in T20Is.<ref name="Santner">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/983329.html|title=Bounty for spin, and a shocker for India|access-date=15 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| notes = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] became the second player for Bangladesh to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.<ref name="Shakib">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/983737.html|title=Explosive Afridi collects another T20 crown|access-date=16 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| notes = This was India's eleventh victory against Pakistan in ICC World Cup matches across both ODI and T20I formats.<ref name="Ind-Pak">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/985651.html|title=Kohli special steers India home on a turner|access-date=20 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* [[Ahmed Shehzad]] became the fifth player for Pakistan to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.<ref name="Shehzad">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/985861.html|title=The king of the run chase|access-date=20 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]

* [[David Warner (cricketer)|David Warner]] (Aus) became the fourth player to score more than 6,000 runs in T20 cricket.<ref name="Warner6000">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/987121.html|title=Zampa's match-winning performance, Khawaja's maiden T20I fifty|access-date=21 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| notes = New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.<ref name="NZ-Pak">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/987445.html|title=New Zealand defend again to enter semi-finals|access-date=22 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* [[Shahid Afridi]] (Pak) became the leading wicket-taker in World Twenty20 matches (39).<ref name="Afridi39">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/987735.html|title=Guptill's run-filled year, and Pakistan's boundary drought|access-date=22 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]

| notes = Bangladesh were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref name="Ban-out">{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/cricket/2016/03/23/bangladesh-bow-out-of-world-twenty20-losing-last-over-thriller-against-india-by-1-run|title=Bangladesh bow out of World Twenty20 losing last-over thriller against India by 1 run|access-date=23 March 2016 |work=BD News24}}</ref>

* This was the fourth one-run win in a World Twenty20 match.<ref name="Ind-Ban">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/988461.html|title=One-run wins, three-in-three at the death|access-date=23 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* [[MS Dhoni]] became the fifth player for India to pass 1,000 runs in T20Is.''<ref name="Ind-Ban" />

| notes = Pakistan were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref name="Pak-out">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35898727|title=World Twenty20 2016: Pakistan out as Australia keep hopes alive|access-date=25 March 2016 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

* [[James Faulkner (cricketer)|James Faulkner]] became the first bowler for Australia and 15th player overall to take a [[List of five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International cricket|five-wicket haul in a T20I match]].<ref name="Faulkner">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/989491.html|title=Faulkner produces Australia's maiden T20I five-for|access-date=25 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* The 21-run victory was Australia's sixth smallest margin of victory in a T20I match by runs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Records / Australia / Twenty20 Internationals / Smallest victories (including ties) |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/smallest_margins.html?class=3;id=2;type=team |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123214107/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/smallest_margins.html?class=3%3Bid%3D2%3Btype%3Dteam |archive-date=23 November 2016 }}</ref>

* [[Mustafizur Rahman]] became the second bowler for Bangladesh and 16th player overall to take a [[List of five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International cricket|five-wicket haul in a T20I match]].<ref name="Rahman">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/990755.html|title=Most batsmen bowled in a T20I|access-date=26 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* Bangladesh's total is their lowest total in a T20I match.<ref name="Ban70">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/990493.html|title=NZ read conditions and rout Bangladesh|access-date=26 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* Ten dismissals in this match were [[bowled]], the most in a T20I match.<ref name="10bowled">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35903938|title=World Twenty20: New Zealand beat Bangladesh for fourth win|access-date=26 March 2016 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

| notes = India qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match, while Australia were eliminated.<ref name="Ind-Aus">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35908886|title=World Twenty20 2016: Virat Kohli leads India to T20 semi-finals|access-date=27 March 2016 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

* [[Shane Watson]] (Aus) played in his last international match.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/991821.html| title= Watson skips into T20 retirement| work= ESPNCricinfo| access-date= 28 March 2016}}</ref>

* [[Virat Kohli]] (Ind) reached 1,500 runs in T20Is in the fewest innings (39).<ref name="Kohli1500">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/991787.html|title=Kohli's wizardy, and the bogey team for Australia and Faulkner|access-date=28 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* [[Ravichandran Ashwin]] became first player for India to take 50 T20I wickets.<ref name="Ash50">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/t20-world-cup-2016/story/icc-world-twenty20-ravichandran-ashwin-first-indian-to-take-50-t20i-wickets/1/628938.html|title=ICC World Twenty20: Ravichandran Ashwin first Indian to take 50 T20I wickets |work=India Today}}</ref>

* [[MS Dhoni]] (Ind) took the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in World Twenty20 matches (32).<ref>{{cite web| url= http://stats.espncricinfo.com/world-t20/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_career.html?id=89;type=trophy| title=World T20 / Records / Most dismissals| work= ESPNCricinfo| access-date= 28 March 2016}}</ref>

Due to security concerns, the ICC stated that if Pakistan finished second in Group 2, the two semi final venues would be switched.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/951215.html|title=Dharamsala to host World T20 India-Pakistan match|work=Cricinfo|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>

| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]

| notes = [[Jason Roy]] scored the second-fastest 50 for an England player in a World Twenty20 match (26 balls).<ref name="Roy50">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/993179.html|title=The four-over difference, and Roy's high|access-date=30 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

| notes = West Indies made the highest successful run chase in a knockout match of a World Twenty20 tournament.<ref name="WI-Ind">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/993863.html|title=Runs in boundaries – 146 v 92|access-date=31 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

[[England cricket team|England]] and the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] were both contesting the tournament final for a second time, having won one previous tournament each ([[2010 ICC World Twenty20|in 2010]] and [[2012 ICC World Twenty20|2012]], respectively). West Indian captain [[Darren Sammy]] won the [[Toss (cricket)|toss]] and elected to bowl, as he had done throughout the tournament. England posted a total of 155/9 from their 20 overs, with [[Joe Root]] top-scoring with 54 runs from 36 balls. For the West Indies, [[Carlos Brathwaite]] took 3/23 and [[Samuel Badree]] took 2/16, including a [[Over (cricket)#Maiden over|maiden]]. The West Indies subsequently reached their target with just two balls to spare. They required 19 runs from the final over, bowled by [[Ben Stokes]], which Brathwaite reached by hitting four consecutive [[Six (cricket)|sixes]]. [[Marlon Samuels]] scored 85 [[not out]] from 66 balls – the highest score in World T20 final history – and was named the final's Man of the Match for the second time.<ref>Brydon Coverdale (3 April 2016). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/994611.html "WI grab title after Brathwaite 6, 6, 6, 6"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2016.</ref> The match was played to a near-capacity crowd, with 66,000 people in attendance.<ref>Jason Le Miere (3 April 2016). ([http://www.ibtimes.com/video-world-t20-final-2016-highlights-score-west-indies-beat-england-sensational-2347591 "VIDEO World T20 Final 2016: Highlights, Score; West Indies Beat England In Sensational Final Over"] – ''[[International Business Times]]''. Retrieved 4 April 2016.</ref>

| notes = [[Marlon Samuels]] (WI) made the highest score in a World T20 final.<ref name="Samuels85">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/994909.html|title=Last-over heroics, and Samuels' finale|access-date=4 April 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

* West Indies became the first team to win both the men's and [[2016 ICC Womens World Twenty20 Final|women's World Twenty20s]] on the same day, with the women defeating Australia by 8 wickets.

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| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|AFG}} [[Mohammad Shahzad]]

! colspan="11"|Source: ''Cricinfo''<ref name="mostruns">{{cite web| url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=10291;type=tournament| title=Records / ICC World T20, 2016 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNCricinfo |date=17 March 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|AFG}} [[Mohammad Nabi]]

| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|AFG}} [[Rashid Khan]]

! colspan="11"|Source: ''Cricinfo''<ref name="mostwickets">{{cite web| url= http://stats.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=10291;type=tournament| title=Records / ICC World T20, 2016 / Most wickets | publisher=ESPNCricinfo |date=17 March 2016}}</ref>