Twenty20 (abbreviated T20) is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 f

Twenty20 (abbreviated T20) is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of twenty overs (which is equivalent to 120 legal deliveries per team). Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as being played at the highest level, both internationally and domestically.

Lasith Malinga bowling to Shahid Afridi in the 2009 T20 World Cup Final at Lord's, London.

A typical Twenty20 match lasts just over 3 hours, with each innings lasting around 90 minutes and an official 10-minute break between the innings. This is much shorter than previous forms of the game, and is closer to the timespan of other popular team sports. It was introduced to create a fast-paced game that would be attractive to spectators at the ground and viewers on television.

The game has succeeded in spreading around the cricket world. On most international tours there is at least one Twenty20 match and all Test-playing nations have a domestic cup competition.

History

Origins

Former England batsman Andrew Strauss batting for Middlesex against Surrey

When the Benson & Hedges Cup ended in 2002, the ECB sought another one-day competition to fill with the younger generation in response to dwindling crowds and reduced sponsorship. The Board wanted to deliver fast-paced, exciting cricket accessible to fans who were put off by the longer versions of the game. Stuart Robertson, (Marketing Manager of the ECB), Kevin Allton (ECB New Media Marketing Manager), Joe Bruce (Sponsorship Manager) and Richard Kaye (Sales Manager) proposed a 20-over-per-innings game, invented by New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe, to county chairmen in 2001, and they voted 11–7 in favour of adopting the new format.

The first official Twenty20 matches were played on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup. The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative success, with the Surrey Lions defeating the Warwickshire Bears by nine wickets in the final to claim the title. The first Twenty20 match held at Lord's, on 15 July 2004 between Middlesex and Surrey, attracted a crowd of 27,509, the highest attendance for any county cricket game at the ground – other than a one-day final – since 1953.

Worldwide spread

Thirteen teams from different parts of the country participated in Pakistan's inaugural competition in 2004, with the Faisalabad Wolves the first winners. On 12 January 2005 Australia's first Twenty20 game was played at the WACA Ground between the Western Warriors and the Victorian Bushrangers. It drew a sell-out crowd of 20,000, which was the first one in nearly 25 years.

Starting on 11 July 2006, 19 West Indies regional teams competed in what was named the Stanford 20/20 tournament. The event was financially backed by billionaire Allen Stanford, who gave at least US$28 million in funding money. It was intended that the tournament would be an annual event. Guyana won the inaugural event, defeating Trinidad and Tobago by five wickets, securing US$1 million in prize money.

On 5 January 2007 the Queensland Bulls played the New South Wales Blues at The Gabba, Brisbane. An unexpected 16,000 fans turned up on the day to buy tickets, causing Gabba staff to throw open gates and grant many fans free entry. Attendance reached 27,653. For the February 2008 Twenty20 match between Australia and India, 85,824 people attended the match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, involving the Twenty20 World Champions against the ODI World Champions.

The Stanford Super Series was held in October 2008 between the three teams. The respective winners of the English and Caribbean Twenty20 competitions, Middlesex and Trinidad and Tobago, and a Stanford Superstars team formed from West Indies domestic players. Trinidad and Tobago won the competition, securing US$280,000 prize money. On 1 November, the Stanford Superstars played England in what was expected to be the first of five fixtures in as many years with the winner claiming US$20 million in each match. The Stanford Superstars won the first match, but no further fixtures were held as Allen Stanford was charged with fraud in 2009.

T20 leagues

Crowd during a match of the 2015 IPL season in Hyderabad, India

Several T20 leagues started after the popularity of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. The Board of Control for Cricket in India started the Indian Premier League popularly known as IPL, which is now the largest cricket league, in 2008, which utilizes the North American sports franchise system with ten teams in major Indian cities. In September 2017, the broadcasting and digital rights for the next five years (2018–2022) of the IPL were sold to Star India for US$2.55 billion, making it one of the world's most lucrative sports league per match. The IPL has seen a spike in its brand valuation to US$5.3 billion after the 10th edition, according to global valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps.

The Big Bash League, Bangladesh Premier League, Pakistan Super League, Caribbean Premier League, and Afghanistan Premier League started thereafter, following similar formulae, and remained popular with the fans. The Women's Big Bash League was started in 2015 by Cricket Australia, while the Kia Super League was started in England and Wales in 2016. The Mzansi Super League in South Africa was started in 2018. Global Cricket League was started in 2026 by USA cricket to promote cricket nationwide.

Several T20 leagues follow the general format of having a group stage followed by a Page playoff system among the top four teams where:

The first- and second-highest placed teams in the group stage face off, with the winner going to the final.
The third- and fourth-place teams face off, with the loser being eliminated.
The two teams who have not yet made it to the final after the above two matches have been played face off to fill the second berth in the final.

In the Big Bash League, there was an additional match to determine which of the fourth- or fifth-placed teams will qualify to be in the top four, Until the 2022/23 season.

Twenty20 Internationals

The first Twenty20 International match was held on 5 August 2004 between the England and New Zealand women's teams, with New Zealand winning by nine runs.

On 17 February 2005 Australia defeated New Zealand in the first men's international Twenty20 match, played at Eden Park in Auckland. The game was played in a light-hearted manner – both sides turned out in kit similar to that worn in the 1980s, the New Zealand team's a direct copy of that worn by the Beige Brigade. Some of the players also sported moustaches or beards and hairstyles popular in the 1980s, taking part in a competition amongst themselves for "best retro look", at the request of the Beige Brigade. Australia won the game comprehensively, and as the result became obvious towards the end of the NZ innings, the players and umpires took things less seriously: Glenn McGrath jokingly replayed the Trevor Chappell underarm incident from a 1981 ODI between the two sides, and Billy Bowden showed him a mock red card (red cards are not normally used in cricket) in response.^{[citation needed]}

On 16 February 2006 New Zealand defeated West Indies in a tie-breaking bowl-out 3–0; 126 runs were scored apiece in the game proper.^{[citation needed]}

The ICC has declared that it sees T20 as the optimal format for globalizing the game, and in 2018, announced that it will give international status to all T20 cricket matches played between its member nations. This resulted in a significant leap in the number of T20I matches played across the world.

Twenty20 World Cup

Every two years an ICC World Twenty20 tournament is to take place, except in the event of an ICC Cricket World Cup being scheduled in the same year, in which case it will be held the year before. The first tournament was in 2007 in South Africa where India defeated Pakistan in the final. Two Associate teams had played in the first tournament, selected through the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One, a 50-over competition. In December 2007 it was decided to hold a qualifying tournament with a 20-over format to better prepare the teams. With six participants, two would qualify for the 2009 World Twenty20 and would each receive $250,000 in prize money. The second tournament was won by Pakistan, who beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in England on 21 June 2009. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament was held in the West Indies in May 2010, where England defeated Australia by seven wickets. The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was won by the West Indies, by defeating Sri Lanka at the finals. It was the first time in cricket history when a T20 World Cup tournament took place in an Asian country. The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was won by Sri Lanka, by defeating India at the finals, where the tournament was held in Bangladesh. The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 was won by West Indies. In July 2020, the ICC announced that both the 2020 and 2021 editions had been postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In June 2021, the ICC expanded the Twenty20 World Cup from 16 to 20 teams starting from the 2024 edition onwards.

India won the 2024 T20 WC, which marked the last T20 campaign for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The 2026 T20 wc is now underway with finals to be played either in Ahmedabad or Colombo depending on the teams qualified.

Impact on the game

Twenty20 matches can have some exciting displays, such as when the batsmen run out to the pitch

Twenty20 cricket is claimed to have resulted in a more athletic and explosive form of cricket. Indian fitness coach Ramji Srinivasan declared in an interview with the Indian fitness website Takath.com that Twenty20 had "raised the bar" in terms of fitness levels for all players, demanding higher levels of strength, speed, agility and reaction time from all players regardless of role in the team. Matthew Hayden credited retirement from international cricket with aiding his performance in general and fitness in particular in the Indian Premier League.

Several commentators have noted that the T20 format has been embraced by many Associate Members of the ICC partly because it is more financially viable to play. T20's success has also inspired the invention of even shorter formats, such as T10 cricket and 100-ball cricket, and its impact on cricket has been compared to or served as inspiration for innovations in other sports, such as with the 3x3 variant of basketball or the Indian Pro Kabaddi League.

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, on the other hand, has criticised Twenty20 as being detrimental to Test cricket and for hampering batsmen's scoring skills and concentration. Former Australian captain Greg Chappell made similar complaints, fearing that young players would play too much T20 and not develop their batting skills fully, while former England player Alex Tudor feared the same for bowling skills.

Former West Indies captains Clive Lloyd, Michael Holding and Garfield Sobers criticised Twenty20 for its role in discouraging players from representing their test cricket national side, with many West Indies players like Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Jason Holder and Dwayne Bravo preferring instead to play in a Twenty20 franchise elsewhere in the world and make far more money. Similar, New Zealand players Trent Boult and Jimmy Neesham turned down central contracts enabling them to play cricket for New Zealand, instead preferring to concentrate on Twenty20 franchise cricket.

Under-17s and Under-19s are playing T20 games in national championships, and at the detriment of two-day games. Good state players these days are averaging 35; if you were averaging 35 when I was playing your dad would go and buy you a basketball or a footy and tell you to play that.

Ricky Ponting,

Inclusion in multi-sport events

In June 2009, speaking at the annual Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's, former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist pushed for Twenty20 to be made an Olympic sport. "It would," he said, "be difficult to see a better, quicker or cheaper way of spreading the game throughout the world." This became a reality starting with the 2028 Summer Olympics. T20 cricket has also been accepted into the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

Match format and rules

Format

Twenty20 match format is a form of limited overs cricket in that it involves two teams, each with a single innings. The key feature is that each team bats for a maximum of 20 overs (120 legal balls). The batting team members do not arrive from and depart to traditional dressing rooms, but come and go from a bench (typically a row of chairs) visible in the playing arena, analogous to association football's technical area or a baseball dugout.

Middlesex playing against Surrey at Lord's, in front of a 28,000-strong crowd

General rules

The Laws of Cricket apply to Twenty20, with some variations depending on the exact competition rules. The most common include:^{[better source needed]}

Each bowler may bowl a maximum of only one-fifth of the total overs per innings. For a full, uninterrupted match, this is four overs.
If a bowler delivers a no-ball by overstepping the crease, it costs one or two runs (depending on the competition) and their next delivery is designated a "free hit". In this circumstance the batter can only be dismissed through a run out, hitting the ball twice or obstructing the field.
The following fielding restrictions apply:
- No more than five fielders can be on the leg side at any time.
- During the first six overs, a maximum of two fielders can be outside the 30-yard circle (this is known as the powerplay).
- After the first six overs, a maximum of five fielders can be outside the fielding circle.
  - However, in Australia's Big Bash League the Powerplay is only the first 4 overs, with the batters choosing when the same restrictions apply for 2 overs in the second half of the innings, in a period called a Powersurge.

Tie deciders

Currently, if the match ends with the scores tied and there must be a winner, the tie is broken with a one-over-per-side Eliminator or Super Over: Each team nominates three batsmen and one bowler to play a one-over-per-side "mini-match". The team which bats second in the match bats first in the Super Over. In turn, each side bats one over bowled by the one nominated opposition bowler, with their innings over if they lose two wickets before the over is completed. The side with the higher score from their Super Over wins. If the Super Over also ends up in a tie, it is repeated until the tie is broken.

In the Australian domestic competition the Big Bash League, the Super Over is played slightly differently, with no two-wicket limit, and if the Super Over is also tied then a "countback" is used, with scores after the fifth ball for each team being used to determine the result. If it is still tied, then the countback goes to four balls, and so on. The latest Super Over to decide a match was between the United States and Pakistan on 6 June 2024, in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas, with the United States winning 18/1 to 13/1 in the Super Over after tying on 159.

Tied Twenty20 matches were previously decided by a bowl-out.

International

Women's and men's Twenty20 Internationals have been played since 2004 and 2005 respectively. To date, 76 nations have played the format, including all Test-playing nations.

Nation	Date of men's T20I debut	Date of women's T20I debut
Australia	17 February 2005	2 September 2005
New Zealand	17 February 2005	5 August 2004
England	13 June 2005	5 August 2004
South Africa	21 October 2005	10 August 2007
West Indies	16 February 2006	27 June 2008
Sri Lanka	15 June 2006	12 June 2009
Pakistan	28 August 2006	25 May 2009
Bangladesh	28 November 2006	27 August 2012
Zimbabwe	28 November 2006	5 January 2019
India	1 December 2006	5 August 2006
Kenya	1 September 2007	6 April 2019
Scotland	12 September 2007	7 July 2018
Netherlands	2 August 2008	27 June 2008
Ireland	2 August 2008	27 June 2008
Canada	2 August 2008	17 May 2019
Bermuda	3 August 2008
Afghanistan	2 February 2010
Nepal	16 March 2014	12 January 2019
Hong Kong	16 March 2014	12 January 2019
United Arab Emirates	17 March 2014	7 July 2018
Papua New Guinea	15 July 2015	7 July 2018
Oman	25 July 2015	17 January 2020
Sierra Leone	19 October 2021	20 August 2018
Lesotho	16 October 2021	20 August 2018
South Korea	9 October 2022	3 November 2018
China	26 July 2023	3 November 2018
Indonesia	9 October 2022	12 January 2019
Myanmar	26 July 2023	12 January 2019
Bhutan	5 December 2019	13 January 2019
Bahrain	20 January 2019	20 March 2022
Saudi Arabia	20 January 2019	20 March 2022
Kuwait	20 January 2019	18 February 2019
Maldives	20 January 2019	2 December 2019
Qatar	21 January 2019	17 January 2020
Rwanda	18 August 2021	26 January 2019
United States	15 March 2019	17 May 2019
Philippines	22 March 2019	21 December 2019
Vanuatu	22 March 2019	6 May 2019
Spain	29 March 2019	5 May 2022
Malta	29 March 2019	27 August 2022
Mexico	25 April 2019	23 August 2018
Belize	25 April 2019	13 December 2019
Costa Rica	25 April 2019	26 April 2019
Panama	25 April 2019
Japan	9 October 2022	6 May 2019
Fiji	9 September 2022	6 May 2019
Tanzania	2 November 2021	6 May 2019
Belgium	11 May 2019	25 September 2021
Germany	11 May 2019	26 June 2019
Uganda	20 May 2019	7 July 2018
Nigeria	20 May 2019	26 January 2019
Ghana	20 May 2019	28 March 2022
Namibia	20 May 2019	20 August 2018
Botswana	20 May 2019	20 August 2018
Italy	25 May 2019	9 August 2021
Guernsey	31 May 2019	31 May 2019
Jersey	31 May 2019	31 May 2019
Norway	15 June 2019	31 July 2019
Denmark	16 June 2019	28 May 2022
Mali	17 November 2021	18 June 2019
Malaysia	24 June 2019	3 June 2018
Thailand	24 June 2019	3 June 2018
Samoa	8 July 2019	6 May 2019
Finland	13 July 2019
Singapore	22 July 2019	9 August 2018
France	5 August 2021	31 July 2019
Cayman Islands	18 August 2019	26 September 2024
Austria	29 August 2019	31 July 2019
Romania	29 August 2019	27 August 2022
Luxembourg	29 August 2019
Turkey	29 August 2019	29 May 2023
Czech Republic	30 August 2019
Argentina	3 October 2019	3 October 2019
Brazil	3 October 2019	23 August 2018
Chile	3 October 2019	23 August 2018
Peru	3 October 2019	3 October 2019
Bulgaria	14 October 2019
Serbia	14 October 2019	10 September 2022
Greece	15 October 2019	9 September 2022
Portugal	25 October 2019
Gibraltar	26 October 2019
Malawi	6 November 2019	20 August 2018
Mozambique	6 November 2019	20 August 2018
Timor-Leste	6 November 2025

T20 International rankings

In November 2011, the ICC released the first Twenty20 International rankings for the men's game, based on the same system as the Test and ODI rankings. The rankings cover a two- to three-year period, with matches since the most recent 1 August weighted fully, matches in the preceding 12 months weighted two-thirds, and matches in the 12 months preceding that weighted one-third. To qualify for the rankings, teams must have played at least eight Twenty20 Internationals in the ranking period.

The ICC Women's Rankings were launched in October 2015, which aggregated performance over all three forms of the game. In October 2018, the ICC announced that the women's ranking would be split between ODIs and T20Is, and released both tables shortly thereafter.

ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
India	82	22,327	272
England	54	13,999	259
Australia	49	12,645	258
New Zealand	63	15,793	251
South Africa	62	15,177	245
Pakistan	83	19,725	238
West Indies	73	17,202	236
Sri Lanka	59	13,405	227
Bangladesh	67	14,925	223
Afghanistan	52	11,504	221
Zimbabwe	71	13,347	202
Ireland	45	9,001	200
Netherlands	39	7,064	181
Scotland	27	4,836	179
Namibia	39	6,940	178
United States	37	6,562	177
United Arab Emirates	66	11,584	176
Nepal	46	8,031	175
Canada	39	5,928	152
Oman	51	7,707	151
Uganda	56	7,952	142
Papua New Guinea	20	2,718	136
Hong Kong	54	6,960	129
Kuwait	44	5,596	127
Malaysia	59	7,386	125
Italy	21	2,568	122
Qatar	46	5,407	118
Jersey	24	2,819	117
Bahrain	80	9,304	116
Spain	22	2,478	113
Bermuda	27	3,040	113
Saudi Arabia	39	4,245	109
Kenya	48	5,074	106
Tanzania	41	4,082	100
Germany	22	1,924	87
Nigeria	53	4,166	79
Guernsey	27	2,071	77
Singapore	41	3,075	75
Cayman Islands	26	1,921	74
Austria	57	4,054	71
Denmark	18	1,262	70
Norway	30	2,095	70
Japan	41	2,846	69
Portugal	20	1,333	67
Belgium	36	2,059	57
Argentina	15	745	50
Switzerland	22	1,086	49
Finland	23	1,130	49
Sweden	22	1,048	48
Malawi	43	2,019	47
Botswana	33	1,547	47
Isle of Man	13	604	46
France	24	1,109	46
Romania	34	1,544	45
Philippines	26	1,158	45
Bahamas	23	972	42
Thailand	44	1,842	42
Czech Republic	22	911	41
Cook Islands	14	552	39
Cambodia	32	1,246	39
Rwanda	74	2,874	39
Indonesia	79	3,044	39
Fiji	11	387	35
Vanuatu	16	561	35
Cyprus	24	789	33
Ghana	19	570	30
Hungary	33	971	29
Samoa	23	672	29
Zambia	10	290	29
Estonia	24	665	28
Malta	41	1,085	26
Mozambique	20	518	26
Eswatini	19	491	26
Israel	7	178	25
Panama	15	318	21
Belize	8	164	21
Gibraltar	26	494	19
Bhutan	34	636	19
Luxembourg	24	432	18
Sierra Leone	27	477	18
Costa Rica	13	218	17
Mexico	18	287	16
Suriname	8	119	15
Serbia	30	315	11
Maldives	21	214	10
Cameroon	11	86	8
Brazil	12	90	8
Bulgaria	29	191	7
South Korea	16	94	6
Saint Helena	8	44	6
China	6	29	5
Lesotho	11	24	2
Turkey	12	26	2
Gambia	8	6	1
Myanmar	29	0	0
Slovenia	18	0	0
Seychelles	7	0	0
Mali	9	0	0
Greece	6	0	0
Croatia	26	0	0
Mongolia	13	0	0
Timor-Leste	8	0	0
Source: ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, 27 February 2026 See points calculations for more details.

ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
Australia	34	10,007	294
England	46	13,751	277
India	52	13,910	268
New Zealand	36	9,126	254
West Indies	35	8,433	241
South Africa	38	9,153	241
Sri Lanka	43	9,741	227
Pakistan	39	8,467	217
Ireland	48	9,494	198
Bangladesh	41	8,014	195
Scotland	37	5,909	160
Thailand	65	9,954	153
Papua New Guinea	38	5,484	144
Netherlands	51	6,947	136
United Arab Emirates	58	7,584	131
Zimbabwe	41	5,154	126
Uganda	70	7,877	113
Namibia	59	6,378	108
Tanzania	40	4,138	103
Indonesia	33	3,155	96
Nepal	46	4,295	93
Hong Kong	59	5,327	90
Italy	33	2,891	88
United States	29	2,520	87
Rwanda	59	4,901	83
Nigeria	36	2,694	75
Switzerland	12	863	72
Malaysia	45	3,119	69
Kenya	41	2,832	69
Vanuatu	26	1,688	65
Canada	17	1,067	63
Jersey	30	1,870	62
Spain	17	1,049	62
Germany	33	1,850	56
Brazil	32	1,699	53
Oman	24	1,214	51
Myanmar	34	1,577	46
Sweden	24	1,093	46
Isle of Man	30	1,312	44
Japan	33	1,377	42
Sierra Leone	32	1,322	41
Cyprus	18	712	40
Gibraltar	15	535	36
Guernsey	13	442	34
China	27	914	34
Denmark	27	895	33
Kuwait	27	848	31
Samoa	23	709	31
Botswana	35	1,077	31
Bhutan	26	792	30
Turkey	11	322	29
Greece	26	662	25
France	14	352	25
Romania	12	290	24
Croatia	10	237	24
Austria	32	639	20
Argentina	19	322	17
Qatar	29	480	17
Estonia	23	376	16
Fiji	22	358	16
Mozambique	20	301	15
Serbia	17	246	14
Norway	24	342	14
Malta	17	200	12
Malawi	21	226	11
Luxembourg	15	149	10
Cameroon	24	160	7
Lesotho	10	50	5
Singapore	45	166	4
Philippines	23	39	2
Cook Islands	14	6	0
Eswatini	17	0	0
Finland	9	0	0
Czech Republic	19	0	0
Bulgaria	19	0	0
Belgium	8	0	0
Bahrain	22	0	0
Cambodia	10	0	0
Mongolia	20	0	0
Source: ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings, 27 February 2026

Domestic professional T20 leagues

The Perth Scorchers taking on the Hobart Hurricanes at the WACA Ground during Australia's BBL 01 (2011–12).

The Guyana Amazon Warriors taking on the Trinbago Knight Riders at the Providence Stadium during West Indies' CPL 06 (2018).

This is a list of the current Twenty20 domestic competitions in several of the leading cricket countries.

Country	Domestic competitions	Est.	Number of teams	Most Successful Team
Australia	Big Bash League	2011	8	Perth Scorchers (6)
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Premier League, National Cricket League Twenty20	2012	6, 8	Comilla Victorians (4)
Canada	Global T20 Canada	2018	6	(1)
England	Vitality Blast	2003	18	Leicestershire Foxes (3)
India	Indian Premier League, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy	2008	10, 38	Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians (5), Tamil Nadu (3)
Ireland	Inter-Provincial Trophy	2013	4	Leinster Lightning (9)
Netherlands	Dutch Twenty20 Cup	2007	16	VRA Amsterdam (5)
Nepal	Nepal Premier League	2024	8	Janakpur Bolts, Lumbini Lions (1)
New Zealand	Super Smash	2005	6	Auckland Aces (5)
Pakistan	Pakistan Super League, National T20 Cup, Champions T20 Cup	2016	8, 8, 6	Lahore Qalandars, Islamabad United (3)
Scotland	Murgitroyd Twenty20, Regional Pro Series	2008	3	Carlton Cricket Club (5)
South Africa	SA20, CSA Provincial T20 Cup	2023	6, 15, 6	Sunrisers Eastern Cape (3)
Sri Lanka	Lanka Premier League	2020	5	Jaffna Kings (4)
West Indies	Caribbean Premier League	2013	6	Trinbago Knight Riders (5)
United Arab Emirates	International League T20	2023	6	Gulf Giants, MI Emirates, Dubai Capitals, Desert Vipers (1)
United States	Major League Cricket	2023	6	MI New York (2)
Zimbabwe	Stanbic Bank 20 Series	2006	5	Mashonaland Eagles (4)

Championships are correct to 26 January 2026.

The Kolkata Knight Riders taking on the Chennai Super Kings at the Eden Gardens during India's IPL 01 (2008)