The ICC T20 World Cup 2014 was held in Bangladesh between the months of March and April. In the matches being played on subcontinent pitches, the strong Indian and Sri Lankan went into the tournaments as the favorites to come out as the victors. The reigning champions, the West Indies, posed a lethal threat to each team’s plans of winning the trophy. The winners of the 2012 ICC T20 World Cup performed to their potential, reaching the semi-finals with strong outings.
T20 World Cup 2014 Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue | Result |
| March 16, 2014 | Bangladesh vs Afghanistan | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | Bangladesh won by 9 wickets |
| March 16, 2014 | Hong Kong vs Nepal | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | Nepal won by 80 run |
| March 17, 2014 | Ireland vs Zimbabwe | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | Ireland won by 3 wickets |
| March 17, 2014 | Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | Netherlands won by 6 wickets |
| March 18, 2014 | Afghanistan vs Hong Kong | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | Afghanistan won by 7 wickets |
| March 18, 2014 | Bangladesh vs Nepal | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | Bangladesh won by 8 wickets |
| March 19, 2014 | Netherlands vs Zimbabwe | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets |
| March 19, 2014 | Ireland vs United Arab Emirates | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | Ireland won by 21 runs (D/L method) |
| March 20, 2014 | Afghanistan vs Nepal | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | Nepal won by 9 runs |
| March 20, 2014 | Bangladesh vs Hong Kong | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | Hong Kong won by 2 wickets |
| March 21, 2014 | Zimbabwe vs United Arab Emirates | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets |
| March 21, 2014 | Ireland vs Netherlands | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | Netherlands won by 6 wickets |
| March 21, 2014 | India vs Pakistan | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | India won by 7 wickets |
| March 22, 2014 | South Africa vs Sri Lanka | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | Sri Lanka won by 5 runs |
| March 22, 2014 | England vs New Zealand | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | New Zealand won by 9 runs (D/L method) |
| March 23, 2014 | Australia vs Pakistan | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | Pakistan won by 16 runs |
| March 23, 2014 | India vs West Indies | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | India won by 7 wickets |
| March 24, 2014 | New Zealand vs South Africa | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | South Africa won by 2 runs |
| March 24, 2014 | Netherlands v Sri Lanka | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets |
| March 25, 2014 | Bangladesh vs West Indies | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | West Indies won by 73 runs |
| March 27, 2014 | Netherlands vs South Africa | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | South Africa won by 6 runs |
| March 27, 2014 | England vs Sri Lanka | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | England won by 6 wickets |
| March 28, 2014 | Australia vs West Indies | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | West Indies won by 6 wickets |
| March 28, 2014 | Bangladesh vs India | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | India won by 8 wickets |
| March 29, 2014 | Netherlands vs New Zealand | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | New Zealand won by 6 wickets |
| March 29, 2014 | England vs South Africa | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | South Africa won by 3 runs |
| March 30, 2014 | Bangladesh vs Pakistan | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | Pakistan won by 50 runs |
| March 30, 2014 | Australia vs India | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | India won by 73 runs |
| March 31, 2014 | England vs Netherlands | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | Netherlands won by 45 runs |
| March 31, 2014 | New Zealand vs Sri Lanka | Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | Sri Lanka won by 59 runs |
| April 01, 2014 | Bangladesh vs Australia | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| April 01, 2014 | Pakistan vs West Indies | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | West Indies won by 84 runs |
| April 03, 2014 | Sri Lanka vs West Indies | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | Sri Lanka won by 27 runs (D/L method) |
| April 04, 2014 | India vs South Africa | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | India won by 6 wickets |
| April 06, 2014 | India vs Sri Lanka | Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets |
T20 World Cup 2014 squads
T20 World Cup 2014 Afghanistan squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Mohammad Nabi |
| 2 | Asghar Afghan |
| 3 | Dawlat Zadran |
| 4 | Gulbodin Naib |
| 5 | Aftab Alam |
| 6 | Hamza Hotak |
| 7 | Karim Sadiq |
| 8 | Mirwais Ashraf |
| 9 | Mohammad Shahzad |
| 10 | Najib Taraki |
| 11 | Najibullah Zadran |
| 12 | Nawroz Mangal |
| 13 | Samiullah Shenwari |
| 14 | Shafiqullah |
| 15 | Shapoor Zadran |
T20 World Cup 2014 Bangladesh squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Mushfiqur Rahman |
| 2 | Mohammad Mahmudullah |
| 3 | Abdur Razzak |
| 4 | Al-Amin Hossain |
| 5 | Anarul Haque |
| 6 | Farhad Reza |
| 7 | Mashrafe Mortaza |
| 8 | Mominul Haque |
| 9 | Nasir Hossain |
| 10 | Rubel Hossain |
| 11 | Sabbir Rahman |
| 12 | Shamsur Rahman |
| 13 | Shakib Al Hasan |
| 14 | Sohag Gazi |
| 15 | Tamim Iqbal |
T20 World Cup 2014 Hong Kong squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Jamie Atkinson |
| 2 | Waqas Barkat |
| 3 | Aizaz Khan |
| 4 | Mark Chapman |
| 5 | Ehsan Nawaz |
| 6 | Haseeb Amjad |
| 7 | Babar Hayat |
| 8 | Irfan Ahmed |
| 9 | Roy Lamsam |
| 10 | Munir Dar |
| 11 | Nadeem Ahmed |
| 12 | Najeeb Amar |
| 13 | Nizakat Khan |
| 14 | Kinchit Shah |
| 15 | Tanwir Afzal |
T20 World Cup 2014 Nepal squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Paras Khadka |
| 2 | Gyanendra Malla |
| 3 | Pradeep Airee |
| 4 | Binod Bhandari |
| 5 | Amrit Bhattarai |
| 6 | Naresh Budhayer |
| 7 | Shakti Gauchan |
| 8 | Subhash Khakurel |
| 9 | Anil Mandal |
| 10 | Jitendra Mukhiya |
| 11 | Basanta Regmi |
| 12 | Sagar Pun |
| 13 | Sompal Kami |
| 14 | Sharad Vesawkar |
| 15 | Rahul Vishwakarma |
T20 World Cup 2014 Ireland squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | William Portfield |
| 2 | Kevin O’Brien |
| 3 | Alex Cusack |
| 4 | George Dockrell |
| 5 | Ed Joyce |
| 6 | Andrew McBrine |
| 7 | Tim Murtagh |
| 8 | Niall O’Brien |
| 9 | Andrew Poynter |
| 10 | Max Sorensen |
| 11 | James Shannon |
| 12 | Paul Stirling |
| 13 | Stuart Thompson |
| 14 | Gary Wilson |
| 15 | Craig Young |
T20 World Cup 2014 Netherlands squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Peter Borren |
| 2 | Wesley Barresi |
| 3 | Mudassar Bukhari |
| 4 | Ben Cooper |
| 5 | Tom Cooper |
| 6 | Tom Heggleman |
| 7 | Ahsan Malik |
| 8 | Vivian Kingma |
| 9 | Stephan Myburgh |
| 10 | Michael Rippon |
| 11 | Eric Szwarczynski |
| 12 | Logan Van Beek |
| 13 | Pieter Seelaar |
| 14 | Michael Swart |
| 15 | Timm van der Gugten |
T20 World Cup 2014 UAE squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Khurram Khan |
| 2 | Ahmed Raza |
| 3 | Amjad Ali |
| 4 | Amjad Javed |
| 5 | Faizan Asif |
| 6 | Manjula Guruge |
| 7 | Kamran Shahzad |
| 8 | Moaaz Qazi |
| 9 | Swapnil Patil |
| 10 | Rohan Mustafa |
| 11 | Rohit Singh |
| 12 | Shaiman Anwar |
| 13 | Sharif Asadullah |
| 14 | Vikrant Shetty |
| 15 | Shadeep Silva |
T20 World Cup 2014 Zimbabwe squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Brendan Taylor |
| 2 | Tendai Chatara |
| 3 | Elton Chigumbura |
| 4 | Tafadzwa Kamungozi |
| 5 | Timycen Maruma |
| 6 | Hamilton Masakadza |
| 7 | Shingi Masakadza |
| 8 | Natsai Mushangwe |
| 9 | Tinashe Panyangara |
| 10 | Sikandar Raza |
| 11 | Vusi Sibanda |
| 12 | Prosper Utseya |
| 13 | Brian Vitori |
| 14 | Malcolm Waller |
| 15 | Sean Williams |
T20 World Cup 2014 England squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Stuart Broad |
| 2 | Eoin Morgan |
| 3 | Moeen Ali |
| 4 | Ian Bell |
| 5 | Ravi Bopara |
| 6 | Tim Bresnan |
| 7 | Jos Buttler |
| 8 | Jade Dernbach |
| 9 | Alex Hales |
| 10 | Chris Jordan |
| 11 | Craig Kieswetter |
| 12 | Michael Lumb |
| 13 | Stephen Parry |
| 14 | James Tredwell |
| 15 | Chris Woakes |
T20 World Cup 2014 New Zealand squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Brendan McCullum |
| 2 | Corey Anderson |
| 3 | Trent Boult |
| 4 | Anton Devcich |
| 5 | Martin Guptill |
| 6 | Ronnie Hira |
| 7 | Mitchell McClenaghan |
| 8 | Nathan McCullum |
| 9 | Kyle Mills |
| 10 | Colin Munro |
| 11 | James Neesham |
| 12 | Luke Ronchi |
| 13 | Tim Southee |
| 14 | Ross Taylor |
| 15 | Kane Williamson |
T20 World Cup 2014 South Africa squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Faf du Plessis |
| 2 | Hashim Amla |
| 3 | Farhaan Behardien |
| 4 | Quinton de Kock |
| 5 | AB de Villiers |
| 6 | JP Duminy |
| 7 | Behram Hendricks |
| 8 | Imran Tahir |
| 9 | David Miller |
| 10 | Albie Morkel |
| 11 | Morné Morkel |
| 12 | Wayne Parnell |
| 13 | Aaron Phangiso |
| 14 | Dale Steyn |
| 15 | Lonwabo Tsotsobe |
T20 World Cup 2014 Sri Lanka squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Dinesh Chandimal |
| 2 | Lasith Malinga |
| 3 | Tilakaratne Dilshan |
| 4 | Rangana Herath |
| 5 | Mahela Jayawardene |
| 6 | Nuwan Kulasekara |
| 7 | Suranga Lakmal |
| 8 | Angelo Mathews |
| 9 | Ajantha Mendis |
| 10 | Kusal Perera |
| 11 | Thisara Perera |
| 12 | Seekkuge Prasanna |
| 13 | Kumar Sangakkara |
| 14 | Sachithra Senanayake |
| 15 | Lahiru Thiramane |
T20 World Cup 2014 Australia squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | George Bailey |
| 2 | Doug Bolinger |
| 3 | Daniel Christian |
| 4 | Nathan Coulter-Nile |
| 5 | James Faulkner |
| 6 | Aaron Finch |
| 7 | Brad Haddin |
| 8 | Brad Hodge |
| 9 | Brad Hogg |
| 10 | Glenn Maxwell |
| 11 | James Muirhead |
| 12 | Mitchell Starc |
| 13 | David Warner |
| 14 | Shane Watson |
| 15 | Cameron White |
T20 World Cup 2014 India squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | MS Dhoni |
| 2 | Virat Kohli |
| 3 | Varun Aaron |
| 4 | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| 5 | Stuart Binny |
| 6 | Shikhar Dhawan |
| 7 | Ravindra Jadeja |
| 8 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| 9 | Amit Mishra |
| 10 | Mohammed Shami |
| 11 | Ajinkya Rahane |
| 12 | Suresh Raina |
| 13 | Mohit Sharma |
| 14 | Rohit Sharma |
| 15 | Yuvraj Singh |
T20 World Cup 2014 Pakistan squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Mohammed Hafeez |
| 2 | Ahmed Shehzad |
| 3 | Bilawal Bhatti |
| 4 | Junaid Khan |
| 5 | Kamran Akmal |
| 6 | Mohammad Talha |
| 7 | Saeed Ajmal |
| 8 | Shahid Afridi |
| 9 | Sharjeel Khan |
| 10 | Shoaib Malik |
| 11 | Sohaib Maqsood |
| 12 | Sohail Tanvir |
| 13 | Umar Akmal |
| 14 | Umar Gul |
| 15 | Zulfiqar Babar |
T20 World Cup 2014 West Indies squad
| Sr. No. | Player Name |
| 1 | Darren Sammy |
| 2 | Samuel Badree |
| 3 | Dwayne Bravo |
| 4 | Johnson Charles |
| 5 | Sheldon Cottrell |
| 6 | Andre Fletcher |
| 7 | Chris Gayle |
| 8 | Sunil Narine |
| 9 | Dinesh Ramdin |
| 10 | Ravi Rampaul |
| 11 | Andre Russell |
| 12 | Marlon Samuels |
| 13 | Krishmar Santokie |
| 14 | Lendl Simmons |
| 15 | Dwayne Smith |
Check here for T20 World Cup 2014 Semi-final Scorecard.
T20 World Cup 2014 winners
The Sri Lankan cricket team were the winners of the T20 World Cup 2014. A team led by the young and talented Dinesh Chandimal, the Sri Lankan team performed outstandingly in the tournament. They ranked at the top of their group in the Super 10 stage and lost only one match throughout the 2014 T20 World Cup. Their spin attack was a prime factor in winning matches for their team, with the likes of Herath and Senanayake suffocating batters in the middle overs. In the finals, Lasith Malinga replaced Dinesh Chandimal as the captain due to Dinesh missing out because of an injury. Sri Lanka restricted India to a mere total of 130 runs in their 20 overs, which the Sri Lankan batters easily chased down with 13 balls and 6 wickets to spare.
T20 World Cup 2014 runner-ups
The T20 World Cup 2014 runner-ups were the Indian team. Before the finals 2014 T20 World Cup, the Indian team had won all their group stage and knockout matches convincingly. But while facing the Sri Lankans in the finals, the Indian batting lineup choked and due to Virat Kohli’s 77, they could at least post a total of 130. The Indian bowling tried hard to defend the total but failed to do so against an experienced and capable Sri Lankan batting lineup.
T20 World Cup 2014 highest run scorers
Indian vice-captain, Virat Kohli, was the leading run-scorer in T20 World Cup 2014. In just 6 matches, the right-handed batter scored a total of 319 runs, averaging 106.33 with the bat. Even in slow subcontinental pitches, Virat Kohli maintained a healthy strike rate of 129.14 throughout the tournament, and also made four half-centuries.
T20 World Cup 2014 highest wicket-takers
South Africa’s Imran Tahir and Netherlands’ Ahsan Malik were the joint-highest wicket-takers in the tournament. They both took a total of 12 wickets in the tournament, but Imran Tahir took it in 5 matches, whereas the Dutch cricketer did it in 7. Imran bowled brilliant leg spin, having an economy rate of just 6.55, and an average of 10.91. Additionally, he has a strike rate of 10.0 and had a 4-wicket haul in the T20 World Cup 2014.
Click here for T20 World Cup 2014 Finals Scorecard.
