A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), where each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. These matches hold top-class status and are the highest T20 standard. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. Starting from the format's inception in 2005, T20I status only applied to Full Members and some Associate Member teams. However, in April 2018, the ICC announced that it would grant T20I status to all its 105 members from 1 January 2019.

The shortened format was initially introduced to bolster crowds for the domestic game, and was not intended to be played internationally, but the first Twenty20 International took place on 17 February 2005 when Australia defeated New Zealand, and the first tournament was played two years later, with the introduction of the ICC T20 World Cup. In 2016, for the first time in a calendar year, more Twenty20 International matches (100) were played than ODI matches (99).^[1] As of November 2021, 90 nations feature in ICC T20I team rankings.^[2]

Twenty20 International format also sees one mandatory powerplay taken in the first six overs. This shorter format of the game makes reaching the traditional milestones of scoring a century or taking five wickets in an innings more difficult, and few players have achieved these. The highest individual score in a Twenty20 International is 172, made by Australia's Aaron Finch against Zimbabwe in 2018, while Nigeria's Peter Aho has the best bowling figures of 6/5 against Sierra Leone in October 2021.

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Origins

Cricket itself was probably first played in England in the Late Middle Ages, but it did not rise to prominence until the eighteenth century. A set of laws were drawn up in 1744, and the game achieved a level of relative standardisation by the late nineteenth century.^[3] One-day cricket was trialled in 1962, and the first domestic tournament played the following year,^[4] and in 1971, England and Australia contested the first One Day International. The match consisted of one innings for each side, with 40 eight-ball overs.^[5]

In the 1990s, a number of countries were exploring the possibility of a shorter game still: in New Zealand, Martin Crowe developed Cricket Max, in which each team bats for 10 eight-ball overs,^[6] while in Australia they considered an eight-a-side contest they dubbed "Super 8s". At the same time, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) conducted consumer research, and proposed the idea of a 20 overs-per-side contest, which would last for about three hours.^[7] The first match was played in 2003 between Hampshire and Sussex.^{[citation needed]}

History

The first Twenty20 International match between two men's sides was played on 17 February 2005, involving Australia and New Zealand. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "neither side took the game especially seriously",^[8] and it was noted by ESPNcricinfo that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, "the concept would have shuddered".^[9] However, Ponting himself said "if it does become an international game then I'm sure the novelty won't be there all the time".^[10]

Two further matches were played that year; England beat Australia in June, and South Africa were defeated by New Zealand in October.^[11] Early the following year, a contest between New Zealand and the West Indies finished as the first tied match, and a tiebreak was played for the first time in men's international cricket: the two sides took part in a bowl-out to determine a winner; New Zealand won 3–0.^[12]

The game had initially been developed to boost the interest in domestic cricket, and to aid this the international teams were only allowed to host three T20Is each year. The cricket manager for the ICC, David Richardson, also commented that "Part of the success of Twenty20 cricket is making sure it can coexist with Test cricket and one-dayers."^[13] Despite this, the first international tournament was held in 2007 in South Africa; the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.^[13] That tournament was won by India, who defeated their close rivals Pakistan in the final. Writing for The Guardian, Dilip Premachandran suggested that the competition's success meant that "the format is here to stay".^[14] The next tournament was scheduled for 2009, and it was decided that they would take place biannually (more frequently than the 50 over Cricket World Cup, which occurs once every four years).^[15] In the opening match of the 2007 World Twenty20, Chris Gayle scored the first century in a T20I, the achievement being reached in the twentieth match of the format.^[16]

The 500th T20I match was contested between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 16 February 2016.^[17]

ICC decided to use Decision Review System (DRS) in Twenty20 Internationals from the end of September 2017,^[18][19] with its first use in the India-Australia T20I series in October 2017.^[20]

Current international rankings

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ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings v t e
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	India	47	12,410	264
2	Australia	33	8,471	257
3	England	30	7,569	252
4	South Africa	23	5,749	250
5	New Zealand	45	11,229	250
6	West Indies	36	8,950	249
7	Pakistan	37	9,154	247
8	Sri Lanka	34	7,898	232
9	Bangladesh	35	8,085	231
10	Afghanistan	31	6,725	217
11	Ireland	38	7,309	192
12	Scotland	18	3,447	192
13	Zimbabwe	36	6,876	191
14	Namibia	33	6,253	189
15	Netherlands	13	2,455	189
16	United Arab Emirates	42	7,386	176
17	Nepal	36	6,147	171
18	Oman	34	5,605	165
19	United States	11	1,662	151
20	Papua New Guinea	27	3,981	147
21	Hong Kong	37	4,977	135
22	Uganda	58	7,782	134
23	Canada	18	2,251	125
24	Malaysia	40	4,931	123
25	Kuwait	31	3,677	119
26	Bahrain	34	4,030	119
27	Jersey	17	2,010	118
28	Qatar	23	2,598	113
29	Bermuda	11	1,185	108
30	Spain	13	1,376	106
31	Italy	13	1,363	105
32	Saudi Arabia	30	3,142	105
33	Kenya	40	4,189	105
34	Germany	28	2,541	91
35	Tanzania	42	3,797	90
36	Guernsey	11	867	79
37	Nigeria	29	2,233	77
38	Portugal	12	902	75
39	Singapore	23	1,676	73
40	Cayman Islands	9	646	72
41	Isle of Man	9	635	71
42	Denmark	19	1,312	69
43	Cambodia	22	1,471	67
44	Belgium	12	733	61
45	Switzerland	13	751	58
46	Norway	12	693	58
47	Vanuatu	16	921	58
48	Botswana	24	1,298	54
49	Austria	21	1,096	52
50	Japan	22	1,130	51
51	Finland	13	651	50
52	Malawi	15	728	49
53	Czech Republic	14	658	47
54	Sweden	13	580	45
55	France	14	616	45
56	Indonesia	23	981	43
57	Argentina	8	340	43
58	Philippines	17	701	41
59	Romania	20	822	41
60	Mozambique	16	522	33
61	Rwanda	58	1,885	33
62	Malta	37	1,183	32
63	Ghana	28	873	31
64	Thailand	19	591	31
65	Fiji	5	152	30
66	Luxembourg	23	692	30
67	Sierra Leone	25	651	26
68	Cyprus	6	154	26
69	Bahamas	8	191	24
70	Hungary	13	264	20
71	Panama	9	257	17
72	Gibraltar	23	374	16
73	Serbia	13	176	14
74	Bulgaria	18	208	12
75	Bhutan	16	176	11
76	Estonia	8	60	8
77	Eswatini	17	118	7
78	China	11	53	5
79	Maldives	21	61	3
80	Cameroon	10	26	3
81	Seychelles	5	0	0
82	Samoa	5	0	0
83	Mali	6	0	0
84	Lesotho	11	0	0
85	Gambia	6	0	0
86	Croatia	8	0