# Pakistan at the Men's T20 World Cup

The Pakistan national cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they are nicknamed as the Shaheens. The team has qualified for all the nine editions of the tournament, and were the champions of the second edition of the T20 World Cup in 2009, after defeating Sri Lanka in the final. Besides this victory, they have been the runners-up twice in 2007 and 2022, losing to India and England respectively. Pakistan have reached the semifinals in 2010, 2012 and 2021.

## T20 World Cup record

Key :
* Champions
* Runners-up
* Semi-finals
* Host
T20 World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | Squad |
| 2007 | Runners-up | 2/12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Squad |
| 2009 | Champions | 1/12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2010 | Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2012 | Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2014 | Super 10 | 5/16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2016 | Super 10 | 7/16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2021 | Semi-finals | 3/16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2022 | Runners-up | 2/16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| 2024 | Group Stage | 11/20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Squad |
| 2026 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| 2028 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2030 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 9/9 | 1 Title | 51 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 | |

## Record by opponents

| Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Win % | First played |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 |
| Australia | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 | 2007 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2024 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2009 |
| India | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.50 | 2007 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 | 2007 |
| Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 |
| South Africa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2007 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 |
| West Indies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2014 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2022 |
| Total | 51 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58.00 | — |
| Source: Last Updated: 11 June 2024 |||||||||

## Tournament results
### South Africa 2007
#### Squad

* Shoaib Malik (c)
* Abdur Rehman
* Fawad Alam
* Iftikhar Anjum
* Kamran Akmal (wk)
* Misbah-ul-Haq
* Mohammad Asif
* Mohammad Hafeez
* Salman Butt
* Shahid Afridi
* Sohail Tanvir
* Umar Gul
* Yasir Arafat
* Younis Khan

#### Results

| Event | Group stage (Group D) | Group stage (Group D) | Group stage (Group D) | Super 8s (Group F) | Super 8s (Group F) | Super 8s (Group F) | Super 8s (Group F) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result |
| Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Overall Result |
| 2007 | Scotland W by 51 runs | India Tied (L in B/O) | 2 | Sri Lanka W by 33 runs | Australia W by 6 wickets | Bangladesh W by 4 wickets | 1 | New Zealand W by 6 wickets | India L by 5 runs | Runners-up |

### England 2009
#### Squad

* Younis Khan (c)
* Ahmed Shehzad
* Fawad Alam
* Iftikhar Anjum
* Kamran Akmal (wk)
* Misbah-ul-Haq
* Mohammad Amir
* Saeed Ajmal
* Salman Butt
* Shahid Afridi
* Shoaib Malik
* Shahzaib Hasan
* Sohail Tanvir
* Umar Gul
* Yasir Arafat
* Abdul Razzaq

#### Results

| Event | Group stage (Group B) | Group stage (Group B) | Group stage (Group B) | Super 8s (Group F) | Super 8s (Group F) | Super 8s (Group F) | Super 8s (Group F) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result |
| Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Overall Result |
| 2009 | England L by 48 runs | Netherlands W by 82 runs | 2 | Sri Lanka L by 19 runs | New Zealand W by 6 wickets | Ireland W by 39 runs | 2 | South Africa W by 7 runs | Sri Lanka W by 8 wickets | Winners |

### West Indies 2010
#### Squad

* Shahid Afridi (c)
* Abdul Razzaq
* Hammad Azam
* Fawad Alam
* Iftikhar Anjum
* Kamran Akmal (wk)
* Khalid Latif
* Misbah-ul-Haq
* Mohammad Amir
* Mohammad Asif
* Mohammad Hafeez
* Saeed Ajmal
* Salman Butt
* Umar Akmal
* Mohammad Sami
* Abdur Rehman

#### Results

| Event | Group stage (Group A) | Group stage (Group A) | Group stage (Group A) | Super 8s (Group E) | Super 8s (Group E) | Super 8s (Group E) | Super 8s (Group E) | Semifinal | Overall Result |
| Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Overall Result |
| 2010 | Bangladesh W by 21 runs | Australia L by 34 runs | 2 | England L by 6 wickets | New Zealand L by 1 run | South Africa W by 11 runs | 2 | Australia L by 3 wickets | Semifinals |

### Sri Lanka 2012
#### Squad

* Mohammad Hafeez (c)
* Shahid Afridi
* Saeed Ajmal
* Kamran Akmal (wk)
* Umar Akmal
* Yasir Arafat
* Umar Gul
* Raza Hasan
* Nasir Jamshed
* Shoaib Malik
* Imran Nazir
* Mohammad Sami
* Abdul Razzaq
* Asad Shafiq
* Sohail Tanvir

#### Results

| Event | Group stage (Group D) | Group stage (Group D) | Group stage (Group D) | Super 8s (Group F) | Super 8s (Group F) | Super 8s (Group F) | Super 8s (Group F) | Semifinal | Overall Result |
| Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Overall Result |
| 2012 | New Zealand W by 13 runs | Bangladesh W by 8 wickets | 1 | South Africa W by 2 wickets | India L by 8 wickets | Australia W by 32 runs | 2 | Sri Lanka L by 16 runs | Semifinals |

### Bangladesh 2014
#### Squad

* Mohammad Hafeez (c)
* Shahid Afridi
* Saeed Ajmal
* Kamran Akmal (wk)
* Umar Akmal
* Bilawal Bhatti
* Zulfiqar Babar
* Umar Gul
* Sharjeel Khan
* Junaid Khan
* Shoaib Malik
* Sohaib Maqsood
* Ahmed Shehzad
* Mohammad Talha
* Sohail Tanvir

#### Results

| Event | Super 10 (Group 2) | Super 10 (Group 2) | Super 10 (Group 2) | Super 10 (Group 2) | Super 10 (Group 2) | Overall Result |
| Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Overall Result |
| 2014 | India L by 7 wickets | Australia W by 16 runs | Bangladesh W by 50 runs | West Indies L by 84 runs | 3 | Super 10 |

### India 2016
#### Squad

* Shahid Afridi (c)
* Sarfraz Ahmed (vc, wk)
* Anwar Ali
* Umar Akmal
* Mohammad Amir
* Mohammad Hafeez
* Mohammad Irfan
* Sharjeel Khan
* Khalid Latif
* Shoaib Malik
* Mohammad Nawaz
* Wahab Riaz
* Ahmed Shehzad
* Mohammad Sami
* Imad Wasim

#### Results

| Event | Super 10 (Group 2) | Super 10 (Group 2) | Super 10 (Group 2) | Super 10 (Group 2) | Super 10 (Group 2) | Overall Result |
| Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Overall Result |
| 2016 | Bangladesh W by 55 runs | India L by 6 wickets | New Zealand L by 22 runs | Australia L by 21 runs | 4 | Super 10 |

### Oman & UAE 2021
#### Squad

* Babar Azam (c)
* Shadab Khan (vc)
* Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk)
* Shaheen Afridi
* Asif Ali
* Hasan Ali
* Haider Ali
* Mohammad Hafeez
* Shoaib Malik
* Mohammad Nawaz
* Haris Rauf
* Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
* Mohammad Wasim Jr.
* Imad Wasim
* Fakhar Zaman

#### Results

| Event | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Semifinal | Overall Result |
| Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Overall Result |
| 2021 | India W by 10 wickets | New Zealand W by 5 wickets | Afghanistan W by 5 wickets | Namibia W by 45 runs | Scotland W by 72 runs | 1 | Australia L by 5 wickets | Semifinals |

### Australia 2022
#### Squad

* Babar Azam (c)
* Shadab Khan (vc)
* Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk)
* Shaheen Afridi
* Iftikhar Ahmed
* Asif Ali
* Haider Ali
* Mohammad Haris
* Mohammad Hasnain
* Shan Masood
* Mohammad Nawaz
* Haris Rauf
* Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
* Khushdil Shah
* Naseem Shah
* Mohammad Wasim

#### Results

| Event | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Super 12 (Group 2) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result |
| Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Overall Result |
| 2022 | India L by 4 wickets | Zimbabwe L by 1 run | Netherlands W by 6 wickets | South Africa W by 33 runs (DLS) | Bangladesh W by 5 wickets | 2 | New Zealand W by 7 wickets | England L by 5 wickets | Runners-up |

### United States & West Indies 2024
#### Squad

* Babar Azam (c)
* Saim Ayub
* Shaheen Afridi
* Abbas Afridi
* Abrar Ahmed
* Iftikhar Ahmed
* Mohammad Amir
* Azam Khan (wk)
* Shadab Khan
* Usman Khan (wk)
* Haris Rauf
* Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
* Naseem Shah
* Imad Wasim
* Fakhar Zaman

#### Results

| Event | Group stage (Group A) | Group stage (Group A) | Group stage (Group A) | Group stage (Group A) | Group stage (Group A) | Overall Result |
| Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Overall Result |
| 2024 | United States Tied (L the S/O) | India L by 6 runs | Canada W by 7 wickets | Ireland W by 3 wickets | 3 | Group Stage |

## Records and statistics
### Most appearances

This list consists players with most number of matches at the T20 World Cup. Shahid Afridi has played the most matches(34), Babar Azam has captained the team most times(13).
| Matches | Player | Years |
| 34 | Shahid Afridi | 2007-2016 |
| 34 | Shoaib Malik | 2007-2021 |
| 30 | Kamran Akmal | 2007-2014 |
| 30 | Mohammad Hafeez | 2007-2021 |
| 24 | Umar Gul | 2007-2014 |
| Last updated: 4 November 2022 |||

### Most runs

| No. | Player | Runs | Average | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Years |
| 1 | Shoaib Malik | 646 | 34.00 | 57 | — | 3 | 47 | 17 | 2007–2021 |
| 2 | Shahid Afridi | 546 | 18.82 | 54* | — | 2 | 49 | 21 | 2007–2016 |
| 3 | Kamran Akmal | 524 | 20.96 | 73 | — | 3 | 50 | 16 | 2007–2014 |
| 4 | Mohammad Hafeez | 511 | 21.29 | 64 | — | 1 | 56 | 11 | 2007–2021 |
| 5 | Umar Akmal | 486 | 34.71 | 94 | — | 3 | 32 | 19 | 2010–2016 |
| Last updated: 4 November 2022 ||||||||||

### Most wickets

| Wickets | Player | BBI | Years |
| 39 | Shahid Afridi | 4/11 | 2007–2016 |
| 36 | Saeed Ajmal | 4/19 | 2009–2014 |
| 35 | Umar Gul | 5/6 | 2007–2014 |
| 20 | Shadab Khan | 4/26 | 2021–2022 |
| 18 | Shaheen Afridi | 4/22 | 2021–2022 |
| Last updated: 4 November 2022 ||||