The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was the fifth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament, that took place in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

from 16 March to 6 April 2014. It was played in three cities —

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

and

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

. The

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announced Bangladesh as host in 2010. It was the second consecutive time that an Asian country is hosting this event, as

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

hosted the previous tournament in 2012. Sri Lanka won the tournament, beating India by 6 wickets in the

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at Mirpur.

Format

During Group Stage points were awarded to the teams as follows: In the event of teams finishing on equal points in their group, the following tie-breakers were applied to determine their order in the table in the following order of priority: most wins, higher net run rate, head-to-head record in matches involving the tied teams.

Teams

For the first time, the tournament featured 16 teams. All ten full members qualified automatically, joined by the six

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that qualified through the

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. The qualifying teams are Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and making their World Twenty20 debut the UAE, Nepal and Hong Kong. The first round consisted of 8 teams and 2 teams moved to next round. Second round was the Super 10 stage which consisted of 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top eight Full Member nations in the ICC T20I Championship rankings as of 8 October 2012 automatically progressed to the Super 10 stage of 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Joining the eight full members in the super 10 stage was host nation Bangladesh (also a full member) and associate nation The Netherlands who topped their first round group by net run rate ahead of Test playing nation Zimbabwe and Ireland.

Match officials

The match referees’ responsibilities throughout the tournament were shared between four members of the Elite Panel of ICC Referees: * David Boon *

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* Ranjan Madugalle * Roshan Mahanama The on-field responsibilities for officiating the tournament were shared by all 11 of the

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and 3 umpires from the International Panel of Umpires and Referees: ;Australia * Steve Davis * Bruce Oxenford *

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;England * Ian Gould * Richard Illingworth * Nigel Llong *

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;India * Sundaram Ravi ;New Zealand * Billy Bowden ;Pakistan * Aleem Dar ;South Africa *

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;Sri Lanka *

Kumar Dharmasena Deshabandu Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena (born 24 April 1971), popularly as Kumar Dharmasena, is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former international cricketer. He is a member of the ICC Elite Panel Umpires and the first and ...

Ranmore Martinesz Ranmore Etholson John Martinesz (born 24 June 1967 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan umpire and a former first-class cricketer. Martinesz played first-class cricket for the Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club. His career was short, with him makin ...

Squads

Venues

Thirty-one matches were played at three venues in

and

Warm-up matches

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First stage

Group A

Advanced to Super 10

Group B

Advanced to Super 10

Super 10

Group 1

Advanced to

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Group 2

Advanced to

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Source: ''Cricinfo''

Most wickets

Source: ''Cricinfo''

Team of the tournament

Media

Logo

On 6 April 2013, ICC unveiled the logo of the tournament at a gala event in

. The overall look of the logo design is primarily inspired by the unique Bangladesh decoration art style. The logo uses the colours of the

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with splashes of blue representing the country's rivers (also as being the ICC's own colour). The logo is also inspired by the

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s. The T is made up of cricket stumps and the '0' in the T20 represents the

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complete with a green seam.

Theme song

The official theme song for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 ''Char Chokka Hoi Hoi'' was released on 20 February 2014. It was composed by Fuad al Muqtadir and sung by Dilshad Nahar Kona, Dilshad Karim Elita, Pantha Konai, Johan Alamgir, Sanvir Huda, Badhon Sarkar Puja and

Kaushik Hossain Taposh Kaushik Hossain Taposh (born November 8, 1983) is a Bangladeshi music composer, producer, and musician. He is also serving as the managing director and C.E.O of One More Zero Group & Gaan Bangla TV. He is the creator of 'Wind of Change'. Servin ...

. The song received widespread popularity among the Bangladeshi youth as well as the Bangladeshi diaspora abroad and gave birth to a new trend of

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in the major cities of Bangladesh.

Broadcasting

Notes

References

External links

ICC World Twenty20 - Official website

ICC World T20 2014 coverage on Wisden India

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