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The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was the fifth
ICC World Twenty20 The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (earlier known as ICC World Twenty20) is the international championship of Twenty20. Organised by cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament consists of 16 teams, comprising t ...
competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament, that took place in
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from 16 March to 6 April 2014. It was played in three cities —
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, Chittagong and Sylhet. The
International Cricket Council The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the world governing body of cricket. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, its members are 108 national associations, with 12 Full Members and 96 Associate Members. Founded in 1909 as the ' ...
announced Bangladesh as host in 2010. It was the second consecutive time that an Asian country is hosting this event, as Sri Lanka 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 associate members that qualified through the
2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier The 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played in November 2013 in the United Arab Emirates and is a part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. This edition of the qualifier for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was an expanded version compris ...
. 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
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* Javagal Srinath *
Ranjan Madugalle Deshabandu Ranjan Senerath Madugalle ( si, රන්ජන් මඩුගල්ල; born 22 April 1959) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who currently serves as the Chief of the panel of ICC match referees. He was educated at Trinity College, ...
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Roshan Mahanama Deshabandu Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama ( si, රොෂාන් මහානාම; born 31 May 1966) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former ICC match referee. He was a key member for 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team for Sri Lanka. H ...
The on-field responsibilities for officiating the tournament were shared by all 11 of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and 3 umpires from the
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* Paul Reiffel * Rod Tucker ;England *
Ian Gould Ian James Gould (born 19 August 1957) is an English former first-class cricketer and a former member of the ICC Elite Panel of cricket umpires. He previously also served as the chairman of English football club Burnham FC. In April 2019, Go ...
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Richard Illingworth Richard Keith Illingworth (born 23 August 1963) is an English former cricketer, who is currently an umpire. The bulk of his domestic cricketing career occurred with Worcestershire, although he had a spell with Derbyshire, and overseas with Nat ...
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Nigel Llong Nigel James Llong (born 11 February 1969) is an English cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer. Until June 2020, he was a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and officiated in international matches - Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Earli ...
* Richard Kettleborough ;India *
Sundaram Ravi Sundaram Ravi (born 22 April 1966) is an Indian cricket umpire who was a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires between 2015 and 2019. After making his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut in 2011, he officiated in over 100 international match ...
;New Zealand *
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;South Africa * Marais Erasmus ;Sri Lanka * Kumar Dharmasena * Ranmore Martinesz


Squads


Venues

Thirty-one matches were played at three venues in
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, Chittagong and Sylhet.


Warm-up matches

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First stage


Group A

Advanced to
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Group B

Advanced to
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Super 10


Group 1

Advanced to Knockout stage.


Group 2

Advanced to Knockout stage.


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
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. 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 rickshaws. The T is made up of
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and the '0' in the T20 represents the cricket ball 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 Fuad Almuqtadir ( bn, ফুয়াদ আল মুকতাদির) is a Bangladeshi-American music Record Producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, ...
and sung by
Dilshad Nahar Kona Dilshad Nahar Kona (born 15 April 1980; known as Kona) is a Bangladeshi singer. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her song ''"Tui Ki Amar Hobi Re"'' in the film ''Bishwoshundori'' (2020). Early life Kon ...
, Dilshad Karim Elita, Pantha Konai, Johan Alamgir, Sanvir Huda, Badhon Sarkar Puja and Kaushik Hossain Taposh. The song received widespread popularity among the Bangladeshi youth as well as the Bangladeshi diaspora abroad and gave birth to a new trend of flashmobs in the major cities of Bangladesh.


Broadcasting


See also

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2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 The 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the fourth ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition, taking place in Bangladesh from 23 March to 6 April 2014. The tournament was played in the cities of Sylhet and Dhaka – Cox's Bazar was originally in ...


Notes


References


External links


ICC World Twenty20 - Official website

ICC World T20 2014 coverage on Wisden India


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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
ICC World Twenty20 The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (earlier known as ICC World Twenty20) is the international championship of Twenty20. Organised by cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament consists of 16 teams, comprising t ...
ICC World Twenty20 The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (earlier known as ICC World Twenty20) is the international championship of Twenty20. Organised by cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament consists of 16 teams, comprising t ...