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A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have 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 3 May 2019, 80 nations feature in ICC T20I team rankings. [2] [3]
As of 25 November 2021, 114 cricketers have reached this landmark, including 16 from Pakistan, the most among all T20I-playing nations. [4]
Following is the list of cricketers who have played 50 or more T20I matches. [5] [6]
Date | Player | Team(s) | Span | Total matches | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 June 2012 | Shahid Afridi | ![]() | 2006–2018 | 99 | [7] |
23 September 2012 | Brendon McCullum | ![]() | 2005–2015 | 71 | [8] |
4 October 2012 | Shoaib Malik ![]() | ![]() | 2006–2021 | 124 | [9] |
25 December 2012 | Umar Gul | ![]() | 2007–2016 | 60 | [10] |
28 December 2012 | Saeed Ajmal | ![]() | 2009–2015 | 64 | [11] |
15 February 2013 | Ross Taylor | ![]() | 2006–2020 | 102 | [12] |
3 March 2013 | Kamran Akmal | ![]() | 2006–2017 | 58 | [13] |
6 August 2013 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | ![]() | 2006–2016 | 80 | [14] |
15 November 2013 | AB de Villiers | ![]() | 2006–2017 | 78 | [15] |
20 November 2013 | Mohammad Hafeez ![]() | ![]() | 2006–2021 | 119 | [16] |
8 December 2013 | Umar Akmal | ![]() | 2009–2019 | 84 | [17] |
11 January 2014 | Nathan McCullum | ![]() | 2007–2016 | 63 | [18] |
31 January 2014 | Stuart Broad | ![]() | 2006–2014 | 56 | [19] |
14 February 2014 | Kumar Sangakkara | ![]() | 2006–2014 | 56 | [20] |
14 February 2014 | Lasith Malinga | ![]() | 2006–2020 | 84 | [21] |
9 March 2014 | Luke Wright | ![]() | 2007–2014 | 51 | [22] |
14 March 2014 | JP Duminy | ![]() | 2007–2019 | 81 | [23] |
22 March 2014 | Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() | 2006–2014 | 55 | [24] |
27 March 2014 | Angelo Mathews | ![]() | 2009–2020 | 78 | [25] |
28 March 2014 | Darren Sammy | ![]() | 2007–2017 | 68 | [26] |
30 March 2014 | David Warner ![]() | ![]() | 2009–2021 | 88 | [27] |
27 August 2014 | Dwayne Bravo | ![]() | 2006–2021 | 91 | [28] |
7 September 2014 | Eoin Morgan ![]() | ![]() | 2009–2021 | 113 | [29] |
7 September 2014 | MS Dhoni | ![]() | 2006–2019 | 98 | [30] |
9 January 2015 | Denesh Ramdin | ![]() | 2006–2019 | 71 | [31] |
9 August 2015 | Martin Guptill ![]() | ![]() | 2009–2021 | 112 | [32] |
5 October 2015 | Albie Morkel | ![]() | 2005–2015 | 50 | [33] |
30 November 2015 | Sohail Tanvir | ![]() | 2007–2017 | 57 | [34] |
26 January 2016 | Shane Watson | ![]() | 2006–2016 | 58 | [35] |
9 February 2016 | Suresh Raina | ![]() | 2006–2018 | 78 | [36] |
14 February 2016 | Rohit Sharma ![]() | ![]() | 2007–2021 | 119 | [37] |
3 March 2016 | Yuvraj Singh | ![]() | 2007–2017 | 58 | [38] |
6 March 2016 | Mushfiqur Rahim ![]() | ![]() | 2006–2021 | 99 | [39] |
11 March 2016 | Kevin O'Brien ![]() | ![]() | 2008–2021 | 110 | [40] |
13 March 2016 | Shakib Al Hasan ![]() | ![]() | 2006–2021 | 94 | [41] |
16 March 2016 | Mahmudullah ![]() | ![]() | 2007–2021 | 113 | [42] |
16 March 2016 | Tamim Iqbal ![]() | ![]() | 2007–2020 | 78 | [43] |
20 March 2016 | Thisara Perera | ![]() | 2010–2020 | 84 | [44] |
20 March 2016 | Nuwan Kulasekara | ![]() | 2008–2017 | 58 | [45] |
3 April 2016 | Chris Gayle ![]() | ![]() | 2006–2021 | 79 | [46] |
22 June 2016 | Hamilton Masakadza | ![]() | 2006–2019 | 66 | [47] |
7 September 2016 | Jos Buttler ![]() | ![]() | 2011–2021 | 88 | [48] |
24 September 2016 | Marlon Samuels | ![]() | 2007–2018 | 67 | [49] |
27 September 2016 | Kieron Pollard ![]() | ![]() | 2008–2021 | 93 | [50] |
16 December 2016 | Mohammad Shahzad ![]() | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 70 | [51] |
3 January 2017 | Mashrafe Mortaza | ![]() | 2006–2017 | 54 | [52] |
14 January 2017 | William Porterfield | ![]() | 2008–2018 | 61 | [53] |
16 January 2017 | Mohammad Nabi ![]() | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 86 | [54] |
20 January 2017 | Samiullah Shinwari | ![]() | 2010–2020 | 64 | [55] |
20 January 2017 | Gary Wilson | ![]() | 2008–2020 | 81 | [56] |
21 June 2017 | David Miller ![]() | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 95 | [57] |
6 September 2017 | Virat Kohli ![]() | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 95 | [58] |
13 September 2017 | Ahmed Shehzad | ![]() | 2009–2019 | 59 | [59] |
5 February 2018 | Asghar Afghan | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 75 | [60] |
10 February 2018 | Alex Hales | ![]() | 2011–2019 | 60 | [61] |
18 February 2018 | Kane Williamson ![]() | ![]() | 2011–2021 | 74 | [62] |
18 February 2018 | Tim Southee ![]() | ![]() | 2008–2021 | 92 | [63] |
18 February 2018 | Dinesh Chandimal ![]() | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 61 | [64] |
17 June 2018 | George Dockrell ![]() | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 86 | [65] |
29 June 2018 | Paul Stirling ![]() | ![]() | 2009–2021 | 92 | [66] |
4 July 2018 | Elton Chigumbura | ![]() | 2006–2020 | 57 | [67] |
31 July 2018 | Samuel Badree | ![]() | 2012–2018 | 52 | [68] |
22 October 2018 | Glenn Maxwell ![]() | ![]() | 2012–2021 | 79 | [69] |
26 October 2018 | Sarfaraz Ahmed ![]() | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 61 | [70] |
25 November 2018 | Aaron Finch | ![]() | 2011–2021 | 83 | [71] |
6 February 2019 | Colin Munro | ![]() | 2012–2020 | 65 | [72] |
24 February 2019 | Najibullah Zadran ![]() | ![]() | 2012–2021 | 68 | [73] |
27 February 2019 | Shikhar Dhawan ![]() | ![]() | 2011–2021 | 68 | [74] |
3 August 2019 | Pieter Seelaar ![]() | ![]() | 2008–2021 | 77 | [75] |
4 August 2019 | Sunil Narine | ![]() | 2012–2019 | 51 | [76] |
16 September 2019 | Richie Berrington | ![]() | 2008–2021 | 74 | [77] |
17 September 2019 | Kyle Coetzer ![]() | ![]() | 2008–2021 | 70 | [78] |
1 November 2019 | Ben Cooper ![]() | ![]() | 2013–2021 | 58 | [79] |
15 January 2020 | Lendl Simmons ![]() | ![]() | 2007–2021 | 68 | [80] |
2 February 2020 | Jasprit Bumrah | ![]() | 2016–2021 | 55 | [81] |
8 March 2020 | Boyd Rankin | ![]() ![]() | 2009–2020 | 50 | [82] |
11 March 2020 | Soumya Sarkar ![]() | ![]() | 2015–2021 | 66 | [83] |
30 August 2020 | Mohammad Amir | ![]() | 2009–2020 | 50 | [84] |
4 September 2020 | Chris Jordan ![]() | ![]() | 2014–2021 | 71 | [85] |
27 November 2020 | Adil Rashid ![]() | ![]() | 2009–2021 | 68 | [86] |
1 December 2020 | Faf du Plessis | ![]() | 2012–2020 | 50 | [87] |
4 December 2020 | Ravindra Jadeja ![]() | ![]() | 2009–2021 | 55 | [88] |
22 December 2020 | Ish Sodhi ![]() | ![]() | 2014–2021 | 66 | [89] |
25 February 2021 | Mitchell Santner ![]() | ![]() | 2015–2021 | 62 | [90] |
18 March 2021 | Jonny Bairstow ![]() | ![]() | 2011–2021 | 63 | [91] |
19 March 2021 | Rashid Khan ![]() | ![]() | 2015–2021 | 56 | [92] |
14 April 2021 | Babar Azam ![]() | ![]() | 2016–2021 | 70 | [93] |
26 June 2021 | Kusal Perera ![]() | ![]() | 2013–2021 | 60 | [94] |
26 June 2021 | Andre Russell ![]() | ![]() | 2011–2021 | 67 | [95] |
29 June 2021 | Quinton de Kock ![]() | ![]() | 2012–2021 | 61 | [96] |
14 July 2021 | Andre Fletcher ![]() | ![]() | 2008–2021 | 54 | [97] |
16 July 2021 | Imad Wasim ![]() | ![]() | 2015–2021 | 58 | [98] |
28 July 2021 | Shadab Khan ![]() | ![]() | 2017–2021 | 61 | [99] |
28 July 2021 | Fakhar Zaman ![]() | ![]() | 2017–2021 | 61 | [100] |
28 July 2021 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar ![]() | ![]() | 2012–2021 | 55 | [101] |
9 August 2021 | Adam Zampa ![]() | ![]() | 2016–2021 | 57 | [102] |
2 September 2021 | Andrew Balbirnie ![]() | ![]() | 2015–2021 | 57 | [103] |
3 September 2021 | Mustafizur Rahman ![]() | ![]() | 2015–2021 | 61 | [104] |
15 September 2021 | Calum MacLeod ![]() | ![]() | 2009–2021 | 60 | [105] |
19 September 2021 | Sean Williams ![]() | ![]() | 2006–2021 | 50 | [106] |
18 October 2021 | Dasun Shanaka ![]() | ![]() | 2015–2021 | 57 | [107] |
19 October 2021 | Matthew Cross ![]() | ![]() | 2013–2021 | 56 | [108] |
24 October 2021 | KL Rahul ![]() | ![]() | 2016–2021 | 56 | [109] |
24 October 2021 | Hardik Pandya ![]() | ![]() | 2016–2021 | 54 | [110] |
27 October 2021 | Jason Roy ![]() | ![]() | 2014–2021 | 53 | [111] |
27 October 2021 | Safyaan Sharif ![]() | ![]() | 2012–2021 | 53 | [112] |
28 October 2021 | Matthew Wade ![]() | ![]() | 2011–2021 | 55 | [113] |
29 October 2021 | Gulbadin Naib ![]() | ![]() | 2012–2021 | 53 | [114] |
5 November 2021 | George Munsey ![]() | ![]() | 2015–2021 | 51 | [115] |
6 November 2021 | Evin Lewis ![]() | ![]() | 2016–2021 | 50 | [116] |
6 November 2021 | Steven Smith ![]() | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 52 | [117] |
17 November 2021 | Ravichandran Ashwin ![]() | ![]() | 2010–2021 | 51 | [118] |
22 November 2021 | Mohammad Rizwan ![]() | ![]() | 2015–2021 | 52 | [119] |
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