Twenty20 World Cup records

Main individual and team records

Twenty20 World Cup records
Batting
Most runs	Mahela Jayawardene	592 (15 matches) (2007-2010)
Most runs in a tournament	Tillakaratne Dilshan	317 (7 matches) (2009)[5]
Highest individual score	Chris Gayle v South Africa	117 (57 balls) (2007)
Most fifties	Mahela Jayawardene	5 (15 matches) (2007-2010)
Highest strike rate (Minimum 125 balls faced)	Yuvraj Singh	158.07 (14 matches) (2007-2010)
Highest average (Minimum of 10 innings)	Mahela Jayawardene	49.33 (15 matches) (2007-2010)[5]
Highest Partnership	Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakarra v West Indies	166 (100 balls) (second wicket) (2010)
Most fours	Mahela Jayawardene	51 (14 matches) (2007-2010)
Most fours in a tournament	Tillakaratne Dilshan	46 (7 matches) (2009)[5]
Most fours in a match	Herschelle Gibbs v West Indies	14 (2007)
Most sixes	Yuvraj Singh	21 (11 matches) (2007-2009)
Most sixes in a tournament	Craig McMillan	13 (5 matches) (2007)
Most sixes in a match	Chris Gayle v South Africa	10 (2007)[5]
Bowling
Best bowling figures	Umar Gul v New Zealand	5/6 (3 overs) (2009)[5]
Most wickets	Umar Gul	26 (14 matches) (2007-2009)
Most wickets in a tournament	Umar Gul	13 (7 matches) (2007 & 2009)
Most four wicket haul	Umar Gul & Shahid Afridi	2 (14 matches each) (2007-2009)
Most economical (Minimum 20 overs bowled)	Ajantha Mendis[6]	5.50 (26 overs) (7 matches) (2007-2009)
Most expensive (Minimum 20 overs bowled)	Dwayne Bravo[6]	10.11 (25.4 overs) (8 matches) (2007-2009)
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)	Kamran Akmal	14 (14 matches) (2007-2009)
Most catches (fielder)	AB De Villiers	11 (11 matches) (2007-2009)
Most run outs	Brendon McCullum	4 (11 matches) (2007-2009)
Team
Highest score	Sri Lanka v Kenya	260/6 (2007)
Lowest score	Ireland v West Indies	68/10 (2010)
Largest victory margin (runs)	Sri Lanka v Kenya	172 (2007)
Largest victory margin (wickets)	Australia v Sri Lanka	10 (2007)
Longest winning streak	Sri Lanka	6 (2009)