A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. The first Twenty20 International took place on 17 February 2005 when Australia defeated New Zealand by 44 runs at Eden Park in Auckland. The International Cricket Council released inaugural rankings for the shortest format of the game on October 24, 2011 with England at top.
Twenty20 International teams[]
The nations are listed below with the date of each nation's Twenty20 International debut shown in brackets.
Australia (17 February 2005)
New Zealand (17 February 2005)
England (13 June 2005)
South Africa (21 October 2005)- West Indies (16 February 2006)
- Sri Lanka (15 June 2006)
- Pakistan (28 August 2006)
- Bangladesh (28 November 2006)
- Zimbabwe (28 November 2006)
- India (1 December 2006)
- Kenya (1 September 2007)
- Scotland (12 September 2007)
- Netherlands (2 August 2008)
- Ireland (2 August 2008)
- Canada (2 August 2008)
- Bermuda (3 August 2008)
- Afghanistan (1 February 2010)
- Hong Kong (16 March 2014)
- Nepal (16 March 2014)
- United Arab Emirates (17 March 2014)
- Papua New Guinea (15 July 2015)
- Oman (25 July 2015)
- Bahrain (20 January 2019)
- Saudi Arabia (20 January 2019)
- Kuwait (20 January 2019)
- Maldives (20 January 2019)
- Qatar (21 January 2019)
- United States (15 March 2019)
- Philippines (22 March 2019)
- Vanuatu (22 March 2019)
- Malta (29 March 2019)
- Spain (29 March 2019)
- Belize (25 April 2019)
- Mexico (25 April 2019)
- Costa Rica (25 April 2019)
- Panama (25 April 2019)
- Belgium (11 May 2019)
- Germany (11 May 2019)
- Nigeria (20 May 2019)
- Ghana (20 May 2019)
- Namibia (20 May 2019)
- Botswana (20 May 2019)
- Uganda (20 May 2019)
- Italy (25 May 2019)
- Guernsey (31 May 2019)
- Jersey (31 May 2019)
- Norway (15 June 2019)
- Denmark (16 June 2019)
- Malaysia (24 June 2019)
- Thailand (24 June 2019)
- Samoa (8 July 2019)
- Finland (13 July 2019)
- Singapore (22 July 2019)
- Cayman Islands (18 August 2019)
- Austria (29 August 2019)
- Romania (29 August 2019)
- Luxembourg (29 August 2019)
- Turkey (29 August 2019)
- Czech Republic (30 August 2019)
- Argentina (3 October 2019)
- Brazil (3 October 2019)
- Chile (3 October 2019)
- Peru (3 October 2019)
- Bulgaria (14 October 2019)
- Serbia (14 October 2019)
- Greece (15 October 2019)
- Portugal (25 October 2019)
- Gibraltar (26 October 2019)
- Malawi (6 November 2019)
- Mozambique (6 November 2019)
- Bhutan (5 December 2019)
- Iran (23 February 2020)
- Isle of Man (21 August 2020)
- France (5 August 2021)
- Sweden (15 August 2021)
- Rwanda (18 August 2021)
- Hungary (2 September 2021)
- Cyprus (5 October 2021)
- Estonia (5 October 2021)
- Eswatini (16 October 2021)
- Lesotho (16 October 2021)
- Seychelles (16 October 2021)
- Sierra Leone (19 October 2021)
- Switzerland (22 October 2021)
- Tanzania (2 November 2021)
- Cameroon (3 November 2021)
- Bahamas (7 November 2021)
- Israel (28 June 2022)
- Croatia (13 July 2022)
- Slovenia (25 July 2022)
- Fiji (9 September 2022)
- Cook Islands (9 September 2022)
- Indonesia (9 October 2022)
- Japan (9 October 2022)
- South Korea (15 October 2022)
- Mali (17 November 2022)
- Saint Helena (17 November 2022)
- Gambia (1 December 2022)
- Cambodia (4 May 2023)
- China (26 July 2023)
- Myanmar (26 July 2023)
- Mongolia (27 September 2023)
- Ivory Coast (23 November 2024)
- Suriname (6 December 2024)
- Falkland Islands (10 March 2025)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (17 April 2025)
