T20 World Cup: The highs and lows of the previous editions

The 8th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup is currently on in Australia. The gap between the last edition and this one was one of only a few months, with the last one having been played in the UAE in 2021, after being shifted out of Sri Lanka. The gap between the sixth and seventh editions meanwhile was a very long one of five years (2016 and then 2021). Overall, in the seven previous editions, the tournament has seen as many as six different champions, with only the West Indies managing to win two titles so far. Here, TimesofIndia.com takes a look at the champions of the previous editions and the big highlights: 2007 T20 World Cup in South AfricaChampions - India

The inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup changed Indian cricket in more ways than one. History was made, a legend was born and it all culminated in the birth of a T20 league that shaped Indian cricket's future, by filling the BCCI's coffers more than any other property in the past. Still licking their wounds after an embarrassing exit from the ODI World Cup just a few months back, Indian legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly were not part of the inaugural edition. Some reports claimed that the BCCI wasn't too keen on sending a team, but later assembled a bunch of youngsters with Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the helm. Chris Gayle set the ball rolling by smashing the first T20I hundred in the inaugural match itself. Though West Indies lost the match, the fireworks generated were enough to set the stands on fire and raise the excitement levels. Then on September 14 came the match that everyone was waiting for. India vs Pakistan. Any clash between the archrivals in any field draws a lot of interest. And this was the World Cup - a stage where