The Pakistan national cricket team is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The team has qualified for all the nine editions of the tournament, and were the champions of the second edition of the T20 World Cup in 2009, after defeating Sri Lanka in the final. Besides this victory, they have been the runners-up twice in 2007 and 2022, losing to India and England respectively. Pakistan have reached the semifinals in 2010, 2012 and 2021.
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| T20 World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | Squad |
| | Runners-up | 2/12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Squad |
| | Champions | 1/12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| | Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| | Semi-finals | 4/12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| | Super 10 | 5/16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| | Super 10 | 7/16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| | Semi-finals | 3/16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| | Runners-up | 2/16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Squad |
| | Group Stage | 11/20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Squad |
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| Total | 9/9 | 1 Title | 51 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 | |
| Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Win % | First played |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 | |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 | 2007 | |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2024 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2009 | |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.50 | 2007 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2021 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 | |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62.5 | 2007 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2007 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2009 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2007 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | 2026 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2014 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2022 | |
| Total | 55 | 33 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 60.00 | N/a |
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| Group stage (Group D) | Super 8s (Group F) | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||
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W by 51 runs | T+L by bowl-out | 2 | W by 33 runs | W by 6 wickets | W by 4 wickets | 1 | W by 6 wickets | L by 5 runs | Runners-up |
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| 2009 | L by 48 runs | W by 82 runs | 2 | L by 19 runs | W by 6 wickets | W by 39 runs | 2 | W by 7 runs | W by 8 wickets | Winners |
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| Event | Group stage (Group A) | Super 8s (Group E) | Semifinal | Overall Result | |||||
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| 2010 | W by 21 runs | L by 34 runs | 2 | L by 6 wickets | L by 1 run | W by 11 runs | 2 | L by 3 wickets | Semifinals |
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| 2012 | W by 13 runs | W by 8 wickets | 1 | W by 2 wickets | L by 8 wickets | W by 32 runs | 2 | L by 16 runs | Semifinals |
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| 2014 | L by 7 wickets | W by 16 runs | W by 50 runs | L by 84 runs | 3 | Super 10 |
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| 2016 | W by 55 runs | L by 6 wickets | L by 22 runs | L by 21 runs | 4 | Super 10 |
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| Event | Super 12 (Group 2) | Semifinal | Overall Result | |||||
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| 2021 | W by 10 wickets | W by 5 wickets | W by 5 wickets | W by 45 runs | W by 72 runs | 1 | L by 5 wickets | Semifinals |
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| 2022 | L by 4 wickets | L by 1 run | W by 6 wickets | W by 33 runs (DLS) | W by 5 wickets | 2 | W by 7 wickets | L by 5 wickets | Runners-up |
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| 2024 | T+L by Super over | L by 6 runs | W by 7 wickets | W by 3 wickets | 3 | Group Stage |
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| Group stage (Group A) | Super 8 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||||||
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| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Won by 3 wickets | Won by 32 runs | Lost by 61 runs | Won by 102 runs | 2 | No result | 24 Feb | 28 Feb | TBD | To be decided | TBD | |||
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This list consists players with most number of matches at the T20 World Cup. Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik has played the most matches(34), Babar Azam has captained the team most times(13).
| Matches | Player | Years | ||||
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| 34 | Shahid Afridi | 2007-2016 | ||||
| Shoaib Malik | 2007-2021 | |||||
| 30 | Kamran Akmal | 2007-2014 | ||||
| Mohammad Hafeez | 2007-2021 | |||||
| 24 | Umar Gul | 2007-2014 | ||||
| Last updated: 4 November 2022 [36] | ||||||
| No. | Player | Runs | Average | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Years |
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| 1 | Shoaib Malik | 646 | 34.00 | 57 | N/a | 3 | 47 | 17 | 2007–2021 |
| 2 | Babar Azam | 615 | 34.16 | 70 | N/a | 5 | 54 | 9 | 2021–2026 |
| 3 | Mohammad Rizwan | 566 | 40.42 | 79* | N/a | 5 | 43 | 18 | 2021–2024 |
| 4 | Shahid Afridi | 546 | 18.82 | 54* | N/a | 2 | 49 | 21 | 2007–2016 |
| 5 | Kamran Akmal | 524 | 20.96 | 73 | N/a | 3 | 50 | 16 | 2007–2014 |
| Last updated: 21 February 2026 [37] | |||||||||
| Wickets | Player | BBI | Years | |||
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| 39 | Shahid Afridi | 4/11 | 2007–2016 | |||
| 36 | Saeed Ajmal | 4/19 | 2009–2014 | |||
| 35 | Umar Gul | 5/6 | 2007–2014 | |||
| 20 | Shaheen Afridi | 4/22 | 2021–2026 | |||
| 19 | Shadab Khan | 4/26 | 2021–2026 | |||
| Last updated: 21 February 2026 [38] | ||||||