Sasa, here’s the lowdown on the ICC T20 World Cup, the whirlwind international cricket showdown where every ICC member nation brings its A-game. The champs walk away with bragging rights plus approximately KSh 1,049,600,000 in prize money, and each squad pockets roughly KSh 7,872,000 just for making it to the party.
2025’s T20 World Cup will feature 16 teams. Half—8 countries—go straight to the Super 12 based on world rankings, while the other 8 battle it out in qualifiers to grab the remaining spots. The qualifiers kick off in two pools of four, with the top two from each pool (that’s four teams) joining the main bracket to round out the Super 12.
Once in the Super 12, teams split into two groups of six, all playing each other. The top two in each group advance to the knockouts (Semi-Finals). Scoring’s simple: 2 points for a win, 1 for a no-result (rain interruptions are a real mambo), and zero for a loss. If teams tie on points, rankings are decided by number of wins, net run rate and then head-to-head results.
T20 is the spark that revitalized cricket in the 21st century. Poa, right? Players have ramped up fitness, fielding and power-hitting without threatening Test cricket. Instead, it complements longer formats, giving you non-stop action.