Stats: T20 tourneys bigger than World Cup

The inaugural T20 World Cup was launched in South Africa in September 2007 and its third edition is slated to start on Friday in West Indies.

All these three premier tournaments have scheduled 27 matches lasting about two weeks period. However, in between these championships one witnessed four T20 tournaments- three IPLs and Twenty20 Cup- each of which were played for more than 35 days and comprises more than 50 games, yielding an impression that we have much bigger T20 extravaganza than World Cup itself!

Details of three ICC World T20 championships and other T20 tournaments which had duration of more than 35 days since the advent of inaugural World T20:

T20 Championships	Venue	Date	Days	Scheduled matches	Abandoned matches	Matches played
ICC World T20 -1	SA	Sept 11- 24,2007	14	27	1	26
IPL 1	Ind	Apr 18- June 1,2008	45	59	1	58
Twenty20 Cup	Eng	June 11- July 26,2008	46	98	7	91
IPL 2	SA	Apr 18- May 24,2009	37	59	2	57
ICC World T20 -2	Eng	June 5- 21, 2009	17	27	0	27
IPL 3	Ind	March 12- April 25,2010	45	60	0	60
ICC World T20 -3	WI	April 30 – May 16, 2010	17	27	*	*

*To be seen