India, May 18 -- The first-ever T20 World Cup got off to a loud pomp and applause, and on a starry night, two of the cleanest strikers of the ball - Chris Gayle and Herschelle Gibbs - offered the world a glimpse of what was to come. Two years after Australia and New Zealand featured in the first-ever official T20 international, Gayle and Gibbs lit up the Bullring to give the inaugural T20 World Cup a rollicking start.

It was only fitting that on September 11, 2007, Gayle became the first batter to score a T20I century. However, it wasn't enough for West Indies, who would go on to become two-time champions. Four years after South Africa crashed out with a heartbreaking defeat - against the West Indies - in the 2003 World Cup at home, the ...