India has lost the T20 ranking crown after 4 years. Team India has moved from first to second position after losing the series badly against Ireland and England. England has got a huge advantage in the T20 Rankings (ICC T20 Team Rankings) after winning the series 4-0 from Team India.

From the Olympic point of view, teams around the world are competing to remain at a good position in the T20 rankings. In fact, on December 31, 2026, whichever team will be the top T20 ranking team in Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania continents, will get the ticket for the Olympics. Therefore, the teams are trying to remain the top ranked team in their respective continents at least till the end of the year.

Top-10 team in T20 ranking

By defeating India 4-0, England has become the number-1 team in the world, while India has moved to second place. The ranking of any other country in the top-10 teams has not changed. Australia is at third position and New Zealand is at fourth position. Whereas Pakistan is currently at sixth place.

1. England
2. India
3. Australia
4. New Zealand
5. South Africa
6. Pakistan
7. west indies
8. bangladesh
9. Sri Lanka
10. afghanistan

4 year reign ends

The Indian team has dropped from the first position in the T20 team rankings after almost 4 and a half years. Since February 2022, India remained the world’s number-1 T20 team. During this period, it also won the T20 World Cup title of 2024 and 2026 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav.

After T20 World Cup 2026, Shreyas Iyer was made T20 captain in place of Suryakumar Yadav. Iyer captained Team India for the first time on the UK tour, unfortunately he did not get a single win in the first 7 matches as captain. Team India has had to suffer the consequences of losing the series by 0-2 to Ireland and 0-4 to England in the form of T20 ranking.

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ICC Men’s T20I Rankings, Abhishek Sharma: On Wednesday (04 March), ICC released the latest rankings, in which all eyes were on Indian batsman Abhishek Sharma. At the same time, Pakistan’s star batsman Sahibzada Farhan has got a big benefit. Apart from Abhishek, Ishan Kishan is the second Indian batsman in the top-5 ranking.

Let us tell you that despite most of the flops in the T20 World Cup, there was no difference in Abhishek’s ranking. He is already present at the first position. Apart from this, Pakistan’s star batsman Sahibzada Farhan has got a big advantage in the ranking.

batted in only one match

Abhishek Sharma, who was out on a duck in the first three matches, has so far played in only one match in the tournament. Abhishek had played an inning of 55 runs in the Super-8 match against Zimbabwe. Apart from this, he scored 15 and 10 runs in the remaining two matches of Super-8. After this performance, Abhishek is at number one. His rating is 874.

Sahibzada Farhan’s ranking changed

Sahibzada Farhan, who performed well in the T20 World Cup, has moved up one place in the rankings. The rating of the Pakistani batsman at number two is 848.

Ranking top-5 batsmen

If we look at the top-5 batsmen present in the ranking, Abhishek Sharma is at the first position. Apart from this, Sahibzada Farhan is at number two. Phil Salt of England is at number three, whose rating is 803. In the list, Indian wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan is at fourth place with 783 ratings. Then at fifth position is Pathum Nissanka of Sri Lanka, whose rating is 766.

If we look further in the ratings, Tilak Verma is at sixth position with 749 ratings. After this, India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav is at number seven. Surya’s rating is 739. Dewald Brewis of South Africa is at number eight. Brevis’s ranking is 737. Moving ahead in the list, England’s Jos Buttler is at ninth position with 716 ratings. New Zealand’s Team Seifert is at tenth position with 712 ratings.

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Indian women players have made huge gains in the latest ICC rankings. Due to her strong performance in the recent T20 series against Sri Lanka, Shefali Verma has now become the world’s sixth ranked batsman in T20. However, Jemimah Rodrigues has suffered a loss in ranking. Smriti Mandhana currently remains India’s number-1 batsman in T20 format.

Shefali Verma’s advantage, Rodrigues’ loss

India’s opening batsman Shafali Verma has been in tremendous form since the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. Shafali Verma has jumped four places and achieved sixth position in T20 batting rankings. He played a match-winning inning of 87 runs in the World Cup final. She is the highest run scorer in the current T20 series against Sri Lanka. So far, he has scored 236 runs in 4 matches of the series at an excellent average of 118.

Jemimah Rodrigues has slipped to tenth position with a loss of one place. Smriti Mandhana is India’s top T20 batsman, who is currently ranked third in the rankings and has 767 rating points. Wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh has established her identity as a stormy batsman. She has moved up to joint 20th position with a gain of 7 places.

Renuka’s long jump among bowlers

In the T20 bowling rankings, Renuka Thakur has taken a jump of 8 places and entered the top-10. Renuka Thakur has now come joint sixth in the rankings with South Africa’s Malaba. Renuka is the only Indian in the top-10 ranking of bowlers. Radha Yadav and Shreyanka Patil have also suffered losses. The Indian team would like to do better in bowling, because the Women’s T20 World Cup is to be played in June next year.

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IPL 2026: The mini auction of IPL 2026 is going to be held on 16th December at the luxurious Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The franchise retained list was released on November 15 and now it is being speculated who will go for the big money. But meanwhile a question is arising that which T20 league gives the most money to its players. Let us know where IPL stands in this.

Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League is not just a cricket tournament but it is also a financial super power. Whenever it comes to players’ salaries, IPL comfortably stands at rank one. It is miles ahead of every other T20 league in the world. An IPL player earns approximately Rs 4.01 crore every season. Let us tell you that this is just an average.

Some of the biggest stars take home exorbitant amounts of money, often exceeding Rs 16 crore in a single season. This limit increases even more in some special cases during mini auction. Which proves that IPL is not competing with other leagues but other leagues are competing with IPL.

ILT20 and SA20

After IPL, International League T20 in UAE tries to maintain the money race. Here the players get an average salary of around Rs 1.15 crore. If we talk about South Africa’s SA20, a salary of Rs 1.01 crore is given in this league.

Big Bash League and some other leagues

Australia’s Big Bash League and England’s The Hundred are also included in this list. The average salary in both these leagues is around Rs 62 lakh. If we talk about Pakistan’s PSL, the average earning of a player in this league is around Rs 44 lakh. Due to the difference in sponsorship limits and market size, the financial valuation of Pakistan’s PSL still lags behind.

IPL dominance

Apart from being the richest league in the entire cricket world, IPL also redefines economics. From broadcasting rights and sponsorship deals to player auction and franchise value, the scale of IPL is huge and unmatched. No other league comes close to providing player wealth, global viewership and commercial pull like the IPL.

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Test ODI and T20 all-rounder rankings: Indian players include better batsmen and bowlers as well as great all -rounder players. Many players like Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar are also making a place in ICC rankings. At the same time, in Test and T20 rankings, two of these players are maintained at number one, the rest of the players have made it to the top 10. At the same time, Zimbabwe player Alexander Raza has become number one in ODIs. Let’s know about the three format tests of cricket, number one all -rounder player in ODI and T20.

Number one all -rounder in test

• India’s Ravindra Jadeja is number one with 405 rating points in the ICC Test all -rounder rankings.
• Bangladesh’s henna Hasan Miraj is present at number two in the Test with 305 rating points.
• England captain Ben Stokes is named at number three in this list. Stokes is the third best all -rounder in the Test with 295 rating points.

Number one all -rounder in ODI

• Men’s ICC ODI all -rounder rankings have changed. Zimbabwe player Alexander Raza has become the number one all -rounder in ODIs with 302 rating points.
• Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Umarzai has moved from the first place to another. ODI all -rounder rankings of Umarzai have 296 rating points.
• The name of the player of Afghanistan is also at number three in this list. Mohammad Nabi is at number three with 292 rating points.

Number one all -rounder in T20

• ICC T20 rankings are number one all -rounder Indian player Hardik Pandya. Pandya has been on top position for a long time with 252 rating points.
• In this list, Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan is second with 231 rating points.
• Dipendra Singh Ari of Nepal is present at number three in the ICC T20 all -rounder rankings with 209 rating points.

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