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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Prior to the Asia Cup, Pakistan cricket team won an important T20 series against the West Indies. The Pakistan team captained by Salman Aga defeated the third and decisive T20 by 13 runs and won the series 2–1. Currently, Pakistan is at number 8 in the ICC T20 team rankings, will it grow up in the table after this performance?

Pakistan cricket team is currently at 8th position in the ICC T20 team rankings with 231 ratings. The team has 11757 points in 51 matches. While now the West Indies is also above this team. The West Indies is at number six with 239 ratings. The Sri Lanka team is occupied with 232 rating at number 5. Pakistan’s points are better than Sri Lanka and West Indies, and in the rating, only 1 point behind Sri Lanka.

Who is the world’s number-1 T20 team in the ICC rankings?

The Indian cricket team is the world’s number 1 T20 team. The team has 271 ratings in the ranking and 15425 points in 57 matches. Captain Suryakumar Yadav is currently in India’s T20 format. The upcoming Asia Cup will also be played in T20 format itself.

What happened in West Indies vs Pakistan Third T20

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Sahibzada Farhan scored 74 runs in 53 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours. Saim Ayub scored 66 runs in 49 balls, he hit 2 sixes and 4 fours. Both shared a brilliant partnership of 138 runs for the first wicket. Pakistan gave the West Indies a target of 190 runs to win.

Chasing the target, West Indies managed to score 176 runs in 20 overs. Elik Ethanaz (60) and Sherfen Rutherford (51) played half -century innings. But he could not win his team. Hasan Ali proved to be the most expensive for Pakistan, who took 1 wicket for 38 runs in 3 overs. Mohammad Nawaz took 1 wicket for 33 runs in 3 overs. The most affordable Sufiyan Mukim was, who gave just 20 runs in 4 overs and took 1 wicket. Earlier, Pakistan won the first T20 match of the series, the second T20 won by the West Indies.