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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.
- England
- India
- Australia
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Pakistan
- west indies
- bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
- 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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