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ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings – Current Updates

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Men’s T20I team rankings will get updated at the end of each T20I match played between two teams. Times of Sports(TOS) listed the Men’s T20I team ranking below:

Men’s T20I Team Rankings

POS TEAM Matches PTS Rating
1 India 61 16366 268
2 England 38 10186 268
3 Australia 38 9868 260
4 New Zealand 50 12348 247
5 South Africa 48 11717 244
6 Pakistan 57 13679 240
7 West Indies 56 13079 234
8 Bangladesh 53 11860 224
9 Sri Lanka 44 9703 221
10 Afghanistan 36 7935 220
11 Ireland 29 5942 205
12 Zimbabwe 54 10875 201
13 USA 20 3650 183
14 Netherlands 24 4311 180
15 Nepal 43 7699 179
16 Scotland 23 4116 179
17 Namibia 37 6616 179
18 United Arab Emirates 54 9408 174
19 Oman 43 6619 154
20 Canada 26 3864 149
21 Uganda 38 5478 144
22 Papua New Guinea 20 2743 137
23 Italy 15 1988 133
24 Hong Kong 48 6215 129
25 Malaysia 50 6335 127
26 Spain 11 1377 125
27 Kuwait 29 3585 124
28 Qatar 36 4297 119
29 Jersey 21 2484 118
30 Bahrain 63 7431 118
31 Bermuda 20 2295 115
32 Saudi Arabia 26 2825 109
33 Kenya 39 4022 103
34 Tanzania 30 2967 99
35 Guernsey 24 2028 85
36 Denmark 20 1682 84
37 Portugal 23 1928 84
38 Germany 24 1964 82
39 Cayman Islands 24 1915 80
40 Nigeria 44 3399 77
41 Japan 37 2739 74
42 Singapore 31 2211 71
43 Austria 63 4221 67
44 Sweden 36 2151 60
45 Belgium 33 1923 58
46 Finland 24 1377 57
47 Norway 36 2006 56
48 Argentina 14 758 54
49 Romania 40 1941 49
50 Switzerland 26 1260 48
51 Botswana 32 1530 48
52 Cook Islands 14 649 46
53 Malawi 36 1667 46
54 France 30 1364 45
55 Samoa 21 933 44
56 Rwanda 57 2504 44
57 Philippines 29 1191 41
58 Ghana 15 605 40
59 Thailand 35 1377 39
60 Bahamas 18 704 39
61 Cambodia 29 1109 38
62 Czechia 16 603 38
63 Indonesia 83 3052 37
64 Isle of Man 8 285 36
65 Cyprus 26 892 34
66 Malta 39 1326 34
67 Vanuatu 15 491 33
68 Eswatini 22 713 32
69 Panama 11 329 30
70 Zambia 10 290 29
71 Hungary 35 1014 29
72 Estonia 21 513 24
73 Luxembourg 20 451 23
74 Cameroon 10 213 21
75 Mexico 22 454 21
76 Bhutan 26 519 20
77 Belize 7 139 20
78 Korea 17 294 17
79 Gibraltar 25 412 16
80 Mozambique 17 250 15
81 Sierra Leone 27 295 11
82 Maldives 13 112 9
83 Bulgaria 20 165 8
84 Suriname 10 82 8
85 Croatia 24 169 7
86 Seychelles 7 46 7
87 Lesotho 16 85 5
88 Brazil 17 72 4
89 Serbia 27 112 4
90 China 8 17 2
91 Fiji 9 19 2
92 Timor-Leste 8 0 0
93 Ivory Coast 9 0 0
93 Mongolia 7 0 0
93 Turkiye 14 0 0
93 St Helena 7 0 0
93 Slovenia 17 0 0
93 Myanmar 23 0 0
93 Mali 10 0 0
93 Costa Rica 12 0 0

 

CHECK: ICC Men’s T20I Rankings for Batsmen, Bowlers and All-Rounders

Who Invented ICC Team Ranking?

The MRF Tyres ICC Team Rankings is a rating method developed by David Kendix to rank men’s and women’s teams playing across Test, ODI, and T20I formats.

How does Men’s T20I Team Ranking Calculated?

  • After every T20I match, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula.
  • Each team’s points total is divided by their total number of matches played to give a rating, and all the teams are ranked in a table in order of rating.
  • By analogy to cricket batting averages, the points for winning a T20I match are always greater than the team’s rating, increasing the rating, and the points for losing a T20I match are always less than the rating, reducing the rating.
  • A drawn match between higher and lower-rated teams will benefit the lower-rated team at the expense of the higher-rated team.
  • An “average” team that wins as often as it loses while playing a mix of stronger and weaker teams should have a rating of 100.

Men’s T20I Team Ranking Calculation

  • Each team scores points based on the results of their matches over the last 3–4 years − all matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus all the matches played in the 24 months before that, for which the matches played and points earned both count half.
  • Each May, the matches and points earned between 3 and 4 years ago are removed, and the matches and points earned between 1 and 2 years ago switch from 100% weighting to 50% weighting.
ICC Team Ranking calculation
ICC Team Ranking calculation
  • For example, at May 2014, the matches played between May 2010 and May 2011 were removed, and the matches played between May 2012 and May 2013 switched to 50% weighting.
  • This happens overnight, so can result in teams changing positions in the ranking table despite not playing.

To determine the teams’ new ratings after a particular match, first, calculate the points earned from the match.

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was less than 40 points:

Match result Points earned
Win Opponent’s rating + 50
Tie Opponent’s rating
Lose Opponent’s rating − 50

 

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was at least 40 points:

Match result Points earned
Stronger team wins Own rating + 10
Stronger team loses Own rating − 90
Weaker team wins Own rating + 90
Weaker team loses Own rating − 10
Stronger team ties Own rating − 40
Weaker team ties Own rating + 40

 

  • Each team’s rating is equal to its total points scored divided by the total matches played. (Series are not significant in these calculations).
  • Add the match points scored to the points already scored (in previous matches as reflected by the Table), add one to the number of matches played, and determine the new rating.
  • Points earned by teams depend on the opponent’s ratings, therefore this system needed to assign base ratings to teams when it started.

Teams with the highest T20I rating by days

Team Total Days Highest Rating
India 1829 275
Sri Lanka 1064 135
Pakistan 884 286
England 763 278
New Zealand 574 132
Australia 212 278
South Africa 42 137
West Indies 21 118

 

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