ICC T20 Team Ranking: India extend lead on top after series win over Australia

Half-centuries
to
Suryakumar
Yadav
and
Virat
Kohli
helped
India
clinch
a
final
over
thriller
in
the
third
and
series-deciding
match
against
Australia
in
Hyderabad
on
Sunday
and
that
result
helped
them
put
further
ground
on
their
rivals
on
the
latest
Men’s
T20I
team
rankings.

India’s
success
improved
their
T20I
team
ranking
by
one
point
to
268
points
overall,
which
is
a
seven-point
lead
over
their
closest
rival
in
England
with
261
points.

Ironically,
it
was
England’s
narrow
loss
in
the
fourth
game
of
their
ongoing
series
against
Pakistan
that
helped
India
increase
their
buffer
at
the
head
of
proceedings,
with
Matthew
Mott’s
team
falling
to
a
narrow
three-run
loss
in
Karachi.

That
series
remains
tied
at
two
games
apiece,
with
plenty
of
rankings
points
still
to
play
for
during
the
final
three
matches
in
Lahore
and
ahead
of
the
start
of
the
ICC
Men’s
T20
World
Cup
next
month.

Pakistan
are
currently
tied
with
South
Africa
for
third
place
on
the
team
rankings
with
258
points
but
could
rise
as
high
as
second
by
winning
the
remaining
three
matches
against
England.

England
will
maintain
a
second
place
on
the
rankings
should
they
win
one
of
those
contests,
while
South
Africa
will
get
the
chance
to
stake
their
claim
when
they
take
on
India
in
a
three-match
series
that
commences
on
Wednesday.

New
Zealand
remain
in
fifth
place
on
the
T20I
team
rankings
with
a
total
of
252
points,
with
Kane
Williamson’s
side
next
in
action
just
prior
to
the
start
of
the
T20
World
Cup
when
they
host
Pakistan
and
Bangladesh
for
a
tri-series
on
home
soil.

Sixth-placed
Australia
drop
one
point
to
250
points
overall
following
their
series
loss
to
India,
with
the
reigning
T20
World
Cup
champions
still
scheduled
to
play
six
matches
–
against
West
Indies,
England
and
India
–
before
they
get
the
chance
to
defend
their
trophy
at
home.