Dubai:
India is no more the top Twenty20 (T20) team and has also dropped to fourth in
the One Day International (ODI) charts of the latest ICC rankings following the
annual update. India is now second in the Twenty20 charts, behind New Zealand.
Australia
and New Zealand have retained the top two positions on the ODI rankings.
Results from 2012-13 have been dropped, while results from 2014-15 have been reduced
to a weighting of 50 percent.
In
ODI, Australia, who won their fifth World Cup title in Melbourne last year, are
now sitting on 124 points after dropping two points to lead New Zealand by 11
points. South Africa has swapped places with India to move into third position.
Other
sides to gain following the annual update include sixth-ranked England (103, up
two), seventh-ranked Bangladesh (98, up one), eighth-ranked West Indies (88, up
two), tenth-ranked Afghanistan (51, up four) and eleventh-ranked Zimbabwe (47,
up two). Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Ireland came at fifth, ninth and twelfth
position respectively.
In the
T20I update, New Zealand have gained 12 points following the annual update and
consequently vaulted two places to join India on 132 points. Third-placed West
Indies now lead fourth-ranked South Africa by three points. Other countries
ranked are England in fifth, Australia in sixth, Pakistan in seventh, Sri Lanka
in eighth, Afghanistan in ninth, Bangladesh in tenth, Netherlands in eleventh,
Zimbabwe in twelfth, Scotland in thirteenth, UA in fourteenth, Ireland in
fifteenth, Oman in sixteenth and Hong Kong in seventeenth.
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