India slips to no.4 in T20I Team Rankings

May 2 (CRICKETNMORE) - In the recently released ICC T20 Team Rankings, India slips to fourth position. India has also lost ground following the annual update after dropping six points. It is now on 118 points, three points behind ICC World Twenty20 2009 winner Pakistan, which has joined England on 121 points after gaining five points but is ranked behind the ICC World Twenty20 2010 winner by a fraction of a point.

Australia and the next nine highest-ranked sides on the ICC T20I Team Rankings will qualify automatically for the ICC World Twenty20 2020 which will be staged in Australia. The bottom eight sides on the team rankings will get a second chance to qualify for the seventh edition of the tournament when they will join the regional qualifiers in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2019. Six sides will qualify from the qualifier to complete the 16-team line-up.

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ICC T20I Team Rankings (as on 2 May, following the annual update):

 

ICC T20I Team Rankings (as on 2 May, following the annual update):

1. New Zealand 125
2. England 121
3. Pakistan 121
4. India 118 
5. South Africa 111 
6. Australia 110 
7. West Indies 109 
8. Sri Lanka 95 
9. Afghanistan  90 
10. Bangladesh 78
11. Scotland 67
12. Zimbabwe 65 
13. UAE 52 
14. Netherlands  49
15. Hong Kong 46 
16. PNG 39 
17. Oman 38 
18. Ireland 36 

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With Inputs from ICC Media Release