DUBAI: India, led by captain Suryakumar Yadav, became the first team to successfully retain the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title this year and continue to hold the top spot in the ICC Men’s T20 Team Rankings.
According to the latest update, which rates all matches played since May 2025 as 100 per cent and the previous two years as 50 per cent, India stands at 275 points.
However, their lead has narrowed slightly over second-placed England with 262 points. Australia is third with 258 points.
India’s enduring dominance in the shorter format is unsurprising, having won the men’s T20 World Cups in 2024 and 2026, while remaining unbeaten in the T20I series between the two global tournaments.
The top seven positions remain unchanged. New Zealand are fourth with 247 points, followed by South Africa (244), Pakistan (240) and West Indies (233).
Further down the table, Bangladesh gained one ranking point to move up to eighth place with 225 points, while Sri Lanka lost six points to ninth place.
Afghanistan are in 10th place with 220 points, just one point behind Sri Lanka. Zimbabwe and Ireland retain the 11th and 12th positions respectively.
The United States moved up two places to 13th with six points behind the Netherlands (14th) and Scotland (15th).
Namibia (16th), Nepal (17th) and Oman (19th) moved up one place each, while the United Arab Emirates (18th) and Canada (20th) slipped down.
Italy, making their T20 World Cup debut, gained 11 rating points to move up from 26th to 23rd. They made an impressive debut, including a 10-wicket win against Nepal.
The overall number of ranked teams has now dropped from 102 to 98 after Fiji, Gambia, Greece and Israel failed to meet the requirement of playing at least eight T20Is in the last three years.