Team India celebrates the trophy after New Zealand’s injury in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy. (PTI photos) India continues to promote its dominance in limited transmission formats and preserves position 1 in ODIS and T20is in the latest ladder teams of ICC men issued on Monday. However, their domination does not apply to the longest format, where Australia tightened the grip at the top of the test ranking.
In the annual update, matches have taken place since May 2024, while matches from the previous two years are expected to be 50%. This regroup reaffirmed the Indian figure as a powerhouse of white balls and at the same time emphasized the Australian testing pedigree.
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India, fresh from the triumphant campaign ICC Champions Trophy, increased their ODI rating from 122 to 124. The impressive form of Sri Lanka saw at home to increase to the fourth and pushed Pakistan and South Africa on the ladder.
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There was also movement down the table. Afghanistan rose to the seventh and moved England, which dropped to the eighth. Western India also overtaken Bangladesh to require ninth place after a five -point profit.
In the T20is, India’s world champions maintain the highest billing, although their leadership over the second placement of Australia has narrowed to nine points. England, New Zealand and Western India complete the first five. The trajectory of Sri Lanka continued as Pakistan overtook seventh. Bangladesh and Afghanistan are finishing the TOP 10.
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This year’s T20i rankings now include 100 teams – up to 80 – after factoring in all countries that have played at least eight matches over the last three years.
India, however, weakened compared to the test format. Australia remains comfortably in the lead with 126 points, despite a slight decline. England plunged into second place and overtaken India and South Africa. The success of the Ben Stokes, led in three of their last four test series, was the key to their rise.
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India dropped to the fourth with 105 points, while South Africa slipped to the third. The rest of the 10 best – New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe – remain unchanged.
Ireland and Afghanistan are not yet eligible to evaluate tests due to insufficient number of matches.
