ICC Rankings: India retain second spot in T20Is, drop to 3rd in ODIs

India retained second place within the ICC Twenty20 staff rankings however dropped a rung to 3rd within the ODI chart following the annual replace carried out on Monday.
India are trailing top-ranked England (277) by 5 ranking factors within the T20 staff rankings.
During this era, England drew a three-match sequence in opposition to Pakistan 1-1, defeated Australia 2-1 and South Africa 3-0 earlier than shedding an away sequence to India by a 2-3 margin.
New Zealand have additionally gained within the annual T20I replace, shifting up from fifth to 3rd after sequence wins over the West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh. Australia have moved the opposite means, down from third to fifth.
In different actions on the prime of the T20I rankings desk, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have gained one place every to succeed in eighth and ninth positions, respectively, whereas the West Indies have dropped two locations to tenth.
According to the ICC, these updates remove outcomes from 2017-18 and halve the weighting of matches performed in 2019-20, which incorporates the 2019 World Cup.
In the annual replace of the ODI Team rankings, India dropped a spot to 3rd behind Australia and new desk toppers New Zealand.

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— ICC (@ICC) May 3, 2021
The Kiwis have changed reigning world champions England because the primary ranked aspect within the ODI rankings.
New Zealand, who defeated Bangladesh 3-0 of their solely ODI sequence throughout the previous 12 months, have superior two slots after gaining three ranking factors to succeed in an combination of 121. Australia are second with 118 factors whereas India and England are each on 115, with the previous forward on decimal factors.
England’s slip right down to fourth place comes within the second annual replace since they received the ICC Men”s Cricket World Cup at Lord’s in the summertime of 2019.
In the previous 12 months, England have suffered 1-2 sequence losses to Australia and India, in addition to an ODI misplaced to Ireland.
The newest replace, that charges all matches performed since May 2020 at 100 per cent and people of the earlier two years at 50 per cent, sees Australia transfer up two locations from fourth to second and India drop one place to 3rd. The West Indies have overtaken Sri Lanka to ninth place.
The Netherlands have been allowed to retain their rating regardless of solely having performed 4 ODIs throughout the brand new ranking interval, since their scheduled fixtures have been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
There has been no change of locations in both format for Afghanistan, Pakistan or South Africa. Afghanistan are tenth in ODIs and seventh in T20Is, Pakistan are sixth in ODIs and fourth in T20Is whereas South Africa are fifth in ODIs and sixth in T20Is.
Despite the pandemic, 80 nations have performed the requisite six T20Is over the previous three years to stay within the rankings. Five nations have misplaced their rating after the replace — Gambia, Ghana, Hungary, Sierra Leone and Sweden.
The annual replace to the Test rankings shall be carried out following the conclusion of the continuing Pakistan-Zimbabwe sequence.