India gain points to move up to second place in ICC rankings

July 9 (CRICKETNMORE) - India have overtaken Australia to take second place after clinching their three-match series against England 2-1. The top three sides are now separated by 10 points, while three points separate fourth-ranked England and seventh-ranked West Indies. Pakistan have retained the top position with their tri-series victory.

Team rankings remain crucial as Australia plus the next nine highest-ranked sides will qualify directly for the 16-team ICC Men’s World T20 2020 in Australia.

The remaining six sides will qualify from the 14-team ICC Men’s World T20 Qualifier 2019, which will be participated in by the six sides from the ICC World T20 2016, which are not in the Top 10 of the ICC T20I Team Rankings as on 31 December 2018, alongside the eight qualifiers from the regional finals.

ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 9 July):

Rank   Team             Points

 1        Pakistan         132 (+1)

 2        India                124 (+1)

 3        Australia           122 (-4)

 4        England            117 (+2)

 5        New Zealand     116

 6        South Africa        114

 7         Windies              114

 8         Afghanistan          91 

 9         Sri Lanka               85

10        Bangladesh          70

11         Scotland                 62

12         Zimbabwe             56

13         UAE                      51

14         Netherlands         50

15         Hong Kong            42

16         Oman                     39

17         Ireland                    35 (+1)

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With inputs from ICC Media Release