Key Points:
- Indian Women’s Team overtakes New Zealand.
- Ranks third with 270 points in the T20 Rankings of ICC.
- Australia remains constant on its first position in T20 and ODI formats.
- India ranks second in the ICC Women’s ODI table.
The Women’s Cricket Team of India has grabbed the third spot overtaking New Zealand in the updated annual International Cricket Council (ICC) Team’s rankings for Twenty20Is released on Friday.
🚨 Annual rankings update 🚨
India displace New Zealand to capture the No.3 spot on the @MRFWorldwide ICC Women’s T20I team rankings.
Updated list 👉 https://t.co/k1MF99IVPR pic.twitter.com/kEfy3SilKM
— ICC (@ICC) October 2, 2020
The margin between India, who was in the finals of this year’s T20 World Cup and New Zealand, who were knocked out before the knockout stage, is just one point. India ranks third by scoring (270) points and New Zealand stand fourth with (269) points. It is the only change in the top 15 of the 56-team list.
Brazil with the biggest improvement in rankings, who are up 11 places to 27, after a gain of 15 rating points, on the contrary is Malaysia with the biggest downfall from 31st to the 38th rank.
In the ODI rankings, Australia is still hanging on to the top positions in the ICC Women’s Team Rankings for both ODIs and T20Is.
🚨 Annual rankings update 🚨
Changes in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Women's ODI team rankings:
🔁 South Africa overtake New Zealand
🔁 Bangladesh overtake Sri LankaUpdated list 👉 https://t.co/LjjI6N83we pic.twitter.com/4ynApaDEwk
— ICC (@ICC) October 2, 2020
India (121) and England (119) have lost four points each while standing by their second and third positions respectively.
Australia’s stunning display of game during the rating period was winning 20 of 21 ODI matches and they’ve been the Six-Time ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup champions and winners of both editions of the ICC Women’s Championship. A play like this led them to top the table of the ODI game, escalating their tally by eight points to 160.
The ICC Press Release stated that Australia’s massive 39 point lead over second-placed India is highest so far by any team (men or women).
Considering 50% of 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons and 100% of the 2019-2020 matches, the latest update in the results rule out the 2016-17 season of ICC.
Indian Women Players on the other hand have maintained their positions in the Top 10 table of ICC in the T20 and the ODI format. Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav and Jhulan Goswami are names seen in the list of Batting, Bowling and All Rounder lists.
