World Champion Team India is also at the top in the rankingImage Credit source: Getty Images
Although these days only and only discussion about IPL is on everyone's lips, but the recent success of Team India still remains in the minds of the fans. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup 2026 title for the second consecutive time about two months ago. Along with this historic success, now ICC has also confirmed the dominance of Team India through the annual ranking update, where the Indian team remains firmly at the first position.
What changes in the new ranking?
ICC releases updates in the rankings of all formats every year in the beginning of May. In this update, points from old matches are removed and the weighting of last year's points increases. In this year's update, 100 percent points have been given to the matches from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026, whereas the weightage of the matches two years before that has reduced to only 50 percent. Whereas till now the matches before 2023 have been completely removed. Similar update recently test ranking Was also released in.
Team India number-1, who is second?
Even in the annual ranking update released by ICC on Tuesday 5th May, no one has been able to shake Team India's number-1 position. The Indian team was already at the first rank and is still at the top with 275 points. At the same time, its distance from England, which is in second place, is quite significant. England has gained 1 point in the latest update but it is still 13 points behind India in second place with 262. Australia is at third rank with 258 points.
England narrow the gap on reigning #T20WorldCup champions India in the ICC Men's T20I annual rankings update 🙌https://t.co/6v2SkvI4j1
— ICC (@ICC) May 5, 2026
Condition of other top-10 teams
The Indian team, which has won the ICC T20 World Cup twice in a row, is currently the strongest in this format, which is proving to be the most difficult challenge for other teams to defeat. As far as the top-10 ranking is concerned, New Zealand is at fourth, South Africa at fifth, Pakistan at sixth, West Indies at seventh, Bangladesh at eighth, Sri Lanka at ninth and Afghanistan at 10th.
