India retake the No.1 T20I ranking from England on a rounding error
India has reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the ICC men's T20I team rankings, edging out England due to decimal-point calculations. This shift follows a period of poor performance for India, which has since been corrected by a younger squad under new leadership.
Why it matters
The ranking change highlights the extreme competitiveness of international cricket and the impact of squad rotation on team performance.
Two weeks after England’s 4-0 win pushed India off a place they had held since 2022, the same 268-268 tie has broken the other way.
India are back at the top of the ICC men’s T20I team rankings, and the gap between them and England is the kind you cannot see on the table. Both sides sit on 268 rating points in the list published on Sunday. India are placed first because of decimal places the ICC does not print.
This is the second time this month the two teams have been separated by rounding. When England completed a 4-0 win in the T20I series at home in mid-July, both sides finished on 268 and it was England who were put on top. That result ended a spell at No.1 that India had held since February 2022, a run of 1,605 days.
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