India at 5th spot in the new T20I rankings released by ICC featuring 80 teams

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India at 5th spot in the new T20I rankings released by ICC featuring 80 teams
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today has released the updated MRF Tyres team rankings for the Men's T20 International matches featuring 80 teams. This is the first time that ICC has included 80 T20 matches playing nations. In a press release, ICC said that they now see T20 format as a "vehicle for growth of the game".
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Pakistan has been placed at the top with teams from five other regions namely Papua New Guinea, Africa, Europe, Asia and America featuring in the list. Teams like Austria, Bostwana, Luxembourg and Mozambique also saw them featuring their names for the first time in the MRF tyres International rankings. The criteria for featuring in the list is simple -- A team should have played at least 6 International matches against other ICC members. The ICC had decided last year that all matches from January 1 2019 will be considered as International. The same holds true for the Women's team as well and all matches after October 2018 will be considered as International matches.

India had won the inaugural T20I world cup in hosted by South Africa in the year 2007 with Pakistan winning the trophy in 2009. West Indies are the current champions and they have won the cup twice, in 2012 and 2014. Sri Lanka won the cup in 2014 while England won the trophy in 2010. The next edition of the T20I world cup is scheduled to held in Australia in 2020 while India is set to host the 2021 edition of the most accessible format of the game.

MRF Tyres T20 team rankings


RankTeamPoints
1Pakistan286
2South Africa262
3England261
4Australia261
5India260
6New Zealand254
7Afghanistan241
8Sri Lanka227
9Windies226
10Bangladesh220
11Nepal212
12Scotland199
13Zimbabwe192
14Netherlands187
15Ireland182
16UAE181
17PNG172
18Oman155
19Hong Kong152
20Namibia141
21Qatar129
22Saudi Arabia121
23Singapore118
24Denmark116
25Canada111
26Jersey106
27Kuwait104
28Ghana100
29Kenya95
30Botswana93
31USA84
32Austria73
33Malaysia73
34Guernsey68
35Uganda68
36Germany64
37Sweden58
38Tanzania56
39Nigeria55
40Luxembourg55
41Spain53
42Philippines48
43France45
44Belize42
45Belgium40
46Peru40
47Bahrain37
48Mexico36
49Fiji35
50Samoa34
51Vanuatu33
52Panama32
53Japan32
54Costa Rica32
55Thailand31
56Argentina31
57Hungary30
58Mozambique29
59Chile25
60Malawi25
61Israel25
62Bhutan23
63Finland22
64South Korea22
65Isle of Man21
66Malta14
67Bulgaria14
68Sierra Leone12
69Brazil12
70Czech Republic9
71St Helena9
72Maldives8
73Gibraltar4
74Myanmar3
75Indonesia0
76China0
77Gambia0
78Swaziland0
79Rwanda0
80Lesotho0

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The ICC ODI world cup is set to begin on 30th May 2019 in England. Defending Champions Australia will look to take the cup home while India will look to bring back the cup home again after 8 years. India has won the world cup twice -- in 1983 when the Kapil Dev lead team defeated the mighty West Indies in the final to win it for the first time and then again in 2011 when Mahendra Singh Dhoni lead team won the trophy to establish their dominance over the cricketing world.
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