Sri Lanka holds onto number-one position

Lahore: Sri Lanka has retained its number-one ranking on the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings table after it beat Pakistan in the second and final Twenty20 International in Dubai on Friday by 24 runs to level the series 1-1. The 1-1 series result means that both Sri Lanka (on 129) and fourth-ranked Pakistan (121) have retained their pre-series ranking.

 

Sri Lanka, which has been sitting on top of the three since 8 October 2012, needed to win Friday’s match to retain its status after it had gone down fighting in the series opener on Wednesday by three wickets.

 

Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 13 December, after Pakistan-Sri Lanka T20I series)

Rank   (+/-)      Team               Rating     (+/-)

1           (-)          Sri Lanka           129           (-)

 

2                         India                   123

3                        South Africa       123

4             (-)        Pakistan             121          (-)

5                        West Indies        120

6                        England             112

7                       Australia            102

8                       New Zealand     102

9                       Ireland                 87

10                    Bangladesh          72

11                    Afghanistan         70

12                    Netherlands         56

13                    Scotland              50

14                    Zimbabwe           46

15                    Kenya                  42

16                    Canada                  2