ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings – Current Updates

After every men’s T20I encounter between two teams, the team standings are updated. Below is the ranking of men’s T20I teams according to Times of Sports (TOS).

Men’s T20I Team Rankings

Last updated on October 20, 2022 (GMT).

Who Invented ICC Team Ranking?

David Kendix created the MRF Tyres ICC Team Rankings, a grading system for men’s and women’s teams competing in Test, ODI, and T20I formats.

How does Men’s T20I Team Ranking Calculated?

1. Following the game, a formula is used to determine how many points each of the two teams in a T20I match should receive.
2. All the teams are ranked in a table according to their ratings after dividing their combined point totals by the total number of matches they have played.
3. The points for winning a T20I match are always higher than the team’s rating, which raises the rating, and the points for losing a T20I match are always lower than the rating, which lowers the rating, using the analogy of cricket batting averages.
4. In a match between two teams with different rankings, the lower-ranked team will win and the higher-ranked team will lose.
5. A team with a rating of 100 should play a mix of stronger and weaker teams, winning as frequently as it loses.

Men’s T20I Team Ranking Calculation

1. Each team receives points based on the outcomes of its games played during the previous three to four years, with the matches played in the 12 to 24 months since May of the previous year and the 24 months prior counting equally for both the matches played and the points earned.
2. Every May, the matches and points from three to four years ago are eliminated, while the matches and points from one to two years ago are reduced from 100% to 50% weighting.
3. For instance, in May 2014, the matches from May 2010 and May 2011 were eliminated, while the matches from May 2012 and May 2013 were given a 50% weight.
4. This occurs overnight, therefore despite there being no games, teams’ rankings in the standings may change.

After a certain match, compute the teams’ new ratings for each team by first figuring out the points won.

If the difference between the two teams’ ratings prior to the game was less than 40 points:

If there was at least a 40-point difference in the two teams’ ratings before to the game:

1. The rating of each team is determined by dividing its total points by the total number of matches it has played. (Series have no bearing on these computations.)
2. The new rating is calculated by multiplying the match points by the points already earned (in prior matches, as shown by the Table), adding one to the total number of matches played.
3. Teams’ point totals are determined by their opponents’ ratings, hence this system had to initially provide starting base ratings to each team.

Teams with the highest T20I rating by days