Sri Lanka has won the number one ranking in T20 cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC), release stated on Wednesday, October 4.
The host nation of the World T20 tournament, 2012, has only lost one of its five matches in the tournament so far. Mahela Jayawardena’s team won all three matches in the Super Eight stage to become the Group 1 leaders as they meet Group II runner up, Pakistan, on Thursday, in the WT20 semi-finals.
Their successful run in the WT20, has provided it a jump of three places.
This means Thursday’s semi-final between Sri Lanka and Pakistan will be a match between the number-one ranked and number-three ranked sides in the world, after Mohammad Hafeez’s team moved up two places as a result of its two wins in the Super Eight stage.
Reliance ICC T20I Championship
(as on 3 October, after the Super Eight stage of ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012)
Rank (+/-) Team Rating
1 (+3) Sri Lanka 129
2 (+1) India 12
3 (+2) Pakistan
4 (-2) England
5 (-4) South Africa 117
6 (+1) Australia
7 (+1) West Indies 111
8 (-2) New Zealand 97
9 (-) Bangladesh
10 (-) Ireland
11 (-) Zimbabwe
Source: Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
