LONDON: A series whitewash over West Indies has helped India overtake England at the top of the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings.
India eased to a 17-run victory over the West Indies in the third and final T20 of the series on Sunday and in the process clinched an emphatic 3-0 clean sweep of the series.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was mighty impressed with his team’s performance and he expressed the same in the post-match conversation. “Happy with the series. Pretty much got everything that we wanted,” he said.
“We do understand we are very young as a team. We are still a good chasing side, but a lot of the players are missing. So we wanted the guys to understand how to bat in pressure situations,” said Rohit.
“We have the T20 World Cup in mind and we are trying to give game time for individuals. Sri Lanka will be a different challenge. But I am not someone who looks at the opposition, I would like to see what we can do as a team,” he added.
The triumph helped India catapult England at the top of the T20 team rankings, with Rohit Sharma’s side now matching the top rating of 269.
While England and India both have the same rating across 39 international matches in the rankings period (269), India has a total of 10,484 points, 10 more than England’s 10,474.
Pakistan (rating of 266), New Zealand (255) and South Africa (253) round out the top five countries, while Australia (249) remain in sixth after their 4-1 series victory over Sri Lanka.
