India slips to fifth spot in latest ICC T20I rankings

The world body governing cricket, ICC on Friday unveiled an expanded men's Twenty20 International team rankings with 80 teams. India with 260 points have dropped three places to fifth in the latest list. The ICC T20 World Cup champions of 2009, Pakistan have consolidated their top position with 286 points. The next three teams are South Africa (262), England (261) and Australia (261).  The launch of expanded ICC T20 team rankings coincides with the annual rankings in which series result...

India retains top spot in ICC Test rankings

India retained its top position in the ICC Test rankings, while England remained the number one ODI side in the latest annual d rankings released in Dubai today. India also moved two points in second position in the ODI rankings behind England. The results from 2015-16 season were purged and outcomes from the 2016-17 and 2017-18 were weighted at 50 per cent. This resulted in New Zealand gain three points in the Test rankings to move two points behind India. Australia has been overtaken by arch r...

ICC to join hands with Interpol to fight corruption in sport

The International Cricket Council (ICC)has sought closer working relations with the Interpol to widen the scope of its fight against corruption in the sport. The cooperation was discussed during ICC Anti-Corruption Unit General Manager, Alex Marshall's visit to the Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France.  In a media release, Marshall said the ICC and Interpol are keen on working together and the meetings in Lyon last week were productive.  Marshall said the idea is to ensure that players...

India granted permission to wear caps in memory of fallen soldiers: ICC

The International Cricket Council (ICC) said India was granted permission to wear camouflage military caps in the third ODI against Australia as a tribute to the country's armed forces, a gesture which Pakistan has objected to. On 8th of this month in Ranchi, the Indian team sported military caps as a mark of respect to the CRPF personnel who were killed in the Pulwama terror attack and donated its match fee to the National Defence Fund. ICC's General Manager Strategic Communic...

ICC rejects Pakistan compensation claim against India

ICC launches women's T20I ranking, India ranked 5th

In the newly launched ICC global Women's T20I Team Rankings today,  India are placed fifth while three-time champions Australia  topped  the 46-team table. The ICC's move to launch the women's T20I rankings follows its decision earlier this year to award international status to all T20 matches between member countries. An ICC release in Dubai said, all women's T20 matches between members have international status since the Asia Cup in June this year and the ne...

ICC's new Duckworth-Lewis-Stern System to come into effect from tomorrow

The ICC announced the d version of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) System and its Code of Conduct in Dubai today that will come into effect from tomorrow.  The new version of the DLS, introduced in 2014, is based on information from 700 ODIs and 428 T20 Internationals, which comprise over 240,000 outcomes of individual deliveries. According to an ICC media release, the has been carried out following a detailed ball-by-ball analysis of scoring patterns, including in the Powerplays, in all limited...