Sri Lanka behind Bangladesh and Afghanistan in ODI and T20I rankings

By Staff Writers | May 2, 2018

Sri Lanka now find themselves below Bangladesh in the ODI rankings and Afghanistan are ranked higher than the former world champions in the T20I rankings after the annual update to the ICC team ranking tables released today.

In the ODI rankings and despite the loss of seven rankings points, Sri Lanka still remain in the top 10 but are behind Bangladesh at number-eight. The top 10 sides in the ODI rankings qualify for next year's World Cup.

Sri Lanka have lost four ranking points and are now ranked ninth in the T20I rankings and find themselves ranked lower than Afghanistan.

ODI rankings

Rank    Team               Points

1          England            125 (+8)

2          India                 122 (-1)

3          South Africa      113 (-4)

4          New Zealand     112 (-2)

5          Australia           104 (-8)

6          Pakistan           102 (+6)

7          Bangladesh        93 (+3)

8          Sri Lanka           77 (-7)

9          West Indies        69 (-5)

10         Afghanistan       63 (+5)

11         Zimbabwe         55 (+4)

12         Ireland              38 (-3)

T20I rankings

Rank    Team                Points

1          Pakistan           130 (-)

2          Australia           126 (-)

3          India                 123 (+2)

4          New Zealand     116 (-)

5          England            115 (+1)

6          South Africa      114 (+3)

7          West Indies       114 (+3)

8          Afghanistan       87 (-1)

9          Sri Lanka          85 (-4)

10         Bangladesh      75 (-2)

11         Scotland          66 (-1)

12         Zimbabwe        58 (-3)

13         Netherlands      53 (+4)

14         UAE                 51 (-1)

15         Hong Kong       42 (-4)

16         Oman               39 (+1)

17         Ireland              33 (-3)

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