{"id":197364,"date":"2026-07-26T07:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=197364"},"modified":"2026-07-26T07:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:14:08","slug":"india-reclaims-top-spot-in-icc-t20i-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=197364","title":{"rendered":"India reclaims top spot in ICC T20I rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71269105\">India on Sunday reclaimed the No.1 position in ICC men\u2019s T20I rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe in the ongoing three-match series at Harare.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning T20 world champion regained the top spot from England, who had dethroned Shreyas Iyer\u2019s side after its 4-0 series win recently.<\/p>\n<p>India had also lost to Ireland 0-2 prior to that.<\/p>\n<p>But Men in Blue returned to winning ways, beating Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the first T20I at Harare before establishing a 2-0 lead with a 90-run victory in the second match.<\/p>\n<p>India top-order batter Ishan Kishan,who made a fifty in the second T20I against the African side, remains on top of the batters\u2019 list with 892 points followed by Abhishek Sharma (858 points).<\/p>\n<p>Tilak Varma, who made a brisk fifty in the second T20I, retained his eighth spot with 733 points.<\/p>\n<p>Spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who is not a part of the Zimbabwe series, is the lone Indian bowler in top 10, maintaining his fifth slot with 683 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 26, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/latest-t20i-rankings-india-reclaims-top-spot-overtakes-england\/article71269105.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India on Sunday reclaimed the No.1 position in ICC men\u2019s T20I rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe in the ongoing three-match series at Harare. The reigning T20 world champion regained the top spot from England, who had dethroned Shreyas Iyer\u2019s side after its 4-0 series win recently. India had also lost to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP07_25_2026_000656A.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":197252,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=197252","url_meta":{"origin":197364,"position":0},"title":"Zimbabwe vs India 3rd T20I, LIVE streaming info: When, where to watch the ZIM vs IND match?","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The third and final T20I between India and Zimbabwe will be played at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday, July 26. 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