ICC T20 Rankings

The much awaited ICC World T20 2009 will be held in England in the month of June. This year the venues are Kennington Oval, London, Lord's, London and Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
There is no official ICC T20 Rankings on the official website of International Cricket Council (ICC) as such. But there is an unofficial T20 ranking of the teams by some experts. Here is a brief information on the ranking of each team (after the ICC World T20 2007) -

• India - 102 points
• Australia – 100 points
• Bangladesh - 98 points
• England – 90 points
• South Africa – 87 points
• Sri Lanka – 56 points
• New Zealand – 55 points
• Pakistan – 40 points
• Zimbabwe – 35 points
• West Indies – 30 points 

In the ICC World T20 2007, India emerged as the winner and lifted the trophy after defeating Pakistan in the finals. With their victory in the last edition of ICC World T20, a lot is expected from them this year. On the other hand, Australia's performance was not up to the expectations. They entered the ICC World T20 2007 quite effortlessly after claiming the ICC Cricket World Cup earlier that year. But even with their strong squad they couldn't hold their strong ODI form in the T20 matches. Interestingly, Bangladesh was one team that surprised everyone with their performance in the last season of ICC World T20. In the ICC Cricket World cup 2007, Bangladesh defeated stronger teams like India and South Africa. It also shocked everyone by defeating West Indies. Let's see how they perform this year.

In the inaugural season of the ICC World T20 in South Africa, team England started off quite well but couldn't continue with their strong performances. On the contrary, the players of England had played more T20 matches than any other team's players. South Africa was the host of the first season of the ICC World T20 2007. But the performance of the team South Africa was not remarkable and the team managed to reach the stage of super 8s of the event. Sri Lanka and New Zealand also reached the level of super 8's of the tournament. Surprisingly, West Indies didn't survive long in the ICC World T20 2007 and the team had an exit after being defeated by South Africa and Bangladesh. Another strong team, Pakistan, played well in the last season of ICC World T20 and reached the finals.
The time has come to see how the 12 teams – India, Bangladesh, Ireland, Pakistan, England, Netherlands, Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies, New Zealand, South Africa and Scotland, the three qualifiers and the other test playing nations compete this year, in the ICC T20 World 2009.