Team India’s plight under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, lost the number-1 reign in T20 after four years

When Shreyas Iyer was given the responsibility of captaining the Indian team in T20 International, then everyone expected that Team India would be successful in maintaining its dominance in this format. The complete opposite was seen on the field where Team India lost the series against Ireland by 2-0 and faced a humiliating 4-0 defeat in the 5-match T20 series against England. Fans had not expected this plight of the current T20 World Champion Indian team. Due to this defeat, Team India has also suffered a big blow in the ICC T20 team rankings where after four years they had to lose their dominance in which England has now occupied the number-1 position in the rankings.

England becomes number-1 in T20 team ranking

When the Indian team had to play a two-match T20 series against Ireland under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, they had a total of 275 rating points in the ICC T20 team rankings. After this, after losing the series 2-0, Team India could retain the number-1 position but their rating points reduced to 272. Now the first match of the 5-match T20 series against England was washed out due to rain, but after that they had to face defeat in the next four matches, due to which there was a sharp decline in the rating points. Team India has now come to number-2 position in the latest update released by ICC in which their rating points are 268. The England team, which occupies the number-1 position, also has 268 rating points but is slightly ahead in decimal calculations.

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Team India had captured the number-1 position in the year 2022.

In the ICC T20 team rankings, the Indian team had occupied the number-1 position in the month of February 2022, after which no other team could bring them down. During this period, Team India won the T20 World Cup title twice in a row in the year 2024 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and in the year 2026 under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. But now after four years he has had to lose the number-1 position. Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Team India is still looking for its first win, in which they have played 7 matches, out of which one has been canceled while they have faced defeat in 6.

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