Sri Lanka have slipped from 8th to 9th in the International Cricket Council’s men’s T20I team rankings after the annual update released on Tuesday, losing six rating points and falling below Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka now sit just one rating point ahead of Afghanistan in 10th, with Bangladesh moving up to 8th on the strength of the recalculation. The annual update weights matches played since May 2025 at full value while results from the previous two years are counted at 50%.
The top of the table was unchanged. India retained the lead with 275 points, ahead of England (262) and Australia (258). The top seven positions held steady. Lower in the table, the United States climbed two spots to 13th, overtaking the Netherlands and Scotland; Nepal advanced to 17th and Oman moved up to 19th.
In the women’s table, Australia remained firmly at the top with 287 points, followed by England and India. Sri Lanka women held on to 7th place, narrowing the gap to higher-ranked sides to a single point — a more positive read for the national setup than the men’s regression.
The slide compounds Pakistan’s overtaking of Sri Lanka in the men’s Test rankings on May 1, making this the second senior format in five days where Sri Lanka has dropped a place. Both moves were driven mainly by the rolling-window methodology rather than fresh on-field defeats. The men’s side is currently between bilateral assignments, with the interim SLC committee tasked with addressing the Test format drought and broader bilateral scheduling now under way.
