Pakistan Up to 4th in the T20I Rankings [Now 6th]

[Saj]

After today's win Pakistan have moved above India and the West Indies in the ICC T20 international rankings table.

[zulfiqar]

Really? By defeating a side ranked 9th?? Hmm.. we must've been close to both Ind/WI to begin with

[MRSN]

Awesome!!!

[Akmal Dynasty]

Congrats everyone

[Square Drive]

Grats to all my fellow PPers!

[Khaleefa]

Originally Posted by Saj After today's win Pakistan have moved above India and the West Indies in the ICC T20 international rankings table.

Generally speaking ... The higher your team is ranked in T20, the crappiest standard of cricket it is good at playing.

[Inswinger]

Originally Posted by Khaleefa Generally speaking ... The higher your team is ranked in T20, the crappiest standard of cricket it is good at playing.

And if you're also ranked 4th in Tests?

[shah_1]

These T20 rankings are pretty pointless

[Runner Up]

Pakistan is now placed fourth in the ICC T20 table and also has the most wins in T20 Internationals.

Saj can you please add most wins in T20 in the title?

[waqar goraya]

Deserved this...But there seems to be something bizarre in these rankings...They are too fast as the game is itself....
From 6th to 4th just in one match..Two ranks up by winning just a single game...
Now,they must not take us back to 6th place if we loose the next one..

[LastLaugh_PK]

So fourth in both the formats that matter..

Honestly why do we even play ODIs anymore. We are really crappy in it anyway..

[cards fan]

where is India in that list? along with minnows?

[LastLaugh_PK]

Originally Posted by azharali where is India in that list? along with minnows?

India is at its rightful place..

[Square Drive]

Originally Posted by LastLaugh_PK So fourth in both the formats that matter.. Honestly why do we even play ODIs anymore. We are really crappy in it anyway..

We're not that crap in ODIs...

We have groomed youngsters in Jamshed, Azhar, Asad, U.Akmal, and Junaid. And we almost beat the Aussies as well. That's not bad...

[Strike!]

Originally Posted by waqar goraya Deserved this...But there seems to be something bizarre in these rankings...They are too fast as the game is itself.... From 6th to 4th just in one match..Two ranks up by winning just a single game... Now,they must not take us back to 6th place if we loose the next one..

It's because of small sample size.

[LastLaugh_PK]

Originally Posted by Square Drive We're not that crap in ODIs... We have groomed youngsters in Jamshed, Azhar, Asad, U.Akmal, and Junaid. And we almost beat the Aussies as well. That's not bad...

Almost beat is not the same as winning.

Since 2010 we have lost ODI series in England, against SA, Eng in UAE, SL in SL and Aus in UAE.

That seems like a pretty crappy team to me. We have a few good youngsters to look forward to but as along as we keep playing the oldies and keep people like Hammad Azam and Haris Sohail out of the side we will never progress.

[Square Drive]

Originally Posted by LastLaugh_PK Almost beat is not the same as winning. Since 2010 we have lost ODI series in England, against SA, Eng in UAE, SL in SL and Aus in UAE. That seems like a pretty crappy team to me. We have a few good youngsters to look forward to but as along as we keep playing the oldies and keep people like Hammad Azam and Haris Sohail out of the side we will never progress.

Give our youngsters a chance, after all, we did win the Asia Cup and we are Asian Champs.

BTW LL_PK, your signature doesn't make sense. After the top 6 batsmen, there will be a WK (unless you want to make U.Akmal WK, which he is not willing to do), and then there will only be room for 4 bowlers. You have taken Hafeez out of your team, so either you are expecting Azhar to bowl 10 overs, or you are expecting U.Akmal to keep wickets and adding a 5th bowler there.

[LastLaugh_PK]

Originally Posted by Square Drive Give our youngsters a chance, after all, we did win the Asia Cup and we are Asian Champs. BTW LL_PK, your signature doesn't make sense. After the top 6 batsmen, there will be a WK (unless you want to make U.Akmal WK, which he is not willing to do), and then there will only be room for 4 bowlers. You have taken Hafeez out of your team, so either you are expecting Azhar to bowl 10 overs, or you are expecting U.Akmal to keep wickets and adding a 5th bowler there.

Lol it is a hypothetical team that probably would never play together. But would really like to see these youngsters along with Hammad and Fawwad once the 2015 WC comes round.

[hassan.incredible]

Yeah.. a Good team in T20's and a real Crap at ODIs. But we can improve iff and only if we change our current captain and introduce some young talented in replace of some Old and HIGHly RATEd PLayers...

[PakPrince]

t20 ranking should be scrapped

its a joke

[imshally81]

when we were below 5 .... everyone was crying about that.....
we are @ 4 and now everyone are saying that t20 is crap ....

anyways, Good going Pakistan......

[JibranAnsari]

BD was close to number 1 not long ago.

[alberto]

These T20 rankings have no logic to them as South Africa are not the best team in T20

[giri26]

The ranking is funny though. If Pakistan lose the next game against the Aussies, they will drop down below India and West Indies in the ranking and remain there even if they win the series 2-1. If India wins 2-0 against New Zealand they will leapfrog to 3rd above SL. So 1 win or loss makes a lot of difference in the T20 ranking.

[zulfiqar]

Originally Posted by giri26 ...So 1 win or loss makes a lot of difference in the T20 ranking.

Ya, which makes sense I suppose since barely any T20s are played at all. Not only that but everyone is about the same rating points also... so every game couns

[Canistani Hero]

Well deserved.

[sali]

Does it change who Pakistan will play in T20?

[zulfiqar]

Do we drop points for tying Australia today? Even though we won the super over the game still goes down as a tie, and tying 9th ranked team might bring us down a bit??

[zulfiqar]

CRICINFO states aus have slid down to 10th place, but this makes no sense as the game was TIED!! hmm... weird

[Green Leopard]

Australia below Ireland

Aussie will be minnows at World T20.

[BlackThunder]

Ranking in T20 does not mean anything, even in ODI's the rankings is not a true reflection of a teams talent the only format that ranking is really meaningful is Test.

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

if we clean sweep do we go more up ?

[Runner Up]

Forget the Clean Sweep. Pakistan down to 6th position after losing today's match.

Source: Geo News

Please update the thread title accordingly if it's true.

[Indiafan]

Lol, thats what happens if you lose to a minnow like Australia

[munafpatel810]

Originally Posted by Green Leopard Australia below Ireland Aussie will be minnows at World T20.

Then this could be the tournament where a minnow may win Worldcup

[cricket.mad]

Originally Posted by LastLaugh_PK India is at its rightful place..

now pakistan is at its rightfull place at 6th

[musama]

just beacuse we lost 1 match we lost 7 rating points...