Series result to alter India's T20 ranking in a massive way

Major changes in the rankings will take place based on the India-South Africa series results

India is all set to play South Africa in the three-match Twenty20 international series starting from October 2 in Dharamsala. Both the teams will have one eye on next year’s ICC World Twenty20 2016 which is going to held India itself.

The ICC World Twenty20 2016 is scheduled to take place from 11 March to 3 April 2016, and the defending champions Sri Lanka will try to defend the title it won in Dhaka last year when it defeated 2007 champion India in the final.

Besides preparing for the 16-team ICC World Twenty20 2016, India and South Africa the sides will also aim to improve their positions on the ICC T20I Team Rankings. India, who currently ranked fourth, leads sixth-ranked South Africa by seven points, which means there will be changes in the table irrespective of how the series pans out.

India have a good chance of moving to the second spot, but for that, they need to defeat the Proteas by 3-0 in the series. In this scenario, India will join number-one ranked Sri Lanka on 126 points but will be placed below the Asian neighbours when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

South Africa will join the West Indies on 117 points if the series result is reversed, but will be ranked behind the Caribbean side at the fifth spot, while India will slip from their current spot to the eighth position.

If India win the series by 2-1, they will go ahead of Australia and just one point behind second-ranked Pakistan while the same result for South Africa will help it rise to fifth with India dropping to sixth.

ICC T20 Team Rankings

Rank	Team	Points
1	Sri Lanka	126
2	Pakistan	121
3	Australia	118
4	India	118
5	West Indies	117
6	South Africa	111
7	New Zealand	108
8	England	107
9	Afghanistan	77
10	Bangladesh	73
11	Hong Kong	72
12	Scotland	66
13	Netherlands	61
14	Zimbabwe	54
15	Ireland	42