Ranking of Indian teams in various sports - Part 2

You can read here part 1 of Indian team rankings in various sports.

INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM

Indian men’s hockey team (Getty Images)

The Indian men’s Hockey team who recently finished 2nd after losing to Korea in the final of the Asia Cup are currently at the 11th spot in the latest FIH World Rankings. Indian team, with a total of 1598 points are at 3rd position in Asia after Korea (6) and Pakistan (9). The Germans are at the top spot with a total of 2528 points followed by Australia, Netherlands and England.

In Women’s hockey, the Indian team are currently the world no. 12, with a total of 1430 points. Dutch team, with a total of 1823 points holds the top spot followed by Argentina, New Zealand and England.

INDIAN TENNIS TEAM (Davis Cup and Fed cup)

Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi (Getty Images)

In the Davis Cup Rankings, the Indian team, previously at the 25th spot, have now moved down to the 26th spot in the latest rankings. Indian team who were forced to move to 1st round play off after losing to Korea 1-4 in the Round 1 match in Feb have now ensured that they would remain in Asia/Oceania Zone Group I next year as they defeated Indonesia 5-0 in their Zone Group I first round play-off tie played in April. Czech Republic with a total of 32510 points are at the No. 1 position followed by Spain and Serbia.

In the Fed-Cup, the Indian girls have moved up 4 spots from their previous rankings and are now at 54th position with 473 points. Indian team after losing to both Kazakhstan and Thailand in the round robin stages moved to relegation play-off stage but there also they lost to Korea and are now therefore downgraded to Group II. Czech Republic with 32430 points are at the top spot followed by Italy and Russia.

INDIAN NETBALL TEAM

The netball team in action against Australia

Netball is not one of the popular sports in India but slowly and steadily, Indian team is improving so that they can compete with the top teams of the world. Netball is basically a women’s game and as of 2006, the INF (governing body of Netball), recognizes only women’s netball. But from the last five or six years, men’s participation in the game has also increased. However, in India, it is only limited to women’s team.

Indian team with a total of 53 points are currently at the 30th position out of 35 teams in the latest INF world rankings. Although netball is not an Olympic Sport but it is played in the Commonwealth games and Asian Games. New Zealand team with a total of 4463 points are at the top spot followed by Australia, England and Jamaica.

INDIAN BADMINTON TEAM

P.V. Sindhu leads the young brigade for India

In the individual rankings Indian Badminton star Saina Nehwal is at 4th position while Indian teenage Badminton sensation P.V Sindhu holds the 10th spot but taking into account the team rankings, the Indian Badminton team is currently at the 11th place with 6355 points.

China is at the top of the table with 17200 points and after China, comes Korea, Denmark,Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Germany, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong. There are a total of 102 nations in the rankings.

INDIAN SEPAK-TAKRAW TEAM

Indian sepak takraw team (Getty Images)

Indian men’s Sepaktakraw team who created the history couple of days ago by winning the maiden Bronze medal in Sepaktakraw World Super Series held at New Delhi are currently ranked 9th in the latest ISTAF World rankings with a total of 605 points.

Indian team lost to World No.2 Malaysia in the Semifinals and as per the ISTAF (international federation) rules, the team who reaches the Semifinals also gets the Bronze medal. Thailand team is at the no. 1 spot with a total of 1500 points.

In women’s section Indian team are currently ranked 8th in the World with a total of 530 points. Thailand holds the top spot with 1500 points.

You can read here part 1 of Indian team rankings in various sports.