India v England T20I Series Preview – Impact on ICC rankings

India take on England in 5 match T20I series from 12-20 March after a India dominated Test series which the home series clinched 3-1 and sealed their berth in the finals of the inaugural World Test Championship. All the 5 matches will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera.

Historic Record: India v England T20I

India Won: 7 | England Won: 7 | No Result: 0

In India: India Won: 3 | England Won: 3 | No Result: 0

Squads:

India:

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Axar Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar

England:

Eoin Morgan (c), Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Sam Billings, Reece Topley, Mark Wood, Tom Curran, Liam Livingstone.

India v England Schedule:

Date	Match	Time
12th March, 2021	India v England 1st T20I Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	7pm IST 1:30pm GMT
14th March, 2021	India v England 2nd T20I Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	7pm IST 1:30pm GMT
16th March, 2021	India v England 3rd T20I Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	7pm IST 1:30pm GMT
18th March, 2021	India v England 4th T20I Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	7pm IST 1:30pm GMT
20th March, 2021	India v England 5th T20I Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	7pm IST 1:30pm GMT

ICC Rankings:

England is currently ranked at No.1 with 275 points in the ICC rankings table while India is just below them with 268 points. India can take the No.1 spot if they can win the series 4-1 or 5-0. India has also a chance to go down to No.3 if they lose the series badly.

• If India win 5-0: ICC points table-1. India: 274 points | 2. Australia: 267 points | 3. England: 266 points
• if India win 4-1: ICC points table- 1. India: 272 points |2. England: 269 points
• If India win 3-2: ICC points table- 1. England: 272 points | 2. India: 270 points
• If England win 5-0: ICC points table- 1. England: 282 points | 2. Australia: 267 points | 3. India: 263 points
• If England win 4-1: ICC points table- 1. England: 279 points | 2. Australia: 267 points | 3. India: 266 points
• If England win 3-2: ICC points table- 1. England: 275 points | 2. India: 268 points