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India end 2025 as highest-ranked ODI & T20I side; Australia dominate Test charts; Full rankings across format

insidetrack IndiaDecember 31, 2025

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Australia will end 2025 as the top-ranked Test side, having dominated red-ball cricket this year. With 124 rating points, Australia stand on top of ICC Test rankings ahead of reigning World Test Champion South Africa. England are on third while India are fourth in the Test rankings.
India have dominated the white ball cricket in 2025 and will end the year as the highest-ranked side both in One Day Internationals and in T20Is. The Men in Blue have 121 rating points in ODIs and 272 rating points in T20Is.
New Zealand (113) and Australia (109) round up the top three in One-Dayers. Australia will also end the year in the top three rankings across formats. Australia have 267 rating points and sit second in ICC T20I rankings, followed England, who sit third with 258 rating points.
Here’s the full l of ICC rankings in Test, ODI and T20I:
ICC TEST RANKINGS
Rank: 1 | Team: Australia | Matches: 30 | Ratings: 124Rank: 2 | Team: South Africa | Matches: 31 | Ratings: 116Rank: 3 | Team: England | Matches: 40 | Ratings: 112Rank: 4 | Team: India | Matches: 39 | Ratings: 104Rank: 5 | Team: New Zealand | Matches: 29 | Ratings: 98Rank: 6 | Team: Sri Lanka | Matches: 27 | Ratings: 88Rank: 7 | Team: Pakan | Matches: 25 | Ratings: 82Rank: 8 | Team: West Indies | Matches: 33 | Ratings: 69Rank: 9 | Team: Bangladesh | Matches: 30 | Ratings: 63Rank: 10 | Team: Ireland | Matches: 8 | Ratings: 23
ICC ODI RANKINGS
Rank: 1 | Team: India | Matches: 42 | Ratings: 121Rank: 2 | Team: New Zealand | Matches: 44 | Ratings: 113Rank: 3 | Team: Australia | Matches: 38 | Ratings: 109Rank: 4 | Team: Pakan | Matches: 41 | Ratings: 105Rank: 5 | Team: Sri Lanka | Matches: 44 | Ratings: 100Rank: 6 | Team: South Africa | Matches: 41 | Ratings: 98Rank: 7 | Team: Afghanan | Matches: 28 | Ratings: 95Rank: 8 | Team: England | Matches: 40 | Ratings: 86Rank: 9 | Team: West Indies | Matches: 41 | Ratings: 77Rank: 10 | Team: Bangladesh | Matches: 38 | Ratings: 76
ICC T20I RANKINGS
Rank: 1 | Team: India | Matches: 71 | Ratings: 272Rank: 2 | Team: Australia | Matches: 42 | Ratings: 267Rank: 3 | Team: England | Matches: 45 | Ratings: 258Rank: 4 | Team: New Zealand | Matches: 53 | Ratings: 251Rank: 5 | Team: South Africa | Matches: 53 | Ratings: 240Rank: 6 | Team: West Indies | Matches: 61 | Ratings: 236Rank: 7 | Team: Pakan | Matches: 73 | Ratings: 235Rank: 8 | Team: Sri Lanka | Matches: 48 | Ratings: 228Rank: 9 | Team: Bangladesh | Matches: 67 | Ratings: 223Rank: 10 | Team: Afghanan | Matches: 45 | Ratings: 220

insidetrack IndiaDecember 31, 2025

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