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The Indian team completely surrendered in the T20 series against England. The Indian team, which returned to the field after becoming T20 World Champion, lost 6 T20 out of 7 consecutive matches on the tour of Ireland and England and failed to win even a single win. Even in the last match played against England in Southampton, the team captained by Shreyas Iyer lost by 56 runs. With this, the Indian team’s 1600 days (54 months) reign in the T20 rankings came to an end and England became the new number-1 team.
In ICC T20 rankings for last 3 years team india Remained in first place. The reason for this was winning 2 consecutive T20 World Cups and not losing any series during this period. During this period, the Indian team was progressing brilliantly without losing 16-17 consecutive T20 series and tournaments and was dominating the rankings. But the whole story changed during the Ireland-England tour and now his crown has also been snatched away.
Power was snatched away in Ireland and England
Team India, which became number-1 in February 2022, was holding the first position since then, but the first attack on this crown took place in Ireland, when the host team shocked the whole world and won the series 2-0. Then, England dealt the most lethal blow and defeated the morale of Team India by winning 3 consecutive matches out of 4 and winning the series. Now the turn was on the last front, where Team India had the challenge of saving its honor and the number-1 position. But even before that, England captain Harry Brook had openly expressed his wish that it would be most special to win the last match and take England to the first position in the rankings.
Brooke did what she said
The wish expressed by Brook was fulfilled by himself in Southampton. In the last match of the series, Brook played an explosive inning of 95 runs in just 45 balls and England whitewashed Team India 4-0 with a 56-run victory. In this way, England ousted Team India from the top of the T20 rankings and pitched its own tent and secured the first position. Although both the teams currently have 268 points, but England has gone ahead by a slight margin and hence now Harry Brook’s team is number-1. Team India will now have a chance to make a comeback by winning the series on the Zimbabwe tour.
