After winning the third and final T20I against West Indies, Team India has become the number one ranked team in the T20I format of the game. India won the series played between India and West Indies 3-0.
Tried by West Indies to give full competition in all three matches, but India’s batting and bowling both performed brilliantly. With this win, India reached the top of the T20 team rankings. India snatched the status of the first post from England.
The rating of Rohit Sharma’s team is at the top with 269. England also has the same rating as India. Pakistan (rating 266), New Zealand (255) and South Africa (253) while Australia have 249 ratings.
Former India batter Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday congratulated the Indian team for a clean sweep in the three-match T20I series against the West Indies.
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With a 17-run victory in the third T20I, India went on to win the three-match series 3–0. Earlier, the Indian team had also defeated West Indies 3-0 in the ODI series. India’s next match will be against Sri Lanka in the three-match T20I series starting on Thursday.
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Sachin wrote on his Twitter, “Congratulations Team India for another clean sweep. Well played!” Former India batsman Virender Sehwag wrote, “A nice series win for Team India. Many positive.
West Indies became the team that lost the most T20 matches
After losing the third T20 match was the 83rd defeat in T20 Internationals for West Indies team. With this, the West Indies team has now become the team that has lost the most matches in T20 Internationals. Despite that West Indies also have won the T20 World Cup twice.
Sri Lanka had the record of losing most matches in T20 before the West Indies. Sri Lanka currently has 82 defeats in T20 Internationals. At the same time, Bangladesh (78) is at number three and then New Zealand (76) is at number four. The figures of these defeats of the teams also include the defeat in the Super Over.
9 consecutive wins in India’s T20
India’s win against West Indies was also their 9th consecutive win in T20. Team India has got this victory between November-2021 to February 2022. Even before this, the Indian team had won 9 consecutive wins in T20 between January and December-2020.
In T20, India has so far won only 9 matches in a row. Earlier, he has also made a record of winning 7-7 matches for three consecutive times.