Dubai, Pakistan played the T20i series against New Zealand and Pakistan won this T20i series by 2-1. When Pakistan won the third T20i match against New Zealand, Pakistan obtained 126 points and it reached to the top position in the T20i ranking.
New T20 Ranking
|
Rank |
Name |
Matches |
Rating |
| 1 | Pakistan | 26 | 126 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 21 | 123 |
| 3 | India | 28 | 121 |
| 4 | England | 17 | 119 |
| 5 | West Indies | 22 | 115 |
| 6 | South Africa | 20 | 112 |
| 7 | Australia | 15 | 111 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 27 | 88 |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 25 | 86 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 17 | 76 |
| 11 | Scotland | 11 | 67 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 13 | 65 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 16 | 52 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 9 | 49 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 13 | 46 |
| 16 | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 39 |
| 17 | Oman | 9 | 38 |
| 18 | Ireland | 15 | 36 |
When the match between Pakistan vs New Zealand was finished in favor of Pakistan, ICC released the new ICC T20i ranking of the international teams, in which Pakistan reached to the top position with maximum points. New Zealand has lost the first position and it reached to the second position with 123 points. The T20i ranking of other teams like India is at the third position, England has 4th position, West Indies has 5th position, South Africa has 6th position, Australia has 7th position, Sri Lanka is at 8th position, Afghanistan is at the 9th position while Bangladesh is present at the final position of 10 in the new ICC T20i rankings.