Needs to win one of its two matches against Bangladesh to retain top place
Tillakaratne Dilshan in eighth position on the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen will start off as the highest-ranked batsman in the series.
In fact, Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardena in ninth position, are the only two batsmen in the top 10 likely to feature in the series.
Outside the top 10, the batsmen likely to feature are Kumar Sangakkara (12th), Kushal Perera (25th), Tamim Iqbal (29th), Shakib Al Hasan (31st) and Angelo Mathews (45th).
Ajantha Mendis in fifth and Shakib Al Hasan in ninth will start off as the only two bowlers in the top 10 of the Reliance ICC Player Ranking for T20I bowlers to feature in the series.
Outside the top 10, Lasith Malinga (14th), Angelo Mathews (21st), Sachitra Senanayake (40th), Mashrafe Mortaza (52nd) and Thisara Perera (57th) are also likely to take the field.
About ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014
As many as 35 tournament matches will be played across Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet in the 22-day tournament. The format for the men’s event has been changed following an increase in teams from 12 to 16.
As the teams’ seeding are based on the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings Table as of 8 October 2012, the top eight sides following the conclusion of the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 will play directly in the Super 10 stage, while Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, which finished outside the top eight, will participate in the first round that will be held from 16-21 March.
The first round of the men’s event will include eight sides that will be divided into two groups of four teams each, with the table-toppers progressing to the Super 10 stage.
The Super 10 stage will start with an evening match between former champions India and Pakistan in Dhaka on Friday 21 March.
The two groups of the Super 10 stage are:
Super 10 (S10) Groups (Based on teams’ rankings on the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings as on 8 October 2012)
Group 1 – Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, New Zealand, Group B Qualifier 1 (Q1B)
Group 2 – West Indies, India, Pakistan, Australia, Group A Qualifier 1 (Q1A)
Reigning champion the West Indies will launch its title defence against India in an evening match on Sunday 23 March. Earlier on the same day, Pakistan will lock horns with Australia, which is looking for the only global title that has eluded it to date.
If Bangladesh reaches the Super 10 stage, it will play all its matches in Dhaka, facing the West Indies on 25 March, India on 28 March, Pakistan on 30 March and Australia on 1 April.
This is the third time that the men’s and women’s competitions will be played alongside each other, with the women’s semi-finals and final held on the same day as the men’s, and at the same venue.
The first round matches of the women’s event will take place in Sylhet from 23 March to 2 April, with the semi-finals and final played in Dhaka from 3 to 6 April.
Forthcoming fixtures:
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
12 February: First T20I, Chittagong
14 February: Second T20I, Chittagong
Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 10 February before Bangladesh v Sri Lanka series)
Rank Team Rating
1 Sri Lanka 129
2 India 123
3 South Africa 123
4 Pakistan 121
5 West Indies 113
6 Australia 110
7 New Zealand 108
8 England 105
9 Ireland 87
10 Bangladesh 72
11 Afghanistan 70
12 Netherlands 56
13 Scotland 50
14 Zimbabwe 46
15 Kenya 42
16 Canada 2
Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20Is (as of 10 February before Bangladesh v Sri Lanka series)
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Pts Ave S/R HS Rating
1 B McCullum NZ 797 36.27 135 849 v Ban at Pallekele 2012
2 Alex Hales Eng 795 35.45 136 842 v Aus at Durham 2013
3 Aaron Finch Aus 772*! 45.80 171 772 v Eng at Sydney 2014
4 Virat Kohli Ind 749*! 34.52 130 749 v Aus at Rajkot 2013
5 Suresh Raina Ind 712 33.03 136 776 v Eng at Kolkata 2011
6 Yuvraj Singh Ind 705 33.38 153 793 v SA at St Lucia 2010
7 Martin Guptill NZ 694 34.11 124 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012
8 T Dilshan SL 690 30.62 121 802 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
9 M Jayawardena SL 687 31.78 134 785 v Aus at Pallekele 2011
10 Shane Watson Aus 686 29.42 150 832 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012
Selected Rankings
Rank Player Team Pts Ave S/R HS Rating
12 K Sangakkara SL 676 33.23 121 763 v WI at Barbados 2010
25 KJ Perera SL 568*! 33.44 128 568 v Pak at Dubai 2013
29 Tamim Iqbal Ban 526* 24.00 110 537 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
31 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 514* 20.30 126 524 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
45 Angelo Mathews SL 449* 26.09 117 454 v Pak at Dubai 2013
72 Nasir Hossain Ban 325*! 25.60 122 325 v NZ at Mirpur 2013
85 Thisara Perera SL 292* 26.63 154 308 v SA at Hambantota 2013
95 Mahmudullah Ban 246*! 13.60 100 246 v NZ at Mirpur 2013
Bowlers
Rank Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating
1 Sunil Narine WI 804 17.92 6.15 817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013
2 Saeed Ajmal Pak 714 17.02 6.26 788 v NZ at Pallekele 2012
3 N McCullum NZ 671 20.72 6.85 709 v Zim at Harare 2011
4 M Hafeez Pak 670 22.90 6.61 689 v Zim at Harare 2013
5 Ajantha Mendis SL 669 13.23 6.15 762 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2012
6= Prosper Utseya Zim 659 28.04 6.57 667 v Pak at Harare 2013
L Tsotsobe SA 659* 23.23 6.26 672 v Pak at Johannesburg 2013
8 N Kulasekara SL 657 24.81 7.29 676 v Aus at Melbourne 2013
9 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 655 19.84 6.75 668 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
10 Abdur Razzak Ban 654 18.94 6.97 661 v Ire at Belfast 2012
Selected Rankings
Rank Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating
14 Lasith Malinga SL 629 22.19 7.39 680 v Eng at Bristol 2011
21 Angelo Mathews SL 588 27.64 6.83 645 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2013
40 S Senanayake SL 503*! 13.25 5.67 503 v Pak at Dubai 2013
52 M Mortaza Ban 451 34.63 8.38 496 v NZ at Pallekele 2012
57 Thisara Perera SL 433*! 25.30 8.20 433 v Pak at Dubai 2013
78 Mahmudullah Ban 370*! 42.66 7.65 370 v NZ at Mirpur 2013
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 M Hafeez Pak 427 441 v SL at Dubai 2013
2 Shane Watson Aus 395 557 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012
3 Yuvraj Singh Ind 363/*! 363 v Aus at Rajkot 2013
4 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 337*/ 350 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
5 Shahid Afridi Pak 315 413 v NZ at Dubai 2009
