United Arab Emirates (UAE) has maintained it’s position as the highest ranked associate country in the latest release of ICC T20I Team rankings in March 2021. However, their lead over Scotland (#14) is now narrowed down to only 4 points and with the global qualifiers for 2022 ICC T20 World Cup in the next 12-18 months down the line, lots of team’s will look for the opportunity to improve on their rankings.
The next couple of weeks/months will see Namibia (#19) take on Uganda (#31) in a 4-match T20I series in Namibia, Belgium (#47) hosting Malta (#69), Romania (#41) and Austria (#38) in home T20I series to build up towards ICC Europe regional qualifiers for the T20 World Cup in Australia. Germany (#33) will also host a 4-nation T20I series against Spain (#42), France (unranked) and Norway (#40) in May 2021 and hence, the rankings for European countries will see good amount of changings in the coming months.
With 2021 and 2022 to involve ICC regional and global qualifier tournaments for 2022 ICC T20 World Cup, the Associate members will have plenty to look forward to in terms of improving on their team rankings.
Men’s T20I Team Rankings
| Position | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | England | 30 | 8,166 | 272 |
| 2 | India | 43 | 11,613 | 270 |
| 3 | Australia | 30 | 8,005 | 267 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 32 | 8,321 | 260 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 33 | 8,347 | 253 |
| 6 | South Africa | 23 | 5,776 | 251 |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 20 | 4,601 | 230 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 20 | 4,583 | 229 |
| 9 | West Indies | 29 | 6,623 | 228 |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 26 | 5,924 | 228 |
| 11 | Ireland | 29 | 5,513 | 190 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 24 | 4,520 | 188 |
| 13 | UAE | 23 | 4,288 | 186 |
| 14 | Scotland | 17 | 3,096 | 182 |
| 15 | Nepal | 23 | 4,148 | 180 |
| 16 | Papua New Guinea | 21 | 3,769 | 179 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 26 | 4,618 | 178 |
| 18 | Oman | 18 | 3,169 | 176 |
| 19 | Namibia | 19 | 2,980 | 157 |
| 20 | Singapore | 20 | 2,835 | 142 |
| 21 | Canada | 15 | 1,956 | 130 |
| 22 | Qatar | 23 | 2,982 | 130 |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 23 | 2,727 | 119 |
| 24 | Kenya | 12 | 1,389 | 116 |
| 25 | Jersey | 21 | 2,423 | 115 |
| 26 | Kuwait | 16 | 1,765 | 110 |
| 27 | Italy | 10 | 1,100 | 110 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 9 | 965 | 107 |
| 29 | Denmark | 10 | 975 | 98 |
| 30 | Bermuda | 13 | 1,202 | 92 |
| 31 | Uganda | 11 | 985 | 90 |
| 32 | Malaysia | 29 | 2,557 | 88 |
| 33 | Germany | 15 | 1,304 | 87 |
| 34 | United States | 11 | 868 | 79 |
| 35 | Ghana | 10 | 773 | 77 |
| 36 | Guernsey | 13 | 935 | 72 |
| 37 | Botswana | 13 | 934 | 72 |
| 38 | Austria | 8 | 553 | 69 |
| 39 | Nigeria | 16 | 1,064 | 67 |
| 40 | Norway | 8 | 499 | 62 |
| 41 | Romania | 10 | 602 | 60 |
| 42 | Spain | 13 | 766 | 59 |
| 43 | Sweden | 3 | 168 | 56 |
| 44 | Tanzania | 3 | 167 | 56 |
| 45 | Cayman Islands | 8 | 430 | 54 |
| 46 | Argentina | 12 | 610 | 51 |
| 47 | Belgium | 10 | 499 | 50 |
| 48 | Philippines | 5 | 241 | 48 |
| 49 | Bahrain | 9 | 424 | 47 |
| 50 | Vanuatu | 15 | 704 | 47 |
| 51 | Belize | 5 | 209 | 42 |
| 52 | Hungary | 4 | 162 | 41 |
| 53 | Malawi | 12 | 476 | 40 |
| 54 | Fiji | 3 | 105 | 35 |
| 55 | Peru | 9 | 294 | 33 |
| 56 | Panama | 5 | 162 | 32 |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 4 | 126 | 32 |
| 58 | Japan | 4 | 126 | 32 |
| 59 | Samoa | 7 | 216 | 31 |
| 60 | Czech Republic | 16 | 478 | 30 |
| 61 | Mexico | 11 | 320 | 29 |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 12 | 301 | 25 |
| 63 | Portugal | 7 | 173 | 25 |
| 64 | Finland | 9 | 204 | 23 |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 11 | 240 | 22 |
| 66 | Thailand | 14 | 297 | 21 |
| 67 | Isle of Man | 4 | 79 | 20 |
| 68 | South Korea | 4 | 78 | 20 |
| 69 | Malta | 10 | 166 | 17 |
| 70 | Mozambique | 12 | 173 | 14 |
| 71 | Brazil | 9 | 123 | 14 |
| 72 | Bhutan | 7 | 88 | 13 |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 5 | 61 | 12 |
| 74 | Maldives | 14 | 138 | 10 |
| 75 | Chile | 9 | 85 | 9 |
| 76 | Saint Helena | 6 | 55 | 9 |
| 77 | Indonesia | 4 | 19 | 5 |
| 78 | Myanmar | 6 | 23 | 4 |
| 79 | Gibraltar | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Gambia | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | China | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Turkey | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Eswatini | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Rwanda | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Lesotho | 3 | 0 | 0 |
