{"id":104693,"date":"2026-03-20T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=104693"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:33:36","slug":"ipl-misses-top-spot-the-hundred-ranked-worlds-best-cricket-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ipl-misses-top-spot-the-hundred-ranked-worlds-best-cricket-league\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0IPL Misses Top Spot: The Hundred ranked World\u2019s Best Cricket League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Despite being the most expensive franchise tournament in the world, the Indian Premier League (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/weather\/rain-snow-expected-in-multiple-regions-met-department\/\">IPL<\/a>) has failed to secure the top position in the latest global league rankings released by the World Cricketers\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<p>According to the rankings, England\u2019s The Hundred has been declared the best cricket league in the world, securing 75.2 points. South Africa\u2019s SA20 claimed the second spot with 68 points, while the IPL was placed third with 62.6 points.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that despite its financial strength and global popularity, the IPL still requires improvements particularly in players\u2019 rights and welfare to be considered the top league globally.<\/p>\n<p>Among other major leagues, Australia\u2019s Big Bash League (BBL) ranked fourth with 62.5 points, followed by the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in fifth place with 48 points.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining positions in the top 10 include Major League Cricket (MLC) at sixth, International League T20 (ILT20) at seventh, Caribbean Premier League at eighth, Abu Dhabi T10 at ninth, and Bangladesh Premier League rounding off the list at tenth.<\/p>\n<p>The rankings highlight a shift in global T20 league dynamics, with emerging competitions challenging traditional powerhouses in terms of quality, organization, and player satisfaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Despite being the most expensive franchise tournament in the world, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has failed to secure the top position in the latest global league rankings released by the World Cricketers\u2019 Association. According to the rankings, England\u2019s The Hundred has been declared the best cricket league in the world, securing 75.2 points. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":2679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[38262,38263],"class_list":["post-104693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-the-hundred","tag-worlds-best-cricket-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104694,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104693\/revisions\/104694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}