No.1 ranking is definitely a prize we're eyeing up: Harry Brook

Harry Brook has set his sights on taking England to the top of the ICC men's T20I rankings after sealing a series victory over India, saying becoming the world's No.1 T20I side is "definitely a prize" his team are chasing.

England's emphatic nine-wicket win in Bristol gave them a 3-0 lead in the five-match series, with one game still to play in Southampton. Another victory would see them replace India at the top of the rankings.

"We've been told if we win the next game, we go to world No.1 and that's definitely a prize that we're eyeing up," Brook said. "India are a strong side. They probably haven't been as good in this series as they have been over the last couple of years, but we're really happy with the way that we've executed our plans.

"To beat India 4-0 would be a pretty special series win, if I'm being honest, and to go No. 1 in the world would be even better. That's our main aim: we want to go out there and try and beat them convincingly again. We've got to go to Southampton, try and assess the conditions as well as we can – and that's something that we've done really well in this series so far."

The Southampton fixture also coincides with England's football World Cup quarter-final against Norway, and Brook admitted the cricket team would be following developments closely. "To go to world No.1 and England going to the semis, that would be pretty cool," Brook said. "We'll definitely be keeping a close eye on it and watching the game for sure."

England have now won 19 of their last 22 completed T20Is under Brook's captaincy, a run that also included a semi-final appearance at this year's T20 World Cup. While he admitted his side had exceeded expectations in this series, Brook believes their recent success is a reflection of the progress they have made in white-ball cricket.

"The white-ball side's been on a really good path, if I'm being brutally honest," he said. "We've been playing extremely good cricket. We've been adapting to the surfaces and conditions really well. We had a good World Cup: we just fell just short of 250 in a chase at the Wankhede, which is incredible.

"I think it might have changed the mood around English cricket a little bit, but we've still got one more game to play. Hopefully, we can go to world No. 1 and beat a very strong Indian side."