India can be No. 2 in ODIs by beating England 4-1 or betterIndia can be No. 2 in ODIs by beating England 4-1 or better
Going by the present form, it looks highly unlikely but if India
can manage to beat
England by a 4-1 margin or better in the upcoming one-day series, they can climb to second spot from third in the ICC ranking chart.
World champions India (117) are placed third behind Sri Lanka (119) in the list, headed by Australia (130).
Australia's 3-2 series win
has restricted Sri Lanka to
earn only one ratings point which, in turn, has given India a chance to reclaim the second position.
To achieve the number two position, India will have to beat England by 4-1 or whitewash the hosts in the five-match series, starting at Chester-le-Street on September 3.
Meanwhile, in the rankings
for ODI batsmen, Virat
Kohli has entered into
top-5 with a gain of one
position and Sachin
Tendulkar re-entered into top-10 with a similar gain.India skipper Mahendra
Singh Dhoni lost a place to
find himself at number
nine.
Off-spinner Harbhajan
Singh is the only Indian
bowler in the top-10 as he
lost one position to be at
10.
Australia's fast bowlers
Mitchell Johnson, who
along with Sri Lanka's
Lasith Malinga was the
leading wicket-taker in the
recent series with 11, has jumped four places to claim
third position while
Malinga, who recorded the
third hat-trick of his career
in Monday's ODI, has
jumped 19 places to claim 11th position. Dough Bollinger's nine
wickets in the series has
helped him return to the
top-10 in seventh position
after vaulting 15 places
while Brett Lee has been rewarded with a jump of
four places after his eight
wickets in four matches
which has put him just
behind Malinga in 14th
position. Graeme Swann of England
is on top of the bowling
chart but leads New
Zealand's Daniel Vettori by
just six points. In the list of batsmen,
former Sri Lanka captain
Mahela Jayawardena has
returned to the top 20 in
17th position after rising
five places following his series contribution of 180
runs which made him the
fourth most successful
batsman in the series
behind Michael Clarke
(242), Ricky Ponting (196) and Shane Watson (185). While Watson and Ponting
have retained their third
and 15th positions,
respectively, Clarke has
moved up two places to
seventh position. The batting table is headed
by South Africa's Hashim
Amla while his captain, AB
de Villiers, is in second
position. There is no change in the
top three of the rankings
for all-rounders which are
still led by Watson.
can manage to beat
England by a 4-1 margin or better in the upcoming one-day series, they can climb to second spot from third in the ICC ranking chart.
World champions India (117) are placed third behind Sri Lanka (119) in the list, headed by Australia (130).
Australia's 3-2 series win
has restricted Sri Lanka to
earn only one ratings point which, in turn, has given India a chance to reclaim the second position.
To achieve the number two position, India will have to beat England by 4-1 or whitewash the hosts in the five-match series, starting at Chester-le-Street on September 3.
Meanwhile, in the rankings
for ODI batsmen, Virat
Kohli has entered into
top-5 with a gain of one
position and Sachin
Tendulkar re-entered into top-10 with a similar gain.India skipper Mahendra
Singh Dhoni lost a place to
find himself at number
nine.
Off-spinner Harbhajan
Singh is the only Indian
bowler in the top-10 as he
lost one position to be at
10.
Australia's fast bowlers
Mitchell Johnson, who
along with Sri Lanka's
Lasith Malinga was the
leading wicket-taker in the
recent series with 11, has jumped four places to claim
third position while
Malinga, who recorded the
third hat-trick of his career
in Monday's ODI, has
jumped 19 places to claim 11th position. Dough Bollinger's nine
wickets in the series has
helped him return to the
top-10 in seventh position
after vaulting 15 places
while Brett Lee has been rewarded with a jump of
four places after his eight
wickets in four matches
which has put him just
behind Malinga in 14th
position. Graeme Swann of England
is on top of the bowling
chart but leads New
Zealand's Daniel Vettori by
just six points. In the list of batsmen,
former Sri Lanka captain
Mahela Jayawardena has
returned to the top 20 in
17th position after rising
five places following his series contribution of 180
runs which made him the
fourth most successful
batsman in the series
behind Michael Clarke
(242), Ricky Ponting (196) and Shane Watson (185). While Watson and Ponting
have retained their third
and 15th positions,
respectively, Clarke has
moved up two places to
seventh position. The batting table is headed
by South Africa's Hashim
Amla while his captain, AB
de Villiers, is in second
position. There is no change in the
top three of the rankings
for all-rounders which are
still led by Watson.
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