India’s No 1 ODI ranking at stake

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India enters the five-match ODI series against New Zealand with its number-one spot in the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings at stake when the two sides go head to head in the series that starts in Napier on 19 January.

India is currently ranked number one in the table with 120 ratings points, and enters the series leading eighth-ranked New Zealand by 36 ratings points. If India does not win the series, it will lose the number-one rank and as many as six ratings points.

India has been the number-one ranked ODI side since January 2013, when it replaced England at the top. For India to retain its number-one rank it has to win the series against New Zealand by any margin.

For New Zealand, a series win against India by any margin will mean that it will push up a place to seventh, ahead of West Indies. A series loss for New Zealand, however, will not make any difference to its position on the rankings table.

If India does not manage to win the series against New Zealand, either Australia or England could stake a claim on the number-one rank.

Australia and England are currently playing a five-match series, with the home team leading 1-0.

Australia is currently in second position in the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings, six points behind India. For Australia to reclaim the number-one rank, it needs to beat England in its ongoing series by a margin of 3-2 or better, and it also requires New Zealand to beat India by a margin of 3-2 or better.

On the other hand, England, who sits 10 points behind India in third spot, needs to beat Australia by a margin of 4-1 or better, and also for New Zealand to win its series against India by a margin of 4-1 or better, to become the number-one ODI side again.

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India’s Virat Kohli will start the series in New Zealand as the highest-ranked batsman on either side.

Kohli is currently in second position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen with 859 ratings points, just 13 behind number-one ranked AB de Villiers.

A good show with the bat for Kohli could see him reclaim the number-one rank he last held in November 2013.

In all, India has three batsmen in the top 10, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni in sixth place and Shikhar Dhawan in tenth spot.

Inside the top 20, Ross Taylor in 16th and Rohit Sharma in 18th place are the other batsmen likely to be seen in action.

Outside the top 20, the batsmen likely to play the series are Suresh Raina (22nd), Brendon McCullum (23rd), Martin Guptill (24th) and Kane Williamson (31st).

Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja in sixth position will be the highest ranked bowler on either side in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers. In fact, Jadeja is also the only player in the top 10 of the bowlers’ table who is likely to feature in the series.

Among the top 20 bowlers, Ravichandran Ashwin (16th) and Kyle Mills (17th) are the others likely to feature in the series.

Outside the top 20, the bowlers likely to play are Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (24th), Tim Southee (26th), Nathan McCullum (28th), Mitchell McClenaghan (29th), Amit Mishra (39th), Mohammed Shami (41st) and Ishant Sharma (50th).

Forthcoming fixtures

Australia v England

17 January-Second ODI, Brisbane (d/n)

19 January-Third ODI, Sydney (d/n)

24 January-Fourth ODI, Perth (d/n)

26 January-Fifth ODI, Adelaide (d/n)

New Zealand v India

19 January-First ODI, Napier (d/n)

22 January-Second ODI, Hamilton (d/n)

25 January-Third ODI, Auckland (d/n)

28 January-Fourth ODI, Hamilton (d/n)

31 January-Fifth ODI, Wellington (d/n)

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

23 January: Scotland v Canada, Hagley Oval, Christchurch, South Island

23 January: The Netherlands v Kenya, Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, South Island

Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 17 January after first Australia-England before New Zealand-India series)

Rank (+/-) Team Rating (+/-)

1 India 120

2 Australia 114 (+2)

3 England 110 (-1)

4 South Africa 110

5 Sri Lanka 108

6 Pakistan 101

7 West Indies 90

8 New Zealand 86

9 Bangladesh 83

10 Zimbabwe 55

11 Ireland 38

12 Netherlands 13

13 Kenya 10

Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODIs (as on 9 January after New Zealand-West Indies series, before Australia-England and New Zealand-India series)

Batsmen

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating

1 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 872 49.46 883 v Ind at Cardiff 2013

2 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 859 51.54 882 v WI at Visakhapatnam 2013

3 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 840 53.34 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

4 ( - ) George Bailey Aus 835*! 54.96 835 v Ind at Bengaluru 2013

5 ( - ) K Sangakkara SL 816 40.11 840 v NZ at Hambantota 2013

6 ( - ) MS Dhoni Ind 789 52.88 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

7 ( - ) T Dilshan SL 760 37.98 767 v Pak at Sharjah 2013

8 ( - ) Jonathan Trott Eng 754 51.25 796 v SA at The Oval 2013

9 ( - ) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 735! 45.19 735 v SL at Abu Dhabi 2013

10 ( - ) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 717* 43.96 736 v WI at Kanpur 2013

11 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 708 41.71 773 v SL at Hambantota 2011

12 ( - ) Michael Clarke Aus 677 45.12 750 v SL at Melbourne 2008

13 ( - ) Quinton de Kock SA 673*! 46.31 673 v Ind at Centurion 2013

14 (+1) Alastair Cook Eng 661 38.85 752 v Aus at Lord's 2012

15 (+1) M Hafeez Pak 660! 31.03 660 v SL at Abu Dhabi 2013

16 (-2) Ross Taylor NZ 652 38.31 693 v Aus at Adelaide 2009

17 ( - ) Eoin Morgan Ire/Eng 648 39.56 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010

18 ( - ) Rohit Sharma Ind 639 36.06 672 v WI at Kochi 2013

19 (+1) Paul Stirling Ire 635 37.59 693 v Pak at Dublin 2013

20 (+1) Ahmed Shehzad Pak 633 32.97 634 v SL at Abu Dhabi 2013

Selected Rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating

22 (+2) Suresh Raina Ind 624 35.52 669 v Eng at Dharamsala 2013

23 (-4) B McCullum NZ 622 30.35 685 v Eng at Auckland 2013

24 (-2) Martin Guptill NZ 621 38.89 684 v Zim at Napier 2012

31 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 597 35.21 631 v Ban at Mirpur 2013

73 (-2) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 500 30.74 528 v SL at Jamaica 2013

83 (-3) N McCullum NZ 477 21.97 480 v WI at Nelson 2014

85 (+77) Corey Anderson NZ 472*! 50.66 472 v WI at Hamilton 2014

Bowlers

Rank (+/-) **** Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating

1 ( - ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 776 22.50 4.14 810 v SA at Centurion 2013

2 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 742 25.49 4.79 746 v Ind at Durban 2013

3 (+1) Steven Finn Eng 708 27.74 4.71 755 v NZ at Auckland 2013

4 (-1) Sunil Narine WI 703 26.89 4.22 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013

5 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 696 29.11 4.97 719 v SA at The Oval 2013

6 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 692 32.21 4.72 738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

7 ( - ) Rangana Herath SL 678 32.24 4.31 703 v SA at Pallekele 2013

8 ( - ) L Tsotsobe SA 674 24.96 4.75 743 v NZ at Auckland 2012

9 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 673 23.54 4.78 717 v SL at East London 2012

10 ( - ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 670 25.37 4.82 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008

11 ( - ) Junaid Khan Pak 655! 22.28 4.93 655 v SL at Abu Dhabi 2013

12 ( - ) Clint McKay Aus 650 24.42 4.77 709 v Eng at Cardiff 2013

13 (+1) Abdur Razzak Ban 643 28.07 4.49 679 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

14 (+2) M Hafeez Pak 623 35.49 4.06 769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

15 ( - ) Kemar Roach WI 620 26.77 4.92 650 v Pak at St Lucia 2013

16 (+1) R Ashwin Ind 619 32.23 4.93 691 v SL at Hambantota 2012

17 (-4) Kyle Mills NZ 616 26.65 4.73 722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009

18 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 611 35.63 4.51 649 v Ind at Trinidad 2013

19 (+2) Ryan McLaren SA 605 28.11 5.11 617 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013

20 (-1) Daniel Vettori NZ 601 31.50 4.11 788 v Eng at Durham 2008

Selected Rankings

Rank (+/-) **** Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating

24 (+2) B Kumar Ind 589* 32.50 4.59 628 v Aus at Nagpur 2013

26 (-2) Tim Southee NZ 580 31.80 5.16 633 v Eng at Lord's 2013

28 (+5) N McCullum NZ 561 45.20 4.83 567 v WI at Nelson 2014

29 (-1) M McClenaghan NZ 559* 20.04 5.74 573 v WI at Nelson 2014

39 ( - ) Amit Mishra Ind 529* 23.29 4.65 570 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

41 ( - ) M Shami Ind 523*! 30.06 5.39 523 v SA at Centurion 2013

50 ( - ) Ishant Sharma Ind 482 30.89 5.66 594 v Aus at Nagpur 2009

All-rounders

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating

1 ( - ) M Hafeez Pak 411 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

2 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 376 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

3 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 370 433 v WI at St Lucia 2012

4 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 351 373 v Ind at Trinidad 2013

5 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 346 378 v Eng at Edgbaston 2013

Selected Rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating

9 (+2) N McCullum NZ 268 272 v WI at Nelson 2014

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