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India has a chance to be number one ODI team: ICC | India has a chance to claim the number one spot
in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship when it turns out for the tri-nation series involving host Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The series begins at the R Premadasa
Stadium, Colombo from Tuesday. India trails number-one ranked South Africa by
just one rating point, but if it wins all the three matches (including the final),
it will gain two ratings points which will put it in number one position for the
first time since the rankings were introduced in October 2002. However, if India
loses one match in the tournament, it will stay on 126 ratings points while defeat
in two matches will drop it to 123 ratings points. There is plenty at stake for
Sri Lanka and New Zealand as well in the forthcoming series. Daniel Vettori's
side can narrow the gap with the third-placed side if it finishes unbeaten in
the series as in this case it will rise to 119 ratings points. Kumar Sangakkara's
side will also gain six ratings points if it makes a clean sweep in front of its
own supporters. Sri Lanka has been a hard team to beat on its home turf. While
India leads Sri Lanka 59-42 in head-to-head records, Sri Lanka has won 22 matches
and lost 16 to India in the previous 42 encounters between the two sides in Sri
Lanka. Sri Lanka has also dominated New Zealand when playing in its territory,
having won 10 out of 16 matches with one no-result. Overall, New Zealand narrowly
leads Sri Lanka 34-30. Meanwhile, England has dropped two places to sixth after
slumping to defeat in the opening two ODIs against Australia in London. Australia
won the opener at The Oval by four runs and then doubled the lead at Lord's where
it won by 39 runs. As such, Australia has climbed to 123 ratings points after
gaining four ratings points while England has slipped from fourth to sixth place.
However, England can still move ahead of Australia if it wins the remaining five
matches in the series. On the other side of the coin, if Australia maintains its
winning spree and claims the series 7-0 it will jump to128 ratings points while
England will slide to 101 ratings points. In the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Player
Rankings for ODI batsmen, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and vice-captain
Yuvraj Singh renew their battle for the number-one spot. At present, Dhoni leads
Yuvraj but the rankings can be reversed if Dhoni struggles and Yuvraj shines with
the bat. Besides Dhoni and Yuvraj, India boasts two more batsmen inside the top
20. Little master Sachin Tendulkar occupies 12th position with a place in the
top 10 well within his sights while opener Gautam Gambhir shares 17th spot with
New Zealand's Ross Taylor. Sangakkara is the only Sri Lanka batsman inside the
top 20, sitting just outside the top 10 in 11th position. Mahela Jayawardena is
in 30th position while Tillekeratne Dilshan is 32nd. In the Reliance Mobile ICC
Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, Sri Lanka's Nuwan Kulasekara is feeling the pressure
from New Zealand duo of Kyle Mills and Daniel Vettori. With only 36 points separating
Kulasekara from Vettori, a change at the top of the order looks inevitable. Sri
Lanka also has Muttiah Muralidaran inside the top 20 in fifth position while Ajantha
Mendis is in 12th spot while 23rd placed Harbhajan Singh is the highest-ranked
India bowler in the absence of 16th placed Zaheer Khan. Jacob Oram is the other
bowler from the three sides to figure inside the top 20 in 17th spot. Shakib Al
Hasan of Bangladesh leads the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders.
Oram is in third position while Yuvraj Singh is in fifth position, just five points
behind. Sri Lanka's highest-ranked all-rounder is Sanath Jayasuriya in 12th spot. |
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