India dropped to 3rd place behind Pakistan and three factors adrift of world primary Australia within the newest ICC ODI males’s Team rankings introduced on Thursday.
Five-time world champion Australia improved its score from 113 to 118 following the annual replace, sustaining a slender lead over Pakistan (116 factors) and India (115 factors).
According to the ICC launch, “Prior to the annual rankings update, Australia were at the top with 113 points, with India behind them on the decimal count.
“Pakistan was ranked third, with 112 points and briefly went to the top of the charts after their victory in the fourth ODI against New Zealand this month.” Pakistan may have stayed on the high place had it managed to finish a 5-0 clear sweep towards New Zealand.
With solely three score factors now separating the highest three groups, an attention-grabbing battle on the high of the rankings is imminent within the 12 months of the World Cup.
The ICC’s annual rankings thought-about all ODI collection accomplished since May 2020 “with series completed before May 2022 weighted at 50 per cent and all subsequent series weighted at 100 per cent”.
“This means that Pakistan has now pipped India in the second spot, with their 4-0 away series defeat in England no longer being counted. Their 3-0 series loss in England in 2021 also has a reduced weightage, helping them leapfrog India in the charts,” the ICC mentioned.
India has been closely impacted by its 2-1 collection loss at dwelling towards Australia this 12 months.
Among different groups, New Zealand is positioned fourth with 104 factors adopted by England, which has ‘witnessed a massive 10-point drop in their rating,’ is fifth with 101 factors.
While Afghanistan made a giant leap to maneuver to the eighth spot and will get forward of Sri Lanka (ninth) and the West Indies (tenth), South Africa was ranked sixth and Bangladesh seventh.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com