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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > Indian Cricket Team's Bangladesh Tour > India improves ODI ratings 23.45 IST 24th Dec 2004 By IndiaExpress Bureau 
With the win against hosts Bangladesh in the first of the three-match one-day series, India has improved its ICC ODI rating by one point from 100 to 101.If the Sourav Ganguly-led team wins the two remaining matches in the series, it would climb from eighth to seventh in the official ODI table, overtaking South Africa. Meanwhile, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will battle for the second place in the ICC One-Day International Championship table in five matches starting in Auckland on 26 December. Sri Lanka enters the series in second place in the official ODI table on 119 points with New Zealand a point behind in third. Their ratings could hardly be closer and a series win will be enough for either side to claim the second spot, according to an ICC release in London. Both Sri Lanka and New Zealand impressed in ODI cricket in 2004 which has enabled them to pull away from the chasing pack and close the gap to leaders Australia. Sri Lanka has won 20 out of 27 ODIs so far in 2004 while New Zealand has won 14 out of 17 completed matches. Australia, meanwhile, has lost five out of 24 completed matches in the same period. If New Zealand can win the series 5-0 it would boost its rating to 125 while Sri Lanka's rating would fall to 113. The same outcome in Sri Lanka's favour would boost the visitors' rating to 124 while New Zealand's would slide to 112 points. An extra incentive for New Zealand is the possibility that it could still overtake Australia in the official standings before the 1 April cut-off date for participation in the inaugural ICC Super Series, the release added. New Zealand will play five ODIs against Australia in February and March and if it can follow up a successful series against Sri Lanka with victory over Australia it could knock Australia off top spot. The inaugural ICC Super Series will take place in Australia in October 2005. It will begin with three one-day matches between the top team from the ICC ODI Championship table and a Rest of the World ODI XI. These one-day matches in Melbourne will be followed by a six-day match between the top team from the ICC Test Championship and a Rest of the World Test XI in Sydney. Position Team Rating 1 Australia 136 2 Sri Lanka 119 3 New Zealand 118 4 England 109 5 Pakistan 109 6 West Indies 107 7 South Africa 101 8 India 101 9 Zimbabwe 58 10 Kenya 26 11 Bangladesh 0. in-depth coverage > Indian Cricket Team's Bangladesh Tour > |
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