India gain points to move up to 3rd place in ICC rankings

Source: www.india.com --- Monday, May 01, 2017
Dubai, May 1 (PTI) India gained five points to move up to 3rd place with South Africa maintaining its pole position in the latest ICC ODI team rankings. Australia remained in the second position while India, which will defend the ICC Champions Trophy title in the UK in June, has swapped places with ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 finalist New Zealand. Both the sides have gained points following the update but India’s five-point gain against New Zealand’s increase of three means India are now ranked third with 117 points and New Zealand a notch below at fourth with 115 points in their kitty. The West Indies are in a spot of bother as per the latest rankings list released today. The eighth-ranked Pakistan has opened up a nine-point advantage over ninth-ranked the West Indies, which can prove decisive since England plus the next seven highest-ranked sides as on 30 September 2017 will qualify automatically for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Both Pakistan and ninth-ranked West Indies have dropped points following the update – Pakistan slipping from 90 points to 88 points and the West Indies sliding from 83 points to 79 points. However, Pakistan s pre-update seven-point gap has extended to nine points. As such, the table now reflects all matches from May 1 2014, with matches played from 1 May 2016 carrying 100 per cent weightage. Seventh-ranked Bangladesh and sixth-ranked Sri Lanka have also conceded points. Bangladesh has surrendered one ...

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