India drop in ODI, T20 rankings

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The Indian cricket team was dislodged as the top T20 side and also dropped a rung to fourth in the ODI charts of the latest ICC rankings following the annual update.

India are now second in the T20 charts, behind New Zealand.

Australia and New Zealand have retained the top two positions on the ODI rankings. Results from 2012-13 have been dropped, while results from 2014-15 have been reduced to a weighting of 50 per cent.

Australia, who won their fifth World Cup title in Melbourne last year, are now sitting on 124 points after dropping two points to lead New Zealand by 11 points.

South Africa have swapped places with India to move into third position, while the West Indies have exchanged places with Pakistan to push the 1992 WC  winners out of the top eight.

Other sides to gain following the annual update include sixth-ranked England (103, up two), seventh-ranked Bangladesh (98, up one), eighth-ranked West Indies (88, up two), 10th-ranked Afghanistan (51, up four) and 11th-ranked Zimbabwe (47, up two).

A significant date on the ICC events calendar is 30 Sept 2017, which is the rankings cut-off date for the ICC WC 2019.

The host, England, and the seven next highest-ranked sides on the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings on September next year will qualify directly for cricket’s biggest event, while the bottom four ODI ranked sides will join the top sides from the ICC World Cricket league in the ICC World Cup Qualifier 2018 to fight for the two remaining positions.

   In the T20I update, Kane Williamson’s New Zealand have gained 12 points following the annual update and consequently vaulted two places to join India on 132 points.

The West Indies now lead fourth-ranked South Africa by three points.

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