Currently languishing at the sixth place, thanks to their World Cup flop show,
Team India can move upto fourth in the ICC cricket rankings with a clean sweep
in the forthcoming ODIs against Ireland, South Africa and Pakistan
over the next fortnight.
Rahul Dravid's side, which reached Belfast yesterday on a 80-day tour of UK, will
leap-frog Sri Lanka and Pakistan if it wins each of its five matches during the
tour of Ireland and Scotland.
A clean slate would put the Men in Blue on 111 rating points,
just two behind New Zealand in third position and one ahead of Pakistan,
who would drop to 110 rating points.
Any reversal, however, might see India drop below England to
seventh position, which would be the lowest it has been in the ODI Championship
since April 2005.
With just 14 rating points separating New Zealand in third
position and the West Indies in eighth, there are opportunities coming up for
several other teams to make their impression on the LG ICC ODI Championship.
The West Indies will overtake the English if it wins 2-0 or
3-0. England, meanwhile, will have its sights set on sixth spot with a good
showing there.
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