India can lose its 2nd spot in ODI ranking

[J P K]

Sri Lankan team has a good opportunity to move ahead of India into the second place in the ICC ODI Championship table if it could win the upcoming five-match ODI series against England comprehensively. England, however, will remain in fifth position, irrespective of the outcome of the One-day series, which starts at The Oval on Tuesday. Sri Lanka trail second-placed India by just one rating point and would be able to take sole position of second place if it wins the series 4-1 or better. A 3-2 series result will put it at par with India on 119 ratings points but Tillakaratne Dilshan's side will be placed behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point. Meanwhile, a 5-0 series win for English team will put it along side Sri Lanka on 112 ratings points but behind the Asian side by a fraction, while 5-0 series loss will drop it to 102 ratings points -- just two ahead of sixth-placed Pakistan. Sri Lanka have two of their batsmen inside the top 10 of the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen with Dilshan in third place and Kumar Sangakkara in fifth position with just eight ratings points separating the two. Jonathan Trott is the highest-ranked England batsman in the rankings chart -- placed at eighth position and as he is still in his qualification period, he can potentially move further up the ladder depending how he performs in the series. Trott trails seventh-ranked Virat Kohli by one ratings point while he is just 24 ratings points behind Dilshan. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/india-can-lose-its-2nd-spot-in-odi-ranking/808935/

[Ultimate_Game]

I am fine with it as long as we are World Champions :two_thumbs_up:

[cowboysfan]

nobody cares,we own the lankans in odis.

[akshayxyz]

lose all the ODIs, maintain test #1 and win next world cup. Seeing the ratings jump India enjoyed after world-cup win - ODI Rankings :finger:

[flamy]

We lose #2 to be #1 :dontknow: Who the f cares abt rankings now in ODIs :cantstop: In Tests, it makes sense :angelic: