Dubai: Australia faces a tough task in unseating India as the number-one ranked side on the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings Table, when the top two ranked sides meet in the seven-match ODI series starting in Pune on 13 October.
India starts the series as the number-one ranked ODI side with 123 ratings points, with Australia in second place on 115 ratings points.
To retain its number-one ranking, India has to win two or more matches in the series against Australia. However, Australia will have to win the series 6-1 or better to reclaim the number-one position, which it last held in July 2012.
In the event of a 6-1 series’ win for Australia, it will gain six ratings points to move to top spot on 121 ratings points, while India will drop to second position with 118 ratings points (a loss of five ratings points).
To find out exactly how the forthcoming series will affect the Rankings Table, please click here. The ODI and T20I Rankings tables, unlike the Test Rankings Table, are updated after every match.
Meanwhile, India spinner Ravindra Jadeja will start the series as the joint number-one ranked bowler on the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers.Jadeja shares the position with West Indies’ Sunil Narine, and has the opportunity to claim the sole number-one position for the first time in his career.
The Australia pace duo of Clint McKay and Mitchell Johnson are the other bowlers inside the top 10 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers(seventh and eighth respectively) with an opportunity to make an upward movement.
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin in 18th and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar in 20th are the other bowlers inside the top 20 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers who will be seen in action during the series.
The series will also feature as many as four batsmen who sit inside the top 10. They are: Virat Kohli (fourth), MS Dhoni (seventh), George Bailey (ninth) and Shane Watson (10th)
India’s Suresh Raina in 16th place is the only other batsman inside the top 20, on either side.
The Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen is headed by South Africa’s Hashim Amla, with his captain AB de Villiers in second place and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara in third position.
Upcoming Fixtures
13 Oct – 1st ODI, Pune (d/n)
16 Oct – 2nd ODI, Jaipur (d/n)
19 Oct – 3rd ODI, Mohali (d/n)
23 Oct – 4th ODI, Ranchi (d/n)
26 Oct – 5th ODI, Cuttack (d/n)
30 Oct – 6th ODI, Nagpur (d/n)
2 Nov – 7th ODI, Bengaluru (d/n
Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 11 October) (before India-Australia ODI series and after Afghanistan-Kenya ODIs)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team
1 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 853 54.85 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
2 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 845 48.88 883 v Ind at Cardiff 2013
3 ( - ) K Sangakkara SL 829! 39.99 829 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2013
4 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 819 49.72 866 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2012
5 ( - ) Jonathan Trott Eng 754 51.25 796 v SA at The Oval 2013
6 ( - ) T Dilshan SL 746 37.46 765 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2011
7 ( - ) MS Dhoni Ind 741 51.45 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
8 ( - ) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 722 45.13 727 v Zim at Harare 2013
9 ( - ) George Bailey Aus 714* 46.13 726 v Eng at Cardiff 2013
10 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 699 41.82 773 v SL at Hambantota 2011
11 ( - ) Michael Clarke Aus 698 45.12 750 v SL at Melbourne 2008
12 ( - ) Ross Taylor NZ 669 38.31 693 v Aus at Adelaide 2009
13= ( - ) Alastair Cook Eng 661 38.85 752 v Aus at Lord's 2012
( - ) Martin Guptill NZ 661 39.92 684 v Zim at Napier 2012
15 ( - ) B McCullum NZ 655 30.75 685 v Eng at Auckland 2013
16= ( - ) Umar Akmal Pak 654 38.85 702 v Afg at Sharjah 2012
( - ) Suresh Raina Ind 654 36.48 669 v Eng at Dharamsala 2013
18 ( - ) Eoin Morgan Ire/Eng 648 39.56 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
19 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 637 35.12 683 v Pak at Mirpur 2012
20 ( - ) Paul Stirling Ire 635 37.59 693 v Pak at Dublin 2013
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team
23 ( - ) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 628*! 43.11 628 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
40 ( - ) Rohit Sharma Ind 553 32.37 582 v WI at Indore 2011
58 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 515 32.68 528 v SL at Jamaica 2013
60 ( - ) Yuvraj Singh Ind 510 36.98 787 v WI at Jamaica 2009
67 (+1) Shaun Marsh Aus 495 38.20 581 v SA at Sydney 2009
70 (+2) Adam Voges Aus 490* 48.06 498 v Eng at Cardiff 2013
71 (+2) Phil Hughes Aus 489* 38.41 568 v Eng at Edgbaston 2013
72 (-8) Collins Obuya Ken 486 25.35 513 v Aus at Bengaluru 2011
73 (-5) Alex Obanda Ken 483 29.56 520 v Afg at Nairobi 2010
85 ( - ) Glenn Maxwell Aus 449* 29.22 460 v SL at The Oval 2013
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating
1= ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 733 30.60 4.62 738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
( - ) Sunil Narine WI 733* 24.40 4.13 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
3 ( - ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 723 22.93 4.17 810 v SA at Centurion 2013
4 ( - ) Steven Finn Eng 708 27.74 4.71 755 v NZ at Auckland 2013
5 ( - ) Rangana Herath SL 699 32.80 4.23 703 v SA at Pallekele 2013
6 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 696 29.11 4.97 719 v SA at The Oval 2013
7 ( - ) Clint McKay Aus 694 22.12 4.59 709 v Eng at Cardiff 2013
8 ( - ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 677 25.09 4.79 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008
9 ( - ) L Tsotsobe SA 673 24.18 4.84 743 v NZ at Auckland 2012
10 ( - ) M Hafeez Pak 666 34.50 4.00 769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
11 ( - ) Abdur Razzak Ban 663 27.81 4.47 679 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
12 ( - ) Kyle Mills NZ 656 26.29 4.69 722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
13 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 644 24.11 4.88 717 v SL at East London 2012
14 ( - ) Kemar Roach WI 642 26.77 4.92 650 v Pak at St Lucia 2013
15 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 636 29.07 4.92 666 v Ind at Nagpur 2011
16 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 632 31.50 4.11 788 v Eng at Durham 2008
17 ( - ) N Kulasekara SL 622 32.86 4.63 727 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
18 ( - ) R Ashwin Ind 621 30.83 4.80 691 v SL at Hambantota 2012
19 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 616 34.38 4.52 649 v Ind at Trinidad 2013
20= ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 608 29.37 4.31 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
( - ) B Kumar Ind 608* 21.96 3.97 623 v SL at Trinidad 2013
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player
31 ( - ) Xavier Doherty Aus 568 34.19 4.64 592 v Eng at Lord's 2012
36 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 550 29.13 4.78 620 v WI at St Lucia 2012
46 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 519* 19.91 5.05 543 v WI at Canberra 2013
53 (+1) Ishant Sharma Ind 493 30.02 5.59 594 v Aus at Nagpur 2009
59 (-8) Hiren Varaiya Ken 475 29.31 4.16 541 v Net at Nairobi 2010
70 ( - ) R Vinay Kumar Ind 444* 35.93 5.50 504 v SL at Adelaide 2012
77 (+15) M Nabi Afg 427*! 36.17 4.10 427 v Ken at Sharjah 2013
87 (-1) James Faulkner Aus 406*! 26.72 5.00 406 v Eng at Southampton 2013
90 (+3) N Odhiambo Ken 398 36.51 5.52 410 v Zim at Kolkata 2011
94 (+6) S Shenwari Afg 388* 26.00 4.25 396 v Ken at Sharjah 2013
97 (-1) Jaydev Unadkat Ind 386*! 17.37 3.47 386 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player
1 ( - ) M Hafeez Pak 396 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
2 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 387 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
3 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 384 433 v WI at St Lucia 2012
4 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 377 378 v Eng at Edgbaston 2013
5 ( - ) T Dilshan SL 371! 371 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2013
