India can scale up to second place by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:

MS Dhoni

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DateLine: 26th June 2009

 

A good show against West Indies would give India a good chance to climb up the ladder in the ODI rankings and reach the second stop, toppling Australia from there.

 

India though would need a clean sweep against West Indies to reach the second spot in the ICC ODI Championship table.

 

India currently sits with Australia on 122 ratings points but are behind Ricky Ponting's men in third place by a fraction of a point. However, if the Indians clean sweep the series, the side will gain one rating point which would allow it to claim second place in the championship for the first time since the rankings were introduced in October 2002.

 

India is 32 ratings points ahead of eighth-placed the West Indies and that gap means it is expected to win the series comfortably. If India fails to clean sweep the Windies then its rating will suffer and it will lose one point to drop behind Australia even if it secures a 3-1 success. A 2-2 draw series will put India on 119 ratings points and a 4-0 defeat will drop it to 116 ratings points, just four points ahead of fourth-placed New Zealand.

 

In contrast, the West Indies, which will start the series on 90 ratings points, will gain nine ratings points in case of a 4-0 series win to narrow the gap with seventh-placed Sri Lanka by six points. A 3-1 series win will lift it to 96 ratings points, a 2-2 draw series will take it to 93 ratings points and a 3-1 loss will leave it on 91 ratings points. The West Indies will concede two ratings points if India wins all the matches of the series.