World champion can rise to second place while number-one ranked Test side can climb to thirdSwann needs wickets to retain status as the top-ranked bowler while
Dhoni and Tendulkar will need to perform to stay among the top 10
batsmenAfter swapping places in the Reliance ICC Test Championship table, both
India and England will be aiming for improvements in the Reliance ICC
ODI Championship table when they go head to head in a five-ODI series
which starts at Chester-le-Street on Saturday.England made a clean sweep of the four-Test series to claim number-one
ranking for the first time in 32 years. Although a sweep of the ODI
series will not be enough to dislodge Australia from the number-one
position, it will provide England a lift of two places which will put it
ahead of South Africa and India in third position.England currently sits in fifth position on 107 ratings points - 10
ratings points behind third-ranked India and nine points behind
fourth-placed South Africa.A 5-0 series win will earn Alastair Cook's side nine ratings points and
will dock India eight ratings points. This will mean England will join
South Africa on 116 ratings points but will be ranked ahead of the
Proteas when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point whereas
India will slip to fifth position on 109 ratings points.In a sharp contrast, India also has an opportunity to leapfrog Sri Lanka
into second position. But to make this happen, it will have to win the
series by 4-1 or better. A 4-1 series result will put India on 120
ratings points while dropping England to 104 ratings points, a 5-0 win
will take India to 122 ratings points - eight behind Australia - while
leaving England on 101 points - just one ahead of Pakistan which will
take on Zimbabwe in a three-ODI series on 8 September
If India wins the series 3-2, it will stay on 117 ratings points but
will slip behind South Africa in fourth position if England wins the
series 3-2. In the event of England winning 3-2, India will drop to 114
ratings points while England will rise to 110 ratings.To find out how England-India and Zimbabwe-Pakistan series results will affect the team rankings, please click here.Meanwhile, in the Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings, there will be
pressure on Graeme Swann, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and India's
iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar who will be looking to score his 100th
international century.Swann is currently the number-one ranked bowler in the Reliance ICC
Player Rankings for ODI bowlers but he enjoys a slender two-point lead
over New Zealand's Daniel Vettori. If the England spinner fails to take
wickets, this two-point lead will disappear quickly which will leave the
New Zealander as the only bowler beyond the 700-point mark.Swann is the only bowler from either side who figures inside the top 10.
The next highest-ranked bowler from either side is England fast bowler
James Anderson while India's highest-ranked bowler is Praveen Kumar in
25th position.In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, India boasts three
batsmen inside the top 10 - Virat Kohli (sixth), Dhoni (ninth) and
Tendulkar (10th). Dhoni trails eighth-ranked Michael Hussey of Australia
by 18 points while 10th-placed Tendulkar leads injured India team-mate
Gautam Gambhir, who is in 12th position, by eight points.Dhoni and Tendulkar, along with Kohli, will be aiming to produce strong
performances in the ODI series which will not only help India to improve
its current ranking but will also allow them to move in the right
direction.South Africa's pair of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers is sitting on top
of the batting table while Australia's Shane Watson is in third place.Watson also leads the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders
while the highest-ranked England all-rounder is Tim Bresnan whereas
India's Praveen Kumar in 45th position is the highest-ranked India
all-rounder in the absence of Yuvraj Singh (fifth), Yusuf Pathan (24th)
and Virender Sehwag (35th).
Series schedule:
England v India
3 Sep - First ODI, Chester-le-Street
6 Sep - Second ODI (d/n), The Rose Bowl
9 Sep - Third ODI (d/n) - The Oval
11 Sep - Fourth ODI - Lords
16 Sep - Fifth ODI - Cardiff
Zimbabwe v Pakistan
8 Sep - First ODI, Bulawayo
11 Sep - Second ODI, Harare
14 Sep - Third ODI, Harare
To understand how the team and player rankings are calculated, please click here
Series schedule:
England v India
3 Sep - First ODI, Chester-le-Street
6 Sep - Second ODI (d/n), The Rose Bowl
9 Sep - Third ODI (d/n) - The Oval
11 Sep - Fourth ODI - Lords
16 Sep - Fifth ODI - Cardiff
Zimbabwe v Pakistan
8 Sep - First ODI, Bulawayo
11 Sep - Second ODI, Harare
14 Sep - Third ODI, Harare
To understand how the team and player rankings are calculated, please click here
