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India could lose top spot in ICC ODI rankings to South Africa

March 8, 2013

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Dubai, Mar 8: India could be dislodged from the top position in the ICC one-day rankings by South Africa if the Proteas manage to whitewash Pakistan in a five-match home series starting on Sunday.

South Africa are currently fourth but can leapfrog India, England and Australia if they win all five matches of the series.

If the Proteas achieve this series result, then the side will win the ODI Shield as well as $175,000 as the top three sides have no ODIs scheduled before the April 1 cut-off date and South Africa's position will be assured.

South Africa have previously won the ODI Shield twice, firstly when it finished as the number-one ranked ODI side in 2008 and then again in 2009.

If South Africa win the series 4-1, then they will move ahead of England into second position and will collect a cheque of $75,000 to compliment the prestigious mace and $450,000 which they have already won by sealing the number-one position on the Test Championship table.

In contrast, sixth-ranked Pakistan can move to as high as fourth. But for this to happen, they will have to win all five ODIs of the series.

If Pakistan blank out South Africa, then they will jump from 107 ratings points to 114 ratings points, while South Africa will drop 10 ratings points and plummet to 102 ratings points.

If Pakistan beat South Africa 3-2, then both sides will be locked at 109 ratings points, but South Africa will be ranked above when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

This ODI series is a precursor to the clash between the two sides in the ICC Champions Trophy, which will be staged from June 6 to 23 in England and Wales.

South Africa won the inaugural edition in 1998, and are drawn in Group B of the tournament, alongside 2004 champions West Indies, 2002 co-winners India and Pakistan.

South Africa and Pakistan will meet on June 10 in a day-night match at Edgbaston in Birmingham during the group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.

Group A of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 includes defending champions Australia, 2000 champions New Zealand and 2002 co-winners Sri Lanka, along with hosts England, who reached the final when they last staged the event in 2004.

The tournament opener at the ICC Champions Trophy will feature two former winners, when South Africa take on India at Cardiff on June 6. The following day, West Indies will face Pakistan at The Oval.

The semifinals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 will be staged at The Oval (June 19) and in Cardiff (June 20), while Edgbaston will be the venue of the final, to be played on June 23.

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January 12,2020

New Delhi, Jan 12: Flamboyant India all-rounder Hardik Pandya was on Saturday pulled out of the India A team's tour of New Zealand after he failed mandatory fitness tests in Mumbai.

The selectors had picked him in the squad without testing him in the Ranji games.

Tamil Nadu captain Vijay Shankar has been drafted into the India A team and he has already boarded the flight to New Zealand where they will play two 50-over warm-up games, three List A games and two four-day 'Tests' against the home A team.

It has been learnt that Pandya failed a couple of mandatory fitness tests and his scores were well below the permissible range suggesting that he is far from being fit for international cricket. In this situation, pulling him out of the India A squad was expected.

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February 11,2020

Mt. Maunganui (New Zealand), Feb 11: KL Rahul struck a combative 112 but New Zealand completed a 3-0 whitewash of India by winning the third ODI by five wickets, here on Tuesday.

Rahul helped India recover from a shaky start to post a challenging 296 for 7 but the Kiwis overhauled the target with 17 balls to spare.

This is the first whitewash that India has suffered in an ODI series in more than a decade.

Sent in to bat, India were down 62 for 3 in the 13th over after the dismissals of Mayank Agarwal (1), captain Virat Kohli (9) and Prithvi Shaw (40) but Rahul got a useful ally in in-form Shreyas Iyer (62) to take India to a competitive total.

Rahul, who hit nine fours and two sixes during his 113-ball innings, and Iyer stitched exactly 100 runs from 18.2 overs for the fourth wicket to revive the Indian innings.

After the end of the promising innings of Iyer, Rahul shared another 107 runs for the fifth wicket with Manish Pandey (42).

The Kiwis were off to a confident start in their chase with Martin Guptill (66) and Henry Nicholls (80) and putting on a 106-run stand. However, wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took three wickets to bring India back in the game.

Colin de Grandhomme (58) and Tom Latham (32), though, took their side past the finish line with an unbeaten 80-run partnership.

Brief Scores:

India: 296 for 7 in 50 overs (KL Rahul 112, Shreyas Iyer 62; Hamish Bennett 4/64).

New Zealand: 300 for 5 in 47.1 overs. (H Nicholls 80, M Guptill 66; Y Chahal 3/47).

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