Good form in Sri Lanka keeps India in touch with the leaders
Zimbabwe has capped off a successful tour of Kenya by cementing its place in 10th p
osition on the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table.Prosper Utseya’s team completed a 5-0 series win over Kenya in Nairobi today and as a result moved up to 23 ratings points, some four ahead of 11th-placed Ireland.
At the same time Kenya dropped to zero points in 12th place on the ladder following the comprehensive series defeat.
Meanwhile, India is continuing to put pressure on the two top sides in the ICC ODI Championship after going 3-0 up in the five-ODI series in Sri Lanka. It is now just two ratings points behind Australia and four behind leader South Africa.
Even if Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s wins the series 5-0, it will not quite be enough to go top of the log although it might be sufficient to snatch second position from Australia depending on how Ricky Ponting’s men fare in the remaining four matches of the five-ODI series against New Zealand.
That said, there are plenty of opportunities for further movement in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship and with India playing its own series with New Zealand in March, it is possible India could be top of the table at the time of the crucial cut-off date of 1 April.
The side that is leading the ODI Championship on that date each year wins prize money of US$175,000 with the runner-up getting US$75,000. With just 10 ratings points separating the Proteas in first position from the Black Caps in fourth, it is very much all to play for as the countdown to 1 April continues.
Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship (as of 4 February)
Rank Team Rating
1 South Africa 125
2 Australia 123
3 India 121
4 New Zealand 115
5 Pakistan 111
6 England 108
7 Sri Lanka 104
8 West Indies 91
9 Bangladesh 46
10 Zimbabwe 23
11 Ireland 19
12 Kenya 0
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