ICC Rankings at Stake During India-Windies, Pakistan-Australia Series

After the heavy dose of white-ball cricket, its time for red-ball cricket again. The Asian giants, India and Pakistan are taking on Windies and Australia, respectively in the Test series. India will be playing hosts for Windies while Pakistan will be hosting Australia in their adopted grounds in the UAE. Meanwhile, ICC rankings set to get the significant changes after the tournament.

Rankings at stake on upcoming tours

As far as the team rankings are concerned, it is the best chance for Pakistan and Australia to leap up in the ICC Chart. Coming to India, they can stabilise their rank at the top of the table while Windies too got the chance of increasing their ratings.

Virat Kohli gets an opportunity to consolidate number 1 rank:

For the batsmen, it is the Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who got the glorious chance to strengthen his position at the top of the rankings chart. Meanwhile, Azhar Ali of Pakistan, Braithwaite of Windies also got the chance to increase their rankings.

Coming to Australia, Usman Khawaja is the leading batsman to increase his ratings. As far as the bowling department is concerned, the Cummins, Gabriel, Jadeja and Yasir are the players to watch out.

Australia has got the chance to overtake South Africa at the 2nd place if they seal the series against Pakistan. Meanwhile, Pakistan can edge Sri Lanka at the 6th position if they secure a clean sweep at the UAE.

There is a sense of danger for Virat Kohli-led side if they fail to outsmart Windies in the series. In a case of Windies winning the series 2-0, India will drop down from 115 points to 108.

In the case, as mentioned above, if Australia wins with 2-0 against Pakistan, they will move to the top of the table. Meanwhile, India will gain one point if they win the series against the Windies.

Scenarios:

Series scenarios:

India vs Windies:

India win 2-0: India 116 points, West Indies 76 points
Drawn series: India 112, West Indies 81
West Indies win 1-0: India 109, West Indies 84

India win 1-0: India 114, West Indies 78
West Indies win 2-0: India 108, West Indies 85

Pakistan vs Australia:

Pakistan win 1-0: Pakistan 95, Australia 102
Drawn series: Pakistan 90, Australia 105
Australia win 1-0: Pakistan 86, Australia 107

Pakistan win 2-0: Pakistan 97 points, Australia 100 points
Australia win 2-0: Pakistan 84, Australia 109