ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings: The ICC has released the ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings today (8 October). This update is after the India-Australia match, where the Indian team still remains in first place. In this article, we will walk through the ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings Updated after India vs Australia | India on Top (Latest Update on October 8).
The fifth match of the ICC World 2023 was played today between India and Australia at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This was the opening match of this tournament for both teams, and the Men in Blue started the tournament with a win. For your information, let us tell you that for the first time since 1992, the Australian team has faced defeat in the opening match of the World Cup.
In today’s match, India defeated Australia by six wickets. Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first, but this decision did not go in his favor. Batting first, the Kangaroo team was all out for just 199 runs in 49.3 overs. On behalf of the team, Steven Smith played the most innings, of 45 runs. In the bowling department of the Indian team, Ravindra Jadeja got three wickets, Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav got two wickets, and Hardik Pandya, Ashwin, and Siraj got one wicket each.
Chasing the small target of 200 runs, both the opener batsmen of the Indian team (Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan) and Shreyas Iyer bowled in the second over of the inning. The accounts of all three batsmen were not even opened. After the dismissal of these three, Virat Kohli and Kl Rahul took over the Indian innings. There was a partnership of 165 runs between both batsmen for the fourth wicket. Kohli scored 85 runs in 116 balls while Rahul played an unbeaten inning of 97 runs in 115 balls with the help of eight fours and two sixes.
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ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings
| POS | TEAM | MATCHES | POINTS | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 44 | 5,085 | 116 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 28 | 3,227 | 115 |
| 3 | Australia | 31 | 3,464 | 112 |
| 4 | South Africa | 25 | 2,693 | 108 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 34 | 3,552 | 104 |
| 6 | England | 30 | 3,110 | 104 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 36 | 3,339 | 93 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 39 | 3,568 | 91 |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 22 | 1,729 | 79 |
| 10 | West Indies | 38 | 2,582 | 68 |
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