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After topping Test rankings, Pakistan dips to lowest ever ODI standing

Pakistan is currently the number one Test side as per ICC rankings. However, the Pakistani cricket team has dipped to its lowest ever ranking in One-day Internationals (ODIs).

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Pakistan is currently the number one Test side as per ICC rankings. However, the Pakistani cricket team has dipped to its lowest ever ranking in One-day Internationals (ODIs).

According to the latest ICC ranking for ODIs, Pakistan is placed at number 9. The team’s ranking suffered drastically after a disappointing 1-4 loss to England in the recently concluded series.

Pakistan had snatched number 1 position from India in Test rankings  after their washed out Test against West Indies in Trinidad.

Pakistan started the series on 87 points and are now on 86 points -- eight points behind eighth-ranked West Indies as the green brigade lost to England miserably.

With Pakistan's forthcoming ODI series scheduled against the West Indies and Australia, the team has left itself with a mountain to climb to keep alive its chances of qualifying automatically for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

England, being the hosts, and the seven highest-ranked sides on the ICC ODI team rankings as on September 30, 2017, will qualify directly for the ICC's pinnacle 50-over tournament, while the remaining two sides will progress from the 10-team ICC Cricket World Cup qualifier 2018.

 

India, meanwhile, are comfortably placed third with Australia and New Zealand holding the top two spots.

(With IANS inputs)