Tigers have the chance to stretch their lead in ICC ODI ranking

Bangladesh have a massive opportunity ahead to increase the difference from Pakistan and West Indies in ICC ODI ranking. Only 7 top ranked teams will get the opportunity to play ICC World Cup in 2019 along with the host team England.

New Zealand recently lost the ODI series to Australia by 3-0 and Bangladesh also lost to England by 2-1. At present, Bangladesh are on 7^th position with 95 points in the table whereas New Zealand are on 4^th position with 109 points.

As the ODI team rankings are updated after every match, New Zealand will drop one place in the rankings with a series loss by any margin but Bangladesh’ position will remain intact irrespective of any result. Possible scenarios can be like the following-

If New Zealand wins 3-0: New Zealand 111 points; Bangladesh 91 points

If New Zealand wins 2-1: New Zealand 109 points, Bangladesh 95 points

If Bangladesh wins 3-0: New Zealand 105 points, Bangladesh 100 points

If Bangladesh wins 2-1: New Zealand 107 points (behind England on decimal points), Bangladesh 97 points.

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 24 December, before the New Zealand-Bangladesh series):

Rank   Team              Points
1          Australia           120
2          South Africa      116
3          India                 111
4          New Zealand      109
5          England             107
6          Sri Lanka           101
7          Bangladesh          95
8          Pakistan              89
9          West Indies         86
10        Afghanistan         52
11        Zimbabwe           48
12        Ireland                42