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Pakistan overtakes India in updated ICC ODI Rankings

Pakistan whitewash West Indies 3-0 and move ahead of their arch-rivals

Pakistan overtakes India in updated ICC ODI Rankings PHOTO: PCB

Pakistan, after whitewashing West Indies 3-0 on home soil, have managed to overtake India in the latest ICC ODI rankings.

The Men in Green sit fourth in the ODI rankings behind New Zealand, England, and Australia. Pakistan has a rating of 106 whereas India sits in the fifth position with a 107 rating.

The three-match win streak has helped Pakistan abundantly as the team has also moved up in ICC Super League rankings and are fourth in the points table as well.

Pakistan won the first match by 5 wickets whereas successfully restricted West Indies in the following ODIs, registering 120 and 53 run victories in the 2nd and 3rd ODI respectively.

Updated ICC ODI Rankings

  1. New Zealand  — 125 rating
  2. England — 124
  3. Australia — 107
  4. Pakistan — 106
  5. India — 105
  6. South Africa — 99
  7. Bangladesh — 95
  8. Sri Lanka —  87
  9. West Indies — 72
  10. Afghanistan — 69

Pakistan's next ODI campaign is the tour of the Netherlands. The Men in Green will play three ODI matches against the opposition in August whereas the series against Sri Lanka hangs in balance due to the economic crisis within the country.