Proteas claim third in latest ICC ODI rankings

New Zealand have slipped behind South Africa to fourth place in the ICC ODI Team Rankings after their 4-1 series loss to India.

New Zealand are now on 111 points, the same as South Africa but behind on decimal points, even as second-placed India have gained one point to bridge the gap with ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 hosts England. England lead the table with 126 points while India have reached 122.

India and New Zealand would have remained on their pre-series tally of 121 and 113 points, respectively, had the home side pulled off a victory in the last match in Wellington on Sunday for a 3-2 series result.

Virat Kohli was rested for the final two ODIs with Rohit Sharma taking over the captaincy, after a small blip in the fourth match they bounced back to round out the series in fine style.

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Pakistan, who lost a close series to South Africa 3-2 last week, are in fifth position with 102 points while World champions Australia are in sixth place with 100 points.

The Proteas next ODI engagement will be in their five-match series against Sri Lanka which starts on 3 March and is preceded by a Test series against the same opponent and the final T20I against Pakistan.

ICC ODI TEAM RANKINGS PosTeamWeighted MatchesPointsRating

1 England 55 6,918 126

2 India 66 8,058 122

3 South Africa 50 5,545 111

4 New Zealand 51 5,645 111

5 Pakistan 48 4,872 102

6 Australia 43 4,290 100

7 Bangladesh 39 3,608 93

8 Sri Lanka 57 4,426 78

9 West Indies 40 2,899 72

10 Afghanistan 36 2,394 67

11 Zimbabwe 48 2,497 52

12 Ireland 23 904 39

13 Scotland 16 535 33

14 UAE 17 263 15

15 Nepal 10 152 15

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