A chance for India to leapfrog on the ODI list

A clean sweep of their next engagement, a five-match series against South Africa starting on Wednesday, would lift them to 114 points — overtaking all the above mentioned sides as well as the African nation (who would slip to 110 points), and into third place with only Pakistan and Australia ahead of them. A 4-1 success for India would raise their rating to 112 points and cut South Africa’s to 113. While even a 3-2 success for the resurgent home team would take them above New Zealand, England and Lanka, to 110 points (South Africa would drop to 117).

For South Africa, a 3-2 success would see them maintain their current rating of 120 (under that scenario India would rise by one point to 108), a 4-1 win would lift them to 123 points (India would slip to 106). And a 5-0 sweep would take them to 127 (India 103), just nine points short of leaders Australia.