Pakistan just above Bangladesh, Zimbabwe in ICC rankings
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Soumya Sarkar's maiden century helped Bangladesh secure a 3-0 one-day series sweep against Pakistan on Wednesday and pushed the 'Asian giants' down to the eight position in the International Cricket Council rankings.
Pakistan, who had entered the Bangladesh series on 95 ratings points, slipped one place to eighth in the team rankings after their defeat at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in the third ODI.
Azhar Ali's side joins West Indies on 92 ratings points but are ranked below them when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
In a sharp contrast, Bangladesh gained five ratings points and now sits on 81 ratings points. This means only 11 ratings points separate seventh-ranked West Indies from ninth-ranked Bangladesh.
ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 22 April 2015)
Australia | Rank: 1 | Rating: 122
India | Rank: 2 | Rating: 116
South Africa | Rank: 3 | Rating: 112
Sri Lanka | Rank: 4 | Rating: 108
New Zealand | Rank: 5 | Rating: 107
England | Rank:6 | Rating: 101
West Indies | Rank:7 | Rating: 92
Pakistan | Rank: 8 | Rating: 92
Bangladesh | Rank: 9 | Rating: 81
Zimbabwe | Rank: 10 | Rating: 50
Ireland | Rank: 11 | Rating: 44
Afghanistan | Rank: 12 | Rating: 38
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Apr 23, 2015 01:58pm
Pakistan cricket team in the building phase and dividends will follow after 1-2 years.
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Apr 23, 2015 01:59pm
Now Misbah/ Najam Sethi/ Waqar will again say " We are also No.8 in 1992"
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Apr 23, 2015 02:03pm
Time to build up a new team. No need to sulk on what has just happened. Ups and downs are part and parcel of evolution. Pakistan has been through such situations in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's.
We will re-emerge as a brilliant team again. Wait and see. Give us a couple of years.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:04pm
PCB wake up! or waiting to hit the bottom...
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Apr 23, 2015 02:04pm
You can expect even lower ranking under present janta of PCB and its coaches.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:04pm
Pakistan should be bellow bangladesh as we bangla-washed them.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:13pm
Why England at slot 6?
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Apr 23, 2015 02:19pm
Waqar Younis should go now. He has some ego problem against Karachiites. He is destroying Pakistan Cricket. Bring back Mohsin Khan. Pakistan was doing great when he was the Coach/Manager.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:20pm
At upcoming India series.... Bangladesh will be at no. 6
Coz.... there will be another Banglawash
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Apr 23, 2015 02:22pm
@Mahbub Pakistan whitewashed Bangladesh many times before. Yours is just first time. Bangladesh ranking will keep rising if they keep whitewashing other teams. Good luck ahead brothers.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:24pm
Performance will take to top ... Give them some time
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Apr 23, 2015 02:25pm
Serves them right !
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Apr 23, 2015 02:26pm
If they go down one more position they will have to play teams like Ireland and Afghanistan to qualify for the next World Cup.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:27pm
welcome new "Minnows"
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Apr 23, 2015 02:28pm
Pakistan team is not only very young and new.there is severe lack of confidence in the team,PCB needs a clean up new blood is injected in the team but people who are running the show are contaminated PCB needs a big change.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:32pm
If Pakistan dare to tour Afghanistan or uae then it can slip even further in ranking . Come on it was no upset but clear white wash n all 3 match Bangladesh won with BONUS points !!
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Apr 23, 2015 02:34pm
Thank you Mr. Najam Sethi.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:37pm
Soumya Sarkar's maiden century helped Bangladesh secure a 3-0 one-day series sweep against Pakistan on Wednesday and pushed the 'Asian giants' down to the eight position in the International Cricket Council rankings.
Asian Giants :)?
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Apr 23, 2015 02:42pm
@Mahbub , 3 matches aren't above 16 years of misery. :)
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Apr 23, 2015 02:44pm
"pushed the 'Asian giants' down to the eight position " ... when was Pakistan called 'Asian giants' ?? may be once in 90's , after that its India & SL's show. India won more matches against pakistan after year 2000, its 23-20.
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Apr 23, 2015 02:54pm
Pakistan next target to play 2019 world cup qualifier and win qualifier cup in closely contested final against AFG
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Apr 23, 2015 02:58pm
However insulting it may seems...thats the true standing of Pakistan Cricket team at the moment...even World cup result seems to prove it...loss in Q/F to Australia in 35overs among 8 teams justify that. All one can gloat over is 3 overs from Wahab Riaz...conveniently forgetting that Pakistan lost the match in 35 overs.
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Apr 23, 2015 03:12pm
Right now Bangladeshi best Team is playing.
I hope, within three months Bangladesh will reach Position-7. (Above Pakistan)
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Apr 23, 2015 03:16pm
3-0 is whitewash
Of Pakistan loses T-20, it will be dry cleaned,
If Pakistan loses Test matches as well, it will be ......
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Apr 23, 2015 03:37pm
@Mahbub one series does't shadows overall defeating record of bangladesh against all teams...!
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Apr 23, 2015 03:49pm
Pakistan is suffering through the worst time of their cricket. Now there is no chances of giving bad performance than this. Now only the good performance can be given and it will happen in very few years. Being an Indian, I am hoping Pakistan to come in their old fform when it was a golden era.
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Apr 23, 2015 03:52pm
Bangladesh please don't forget that this win comes after a struggle of 16 years.
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Apr 23, 2015 04:00pm
Assign pak women team to replace the men, the ladies are performing way better!
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Apr 23, 2015 04:03pm
@Mahbub Bangladesh won because it was a better team in 3 odi's ....but don't take Pakistan lightly. My brothers will soon comeback
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Apr 23, 2015 04:56pm
how aptly it mirrors the country too
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Apr 23, 2015 05:23pm
ICC should allow 12 captains as a special case for Pakistan cricket team, by doing this our team will perform.
Also the selection committee should see Fawad Alam Debut 2007, if one player couldn't prove himself good batsman in 8 years how he will in years to come.
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Apr 23, 2015 06:02pm
@Ajoy Bangladeshi ya in your Dreams... Indian team is not Pakistan......
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Apr 23, 2015 06:18pm
soon will be last, thanks to NJ & co
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Apr 23, 2015 06:19pm
could be 1-2 decades
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Apr 23, 2015 06:40pm
Time has reached, The count down begin.
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Apr 23, 2015 06:43pm
Indian here. Cheer up a little. Pakistan is ranked No.3 in T20. In ODI, Bangladesh's rank was much closer to Pak's; not so in T20. So it should fare somewhat better. I expect at least some fight in the match tomorrow.
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Apr 23, 2015 06:49pm
@Abdullah Thankssss
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Apr 23, 2015 06:49pm
Hopefully it will remain there for many years to come and would not slide down further to the bottom. Pray they don't qualify for the champion trophy.
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Apr 23, 2015 06:57pm
Bangladesh edge South Africa, complete 6-1 series win !
(Bangladesh v South Africa, 7th Youth ODI, Chittagong April 23, 2015)
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Apr 23, 2015 07:07pm
@ajoy Bangladeshi
> At upcoming India series.... Bangladesh will be at no. 6
> Coz.... there will be another Banglawash
You will be lucky if it isn't an Indiawash. Last year, India beat BD, 2-0 in BD. There is little chance that BD can beat India in India. If BD can beat (much less Banglawash) India in India in June, we can safely say that BD deserves much more than No.6.
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Apr 23, 2015 07:14pm
Dont worry Pakistan,we will teach what is the difference between banglawash and clean india in their upcoming series against india
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Apr 23, 2015 07:17pm
@ajoy Bangladeshi dream on...u dont have to pay anything to dream
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Apr 23, 2015 07:54pm
In no time they will be below Bangladeshi and Zimbabwe.
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Apr 23, 2015 08:44pm
@Sikander Hasan - Absolutely. I agree that Waqar Younus has not been able to deliver. When he bacame coach Pakistan ranking was No. 4 now they are at no. 8 spot. If he continues to be the coach Pakistan will go below Ireland & Afghanistan.
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Apr 23, 2015 09:08pm
Good joke..and don't mind if you find yourself in losing side, afterall it's a funny game! @(Indian)Prasanna kumar
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Apr 23, 2015 09:12pm
As a bd fan I am very proud of bd team show ! Inshaallah they will improve very mutch. I request to pak fan please support your team in thayare bad times.
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Apr 23, 2015 09:13pm
As a bd fan I am very proud of bd team show ! Inshaallah they will improve very mutch. I request to pak fan please support your team in thayare bad times.
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Apr 23, 2015 09:24pm
I don't think many people expected this new look team to beat Bangladesh - it is the manner of defeat that is hard to take with these one sided matches. Hafeez' form has been poor, and some like Haris Sohail are not going on to get a bigger score when set. As someone has pointed out, with our top 7 batsmen having avg strike rate of 75, Pakistan will struggle to set/chase 250+ unless someone plays a blinder. Our bowlers when fit will win us some matches, though with the poor fielding performance recently that is not certain. Ajmal needs match practice with his remodelled action.
I see a better performance in tests, though a win before they start is needed to get the team morale up.
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Apr 23, 2015 09:34pm
The team will be fighting at another level if we bring in Players with more international experience like Azhar Mahmood and Shoaib Malik. Youngsters will learn from them.
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Apr 23, 2015 10:03pm
@ajoy Bangladeshi . For sure there will be Banglawash, but just in the opposite direction, that too at the hands of India A team like before. Wait and watch!!!
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Apr 23, 2015 10:16pm
bring back mohsin khan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Apr 23, 2015 11:07pm
@A Pakistani_Ireland Get over with your unnecessary criticism on Misbah, he is no more captain of Pakistan!
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Apr 24, 2015 12:12am
@ajoy Bangladeshi yeah keep dreaming.
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Apr 24, 2015 12:18am
@Ajamal
That's a very positive outlook brother!
Thanks
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Apr 24, 2015 12:44am
Bangladesh played like number one team. don't worry Pakistan cricket team , they will come back more than stronger, more than number one team.
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Apr 24, 2015 12:58am
@Mahbub Good job Team Bangladesh. Team Pakistan needs time to groom the youngsters. I hope our nation as well as the PCB have the enough patience to give the young players more time to settle. At least, our captain played quite better than what we expected.
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Apr 24, 2015 01:34am
We should look glass half full.
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Apr 24, 2015 03:11am
@Mahbub Don't let it go to your head bro, and don't underestimate Pakistan.
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Apr 24, 2015 05:22am
Yes, no need to panic. as a Indian i know that Pakistan had very excellent cricketing talent. India crash out of 2007 WC after first round with so many legendary cricketer in team, they start new plan and won next WC in 2011. So one series loss is not parameter of team. Ups and down always is there.just need to stick to talented player after some time teal will get benefit
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Apr 24, 2015 06:50am
Keep it up pakistan
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Apr 24, 2015 07:19am
It has become a habit in the sub-continent to lambast the team when it is not coming up to expectations and go over the top in praising them sky-high when they are winning.
Analyse why the Pak team is having this kind of a poor run. Doesn't require a genius to understand that it is because of lack of match practice. With no international teams willing to tour Pakistan, for one reason or the other, the sublimely talented Pak cricketers are just not match ready. This needs to be corrected first if Pak cricket has to resurrect itself.
But, it is not going to be easy. The situation doesn't seem likely to be changing any time too soon with political exigencies demanding belligerence at the cost of common sense and sensible approach towards a host of glaring issues like terrorism and an impacted economy.
Some would castigate me for spelling out the painful truth, being Indian.
Facts however can't change.
Wish the Pak cricket and hockey teams a fast reversal in fortunes. It is no fault of theirs that they are caught in this whirlpool. They were born to play in these times.
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Apr 24, 2015 09:44am
@Acp Rathod India is Number 07 in World Test cricket ranking,minnows India,Welcome No.7 team in blue minnows.They should never dream of playing with Pakistan because playing with minnows Indian is not going to help Pakistan team.
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Apr 24, 2015 11:07am
India - 2
Pakistan - 8
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Apr 24, 2015 01:22pm
We are tiger.So be carefull while facing us.
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Apr 24, 2015 05:57pm
Reflection of the government.
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Apr 24, 2015 09:26pm
@Engr. Faruk Mustahid Only problem for you is every opposition will not be Pakistan under rebuilding phase.Anybody of you do still remember when Australian started rebuilding phase under David Boon,Geoff Marsh,Steve Waugh how they lost during rebuilding phase and how that team shaped up later on.No wonder people have short memory.
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Apr 24, 2015 11:46pm
Pakistan cricket being dismantled
piece by piece to divert attention by
even a bigger failure Pakistan current government.
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Apr 25, 2015 12:20am
by the end of this year pakistan will be in below bangladesh because bangladesh is much better team than pakistan now.
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Apr 25, 2015 08:20am
@ajoy Bangladeshi
LOL You are smoking it wrong.
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Apr 25, 2015 08:26am
@Sarah
Thank you for your advice. We will keep it in mind and ensure no Pakistan tour of India.
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Apr 25, 2015 10:00am
@Waseem Sarwar Yourself would measure the balance in two years, make repeat tours to Dhaka; or invite Bangladesh Team in Islamabad.
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Apr 25, 2015 11:05am
@Sarah
Play in the UAE, boost your rankings. That's all you can hope for. Beat Australia in Australia in Tests, and England in England, then come back to talk.
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