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Bangladesh rise to 7th spot in ODI rankings
Dubai: Bangladesh moved up a place to seventh in the One-Day International (ODI) team rankings following its series win against India in Mirpur.
The 2-1 series win put Bangladesh on 93 points — five behind sixth ranked England and five ahead of eighth ranked West Indies.
With England, plus seven next highest-ranked sides as on September 30 to qualify for the Champions Trophy 2017, Bangladesh now look set to qualify ahead of the West Indies, who have no ODI series planned until the cut-off date, and eighth-ranked Pakistan, who play Sri Lanka in a five-ODI series next month.
Mashrafe Mortaza’s men entered the India series in eighth position on 88 points, fraction of a point behind the West Indies.
In contrast, the 1-2 defeat means India have dropped from 117 to 115 but still retained their second position on the table. However, the series result means only 28 points separate India from ninth-ranked Pakistan. World Champions Australia lead the field, sitting pretty on 129 points.
Meanwhile, Brendon McCullum’s side entered the series on 115 points and were eyeing second place. However, they have remained in third position, marginally ahead of South Africa. On the other side, England, under the guidance of Eoin Morgan, have reduced fifth placed Sri Lanka’s advantage by four points to eight as they now sit on 98 points.
ODI Championship table:
1. Australia 129 points
2. India 115
3. New Zealand 112
4. South Africa 112
5. Sri Lanka 106
6. England 98
7. Bangladesh 93
8. West Indies 88
9. Pakistan 87
10. Ireland 50
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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