Nepal improves two position in new ODI ranking

cricnepal Staff

March 8, 2023, 2 min read

Nepal has improved its position in the new International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI ranking. Nepal rose two spots to take over the 17th spot in the recent ICC ODI rankings, which was revealed on March 8.

Nepal, who was in the 19th spot, left the USA (18th) and UAE (19th) behind after a great run in recent times. Nepal has won seven matches from the previous eight encounters.

ODI

Pos	Team	Mat	Points	Rating
1	IndiaIND	36	4471	124
2	New ZealandNZL	38	4160	109
3	AustraliaAUS	32	3473	109
4	Sri LankaSL	36	3730	104
5	PakistanPAK	32	3312	104
6	South AfricaSA	29	2775	96
7	AfghanistanAFG	25	2279	91
8	EnglandENG	31	2615	84
9	West IndiesWI	29	2347	81
10	BangladeshBGD	29	2205	76
11	ZimbabweZIM	22	1202	55
12	IrelandIRE	18	938	52
13	ScotlandSCO	27	1241	46
14	NetherlandsNLD	32	1374	43
15	USAUSA	34	1387	41
16	OmanOMN	25	886	35
17	NepalNPL	28	786	28
18	United States of AmericaUSA	24	555	23
18	CanadaCAN	20	422	21
19	NamibiaNAM	30	573	19

Namibia (16th) and Oman (15th) are ahead of Nepal in the ranking. India are at the top, followed by Australia and New Zealand, whereas the world champions are in the fourth spot.

Rohit Paudel and Aasif Sheikh are the two batters to be enlisted in the top 100 of the batters’ ranking, taking the 59th and 78th positions respectively. In the bowling list, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sompal Kami, Dipendra Singh Airee and Karan Kc are in the 26th (^1) 67th (^6), 73rd (^7) and 89th (^8) positions respectively.

Nepal are set to play PNG tomorrow (March 9) at TU Cricket Ground in the decisive Tri-Series under CWC League 2. Nepal needs to win all four matches to go past Namibia and take the third spot to grab the direct spot in the World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe.

Meanwhile, Nepal is currently sitting at the 16th position in the T20I ranking.