The Indian cricket team is set to begin their 2018/19 New Zealand tour with the five-match ODI series, starting on this Wednesday (23 January). Currently, in the ODI rankings, India is in the second position with 121 rating points and New Zealand is at the third position with 113 rating points.

Prior to the ODI series, we have now come with the ranking scenarios of both teams at the end of the series. While the five-match ODI series between South Africa and Pakistan is also running simultaneously, it will also affect the ODI rankings table. However, it is confirmed that India neither achieve the top spot of the ODI rankings (England is on top with 126 rating points) nor get down to more than the third spot of the ODI rankings at the end of the series. Meanwhile, third-ranked New Zealand can move either second or fourth positions of the ranking table.

Here are the entire the ranking scenarios of both teams at the end of the New Zealand vs India ODI series (excluded the tied and no-result matches):

New Zealand 5 – India 0: New Zealand will gain five points in their rating points while India will lose five points from their rating points. While New Zealand will move up with 118 rating points, India will drop down with 116 rating points.

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New Zealand 4 – India 1: New Zealand will move closer to India but will not surpass them as India will lose three rating points while New Zealand will gain three rating points. The hosts New Zealand will end with 116 rating points while the visiting side India will end with 118 rating points.

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New Zealand 3 – India 2: The hosts New Zealand will gain only rating point while the visiting side India will lose two rating points for this close series margin. In this scenario, New Zealand will conclude the series with 114 rating points while India will finish with 119 rating points.

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New Zealand 2 – India 3: There will be no movement in the rating points with this series result. Despite winning the series, India will finish with 121 rating points. Meanwhile, New Zealand will end the series with 113 rating points.

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New Zealand 1 – India 4: Despite this dominating series victory, India will gain only one rating point and the hosts New Zealand will lose two rating points. In this scenario, India’s rating points will be 122 and New Zealand’s rating points will be 111.

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New Zealand 0 – India 5: In this scenario, India will earn three rating points and New Zealand will lose three rating points. India will finish with the 124 rating points and New Zealand will finish with 110 rating points.

The full schedule of India’s bilateral ODI series against the hosts New Zealand

23rd January: First ODI – McLean Park (Napier)

26th January: Second ODI – Bay Oval (Mount Maunganui)

28th January: Third ODI – Bay Oval (Mount Maunganui)

31st January: Fourth ODI – Seddon Park (Hamilton)  

3rd February: Fifth ODI – Wellington Regional Stadium (Wellington)