{"id":12771,"date":"2013-01-10T05:06:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T05:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=12771"},"modified":"2013-01-10T05:06:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T05:06:10","slug":"clean-sweep-against-eng-can-take-india-to-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=12771","title":{"rendered":"Clean sweep against Eng can take India to No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-9971\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" alt=\"dhoni-isn\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dhoni-isn.jpg\" height=\"194\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dhoni-isn.jpg 290w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dhoni-isn-150x116.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> If India wins all five matches of the ODI series against England, it will jump two places to claim the top spot on the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table, while South Africa can only go top if it wins all three matches against New Zealand and India wins its series, but fails to complete a clean sweep.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, England will be aiming to carry its Test form into the ODI format and win its first series in India in 28 years, and, in so doing, cement its status as the number-one ranked side on the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table.\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>England plays India in a five-match series starting on Friday, 11 January in Rajkot, while South Africa will play New Zealand in a three-match series starting on 19 January in Paarl.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>England currently leads second-ranked South Africa by a fraction of a point, but will take an outright lead on the championship table if it wins the series, irrespective of the results of the South Africa-New Zealand and Australia-Sri Lanka series (starting on Friday in Melbourne).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, England\u2019s failure to win the series will give both India and South Africa opportunities to reclaim the top spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-9971\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" alt=\"dhoni-isn\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dhoni-isn.jpg\" height=\"194\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dhoni-isn.jpg 290w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dhoni-isn-150x116.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>New Delhi:<\/strong> If India wins all five matches of the ODI series against England, it will jump two places to claim the top spot on the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table, while South Africa can only go top if it wins all three matches against New Zealand and India wins its series, but fails to complete a clean sweep.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, England will be aiming to carry its Test form into the ODI format and win its first series in India in 28 years, and, in so doing, cement its status as the number-one ranked side on the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Clean sweep against Eng can take India to No. 1 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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