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Dubai: They have lost the tag of number one Test team but injury-ravaged world champions India can climb to second in the ICC ODI rankings if they manage to beat England 4-1 or better in the upcoming five-match series starting on Saturday.
England made a clean sweep of the four-Test series to claim number-one ranking for the first time in 32 years.
Although a sweep of the ODI series will not be enough to dislodge Australia from the number-one position, it will provide England a lift of two places which will put them ahead of South Africa and India in third position, the ICC said in a statement.
England currently sit in fifth position on 107 ratings points - 10 ratings points behind third-ranked India and nine points behind fourth-placed South Africa.
A 5-0 series win will earn Alastair Cook's side nine ratings points and will dock India eight ratings points.
This will mean England will join South Africa on 116 ratings points but will be ranked ahead of the Proteas when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point whereas India will slip to fifth position on 109 ratings points.
In a sharp contrast, India also have an opportunity to leapfrog Sri Lanka into second position.
But to make this happen, they will have to win the series by 4-1 or better.
A 4-1 series result will put India on 120 ratings points while dropping England to 104 ratings points, a 5-0 win will take India to 122 ratings points - eight behind Australia - while leaving England on 101 points - just one ahead of Pakistan which will take on Zimbabwe in a three-ODI series on 8 September.
If India win the series 3-2, they will stay on 117 ratings points but will slip behind South Africa in fourth position if England win the series 3-2.
In the event of England winning 3-2, India will drop to 114 ratings points while England will rise to 110 ratings.
