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Jun 26, 2009: Indian cricket team has a chance to make it to the second position of the ICC one-day international (ODI) ranking if it defeats West Indies 4-0 in the ODI series starting Friday.

 

M S Dhoni-led Indian team is currently at the third spot with 122 points.

 

Team Australia is at the second position, ahead of India by a few decimal points.

 

However, India must win the series 4-0 to get to the second position.

 

Even if India wins the series 3-1, it will slip one point down to 121 points and will continue to remain at the third place.   

 

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Background

Indian team for four-ODI series against West Indies that begins on June 26: M S Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, M Vijay, S Badrinath, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, R P Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar and Ashish Nehra

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