Pakistan in threat to meet all requirements for Cricket World Cup

Pakistan is in genuine peril of neglecting to qualify straightforwardly for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Cup 2019 in the United Kingdom as it at present sits on eighth position in the ODI Team Rankings. 

Pakistan is at eighth position with 89 focuses two behind Bangladesh and two in front of the West Indies, said an ICC official statement issued here. However previous best on the planet Pakistan sets its sights on direct capability for the World Cup 2019 when it goes up against the in-frame reigning title holder and number-one positioned Australia in a five-ODI arrangement beginning in Brisbane on Friday.

To, in any event, keep up its pre-arrangement positioning focuses, Pakistan needs to win one match of the arrangement, while triumphs in more than one match will win it pivotal focuses. On the off chance that Pakistan wins two matches, then it will join Bangladesh on 91 focuses however will be positioned behind its Asian adversaries by a division.

In the situation of Pakistan winning the arrangement, it will advance of Bangladesh and, all things considered, will improve its odds of qualifying straightforwardly for the occasion it won in Australia in 1992. On the opposite side of the coin, Australia will hold its pre-arrangement focuses in the event that it wins the arrangement 4-1, while it will surrender one point on the off chance that it wins 3-2.

Australia can tumble from the top platform however to get it going, Pakistan should win by 4-1 or better. In any case, considering that Australia drives Pakistan 33-16 on a no holds barred in its lawn, incorporating 15 wins in 19 ODIs this decade, this looks very doubtful.

The ODI group rankings, dissimilar to the Test rankings, are redesigned after every match and the ODI indicator capacity is accessible here. Have England and the seven most elevated positioned sides on the MRF Tires ICC ODI Team Rankings as on 30 September 2017 will qualify specifically for the occasion appropriate to be held from May 30 to July 15, 2019.

The four base positioned sides will be joined by six groups from the ICC World Cricket League in the 10-group ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 and the main two sides will finish the 10-group World Cup line-up.

In the interim, third-positioned India goes up against fifth-positioned England in a three-ODI arrangement beginning in Pune on Sunday, January 15. While India will expect to contract the hole with second-positioned South Africa, England will focus on an upward development. India can ascend to as high as 114 focuses on the off chance that it clears the arrangement, yet in the event that the arrangement result is switched, then England can climb one place to fourth and India can slide to fifth.