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India no 1 in the ODI rankings

India have become the no 1 side in the ODI rankings today after India defeated England by 7 wickets and Newzeland defeated South Africa by 1 wicket in the 1st ODi in the three match ODI series today. In Ranchi which hosted the 1st ODI India won the toss and elected to bowl. The bowlers responded well by bowling a great line and length restricting them to low score of 155 with all the bowlers chipping wickets at regular wickets. When India came to bat they lost the wicket of Rahane but Kohli was getting back in superb form by scoring 77 and getting the man of the match award. The Indian team has taken 2-1 lead in the series with 2 matches to played at Mohali and Dharamshala. Lets hope that india can win the both of the matches and keep the no 1 ranking in their pockets. In Paarl Newzeland won the toss and elected to field. The bowling was great and the bowlers bowled wonderfully keeping them to low 208 all out due to the hitting of Klendvit. When the Newzeland came to bat they strugg...

what the indian need to improve in the upcoming series against the england

In the recently concluded series against the Pakistan the batting has been a failure with only Dhoni performing with the bat scoring 203 runs the second highest scorer of the series behind the Pakistani opener Nasir Jamshed.The first ODI saw the team reducded to 29 for 5 in 10 overs but after dhoni played a captian knock of 113 to give india a respectable score of 227 for 6.  Despite that The Indians lost the match by 6 wickets.In the 2nd the batting let down again leaving them reeling at 95 for 5 chasing 250 and finally lost the match by 85 runs and in the last match of series in Delhi the team was all out for 167 in 43.4 overs but their fielding and bowling won their match by 10 runs. In the upcoming series starting from the 11th january in Rajkot the batting needs to improve a lot with openers needed to provide a solid start so that the players like Yuvraj, Raina, Dhoni can end the innings with a bang. The bowling has been a fine with Bhuvenswar Kumar , Ishant Sharma, Shami A...