Despite suffering a seven-wicket defeat against New Zealand in the first ODI , Team India is rigid on top of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League standings. Kane Williamson. However, Kane Williamson-led Kiwis improved two spots to grab fourth place in the CWC Super League rankings, thanks to the emphatic win in the ODI opener.
India are at the top with 129 points from 19 matches, followed by England (125 points from 18 games), Australia (120 points from 18 matches), New Zealand (120 points from 16 games) and Bangladesh (120 points from 18 games).
New Zealand rose in the League standings on the back of brilliant knocks from Tom Latham and Kane Williamson in the first ODI against India in Auckland. The win gave New Zealand 10 CWCSL points.
At the 20-over mark in the chase, it did not look like New Zealand would pull off the chase. The Black Caps were on the backfoot after losing three wickets for 88. Thereafter, the game was totally dominated by New Zealand with Latham leading the charge with a fiery 104-ball 145 not out -– his highest score in ODIs.
Williamson was happy to play second fiddle with a patient 98-ball 94 not out. The fourth-wicket stand worth unbeaten 221 runs helped New Zealand pull off their second-highest chase against India in ODIs.
Each team earns 10 points for a win, five for a tie/no result/abandoned match, and zero for a loss. The top eight teams will get a direct entry to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 to be held in India.
The remaining teams will have to play in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier along with five Associate teams.
Two teams from the qualifying tournament will then progress to the World Cup. India automatically qualified as tournament hosts.
Talking about the first ODI between India and New Zealand, Men in Blue's openers Shikhar Dhawan (72) and Shubman Gill started off well, stitching a 124-run partnership. Shreyas Iyer (80) then picked up from where Gill (50) left and went onto a fifty before Tim Southee denied him from reaching a century. Towards the end, Washington Sundar's quickfire knock of 37 not out off 16 balls powered India to 306/7.
In reply, India dismissed New Zealand openers Finn Allen and Devon Conway early on. Unran Malik, who made his ODI debut alongside Arshdeep Singh, took two wickets - Conway and Daryl Mitchell - before getting hammered by Williamson (94*) and Latham (145*). The New Zealand batters wrecked havoc on India bowlers, stitching an unbeaten partnership of 221 runs for the fourth wicket.
