| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Creation | 2002 |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Current top ranking |  India (118 rating) |
| Longest cumulative top ranking |  Australia (147 months) |
| Longest continuous top ranking |  West Indies (65 months) |
| Highest rating | West Indies (141 rating) |
| Last updated on: 07 Aug 2024. | |
The ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings (formerly known as the ICC ODI Championship) is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket rankings system of the International Cricket Council (ICC). After every ODI match, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula. Each team's points total is divided by their total number of matches played to give a rating, and all the teams are ranked in a table in order of rating.[1]
By analogy to cricket batting averages, the points for winning an ODI match are always greater than the team's rating, increasing the rating, and the points for losing an ODI match are always less than the rating, reducing the rating. A drawn match between higher and lower rated teams will benefit the lower-rated team at the expense of the higher-rated team. An "average" team that wins as often as it loses while playing a mix of stronger and weaker teams should have a rating of 100.[1]
As of 7 August 2024[update], India leads the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings, with a rating of 118 from 45 weighted matches, while the lowest rated team, UAE, has a rating of 12 from 30 weighted matches.[1]
Until 2013, the team ranked number one at the annual 1 April cut-off date received the ICC ODI Championship Shield and prize money.[2] The rankings were used to award direct qualification for the Cricket World Cup in 2019 and 2027.[3]
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