LAHORE: As we are just days away from the crucial One Day International (ODI) series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, let’s have a detailed view which are the possible conditions for the Green-Shirts to qualify for International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions trophy.
According to an ICC press release, Bangladesh needs to win one game against South Africa to retain pre-series points and cement their place in the upcoming tournament.
Bangladesh who are at the seventh spot on the points table still require a victory to cement their place in ICC tournament scheduled to take place in 2017.
However, Bangladesh failed to register a single victory against South Africa will bring them to 90 points from 93.
As far as South Africa is concerned, a 3-0 victory will be needed to move it up from fourth in the table.
Ninth-ranked Pakistan is on 87 points and will move ahead of the West Indies (88 points) by a fraction of a point if it wins the series by 3-2 or better.
Pakistan can rise to as high as 94 points if it wins all the matches, but will drop to as low as 84 points if it fails to register a win.
For Sri Lanka, a 5-0 win will put it on 108 points while a 5-0 will defeat will see it slip to 100 points.
Bangladesh, West Indies and Pakistan are separated by just six points and with the West Indies not immediately involved in any series, if Bangladesh and Pakistan perform strongly in the forthcoming series, they can strengthen their claims for a place in the elite tournament.
The West Indies won the tournament in 2004 and together with Pakistan has featured in every event since 1998 when it was launched as ICC Knock-Out. Bangladesh’s last appearance in the ICC Champions Trophy was in India in 2006.
Sri Lanka (106 pts) v Pakistan (87 pts)
If Pak wins 3-2, then SL 103 pts, Pak 90 pts
If Pak wins 4-1, then SL 102 pts, Pak 92 pts
If Pak wins 5-0, then SL 100 pts, Pak 94 pts
If SL wins 5-0, then SL 108 pts, Pak 84 pts
If SL wins 4-1, then SL 107 pts, Pak 86 pts
If SL wins 3-2, then SL 105 pts, Pak 88 pts
