Published: Dec 22, 2012, 06:38 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 22, 2012, 06:38 PM (IST)
England won the toss and elected to field first against India in the second T20 match at Mumbai © PTI
Mumbai: Dec 22, 2012
After a five-wicket victory in the first T20 match against England at Pune, India will go into the second T20 against England at Mumbai with a chance of becoming the number T20 side.
India are currently ranked third on the table with 120 ratings points. If India were to win all four matches, they will be propelled to the number-one rank with a gain of 12 ratings points and in doing so will open up a five-point lead over current top-ranked Sri Lanka.
It will be the first time that India will have a chance of aiming for the number-one spot in the rankings since it was launched in October 2011.
If India were to lose even one of their four matches, the best they can hope to end 2012 is at the number-two spot. But if India were to lose all four of their matches against both England and Pakistan, they could slip to as low as seventh with 106 ratings points.
England: Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Eoin Morgan (c), Samit Patel, Jos Buttler (wk), Tim Bresnan, James Tredwell, Stuart Meaker, Joe Root, Jade Dernbach
India: Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni (c & wk), R Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Ashok Dinda, Parvinder Awana
