Dubai: Pakistan beat South Africa by 2-1, while India beat the West Indies by an identical margin. However, the results did not lead to any change on the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings table with all four teams retaining its pre-series rankings i.e. India (first), West Indies (seventh), South Africa (fifth) and Pakistan (sixth).

Meanwhile, India starts the three-match series against South Africa from 5 December in Johannesburg, assured of retaining its number-one ranking on the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings table, irrespective of the outcome of the series.

India is currently ranked first with 122 ratings points, while South Africa is in fifth place with 107 ratings points.

It is for South Africa that the series offers an opportunity to move up a place to fourth, but only if it sweeps the series 3-0. In such a scenario, South Africa will gain four ratings points to move level with second-ranked England on 111, but it will be ranked below Alastair Cook’s men when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

But if South Africa wins the series by any other margin it will retain its pre-series fifth rank.