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Pakistan vs New Zealand T20 series: Big chance to grab 1st position

LAHORE: Twenty20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand became more interesting as both team got the opportunity to grab the first place in the International Cricket Council’s team rankings. 

The three-match series will start from January 15 in Auckland. New Zealand, following its 2-0 win over Sri Lanka, has joined Pakistan on 114 points.

The side which wins all the three matches in the forthcoming series will move ahead of the West Indies in number-one spot, and the losing side will drop to eighth position.

The side that wins the series 2-1 will leapfrog South Africa into fifth position.

Afghanistan, which won its two-match series against Zimbabwe in Sharjah on Sunday, is now sitting on 80 points in ninth position after gaining three points. Zimbabwe, in contrast, has stayed in 14thposition but has slipped to 50 points after conceding three points.

The ICC T20I Championship table is extremely tight with only eight points separating the top eight sides. With a number of Twenty20 Internationals to be played in the lead up to the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016, there is likely to be plenty of reshuffling at the top of the order.

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