ODI World Cup 2027 Qualification Scenario: Bangladesh recently achieved a historic victory by defeating Pakistan 2-1 in the series on its home ground. With this victory, Bangladesh has also brought a big change in the qualification race for the 2027 ODI World Cup. In the third and last ODI played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh managed to save the target of 290 runs and win by 11 runs, due to which there is going to be a big improvement in the ranking of Bangladesh. At present, Bangladesh team is at number 10 in the ODI rankings, but this good performance of Bangladesh has given a big blow to the two-time champion team.
Pakistan’s defeat gave a big blow to West Indies
After Pakistan’s embarrassing defeat against Bangladesh, West Indies’ hopes of direct qualification for the 2027 ODI World Cup have suffered a big blow. Actually, in the new ICC rankings, Bangladesh will move from 10th to 9th, while West Indies will slip from 9th to 10th. Despite the series defeat, Pakistan will retain the fourth position, but there will be a slight decrease in points, but now the biggest question is that how will the ICC rankings affect the ODI World Cup 2027 qualification?
Actually, in the year 2027, the ODI World Cup will be played jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. A total of 14 teams will participate in this tournament, South Africa and Zimbabwe have already qualified as hosts, while the remaining 8 places will be given to the top 8 teams of the ICC ODI rankings. The 9th ranked team can also qualify directly, because the South African team is in the top-8, in such a situation the 9th ranked team will qualify in its place. But teams finishing 10th or below will have to qualify by playing qualifier matches.
West Indies will have to improve its ranking
Difficulties are going to increase for West Indies, because the West Indies team is going to slip down in the ODI rankings without playing any match. West Indies’ next ODI series may be against India in September-October, but if they are not able to add points, then there may be a need to play the qualifiers. West Indies, who have been world champions twice (1975 and 1979), also failed to qualify from the Caribbean in the previous edition of this tournament. He also played the qualifiers for the 2023 ODI World Cup, where he had to face defeat.
