Which team will reunify the belts?

[Fuller Pilch]

Which team will get to no1 in the rankings in all 3 forms (tests, odis, t20s)?

 

[cnerd123]

India or SA the best bets IMO

 

[Fuller Pilch]

[HR][/HR]

India or SA the best bets IMO

I agree.

 

[Heboric]

I know Proteas were no1 in all 3 formats in 2012 for a couple of weeks.

But now, probably India

 

[Gnske]

India easily.

 

[cnerd123]

Down the road I can see England competing; all they need is a home season of Tests, and their ODI and T20 sides are become legitimately good. If their schedules line up properly, they could hit 1 in all formats sometime around the next WC.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

India should have a substantial lead at the top of the test rankings once they have thrashed England and Australia so logically they have the best chance.

 

[Zinzan]

Unlikely that one team will peak to reach no. 1 in all 3 forms with cricket the way it is these days.

India clearly have the best chance, followed by England & South Africa as the only other teams I could see doing it in the next 5 years or so.

I'd add Australia too if they could figure out how to play T20s at International level.

 

[honestbharani]

India in ODIs have not even been good though, forget about being good enough to be #1. We just have to hope that we magically get better at the CT like we usually do during ICC tourneys.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah by our relatively high odi standards, our team right now is pretty bad.

 

[harsh.ag]

A top six of

Rohit
KL
Kohli
Dhoni
Dhawan
Pandey/Jadhav

has the best chance for India to win games.

 

[listento_me]

Well considering India are playing almost all their cricket at home, it'll be India no?

But the rankings are kinda **** and in reality,apart from England and to a lesser extent Pakistan and South Africa, not many teams have been successful home and way and this has gone on since the loss of the Australian hegemony circa 2007.

 

[honestbharani]

Pakistan successful away from home

 

[Victor Ian]

Have the belts ever been unified in the first place?.

 

[harsh.ag]

Have the belts ever been unified in the first place?.

Aus were never T20 champs, so I suppose not. Was still a huge upset when India beat them in the 07 semi though. So, you could say up until that moment. No McGrath or Warne though.

 

[vcs]

Pakistan successful away from home

They'll attempt to win a match in Australia after 21 years after 9 consecutive losses.

They lost every match to them, home and away for a period of 15 years between '95 and 2010.

 

[smash84]

India has the best chance

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pakistan successful away from home

Tbf they have a real chance to win in Australia this time. And it's safe to say they won't quite be smashed as badly a they did the last few times they've been there.

 

[theegyptian]

Australia likeliest then India, then no realistic chance for the rest.

SA have too many ageing players that will go (or play fewer formats), and with the quota system weakening the domestic setup they won't have the replacements.
England too middling and never dominant enough - and don't produce enough quality fast bowling.

India are strong over the shorter formats generally even overseas, and at home in test cricket and should gradually improve in overseas tests.
Australia have got the bowlers to dominate teams,and great fielders and dynamic bats for the shorter formats.

 

[Slifer]

Australia hypothetically yes, but not anytime soon IMO. India a good shout, followed by RSA, ENG in that order.