Ganguly slams ICC one-day rankings

Sourav Ganguly has slammed the latest ICC one-day rankings on Friday after India dropped to number eight despite reaching the World Cup final earlier this year.

"It's very strange," Ganguly said. "I don't know how the ICC derived its conclusions. I see no logic behind this."

The new rankings released were derived after removing the results of matches played more then two years ago. India, which were earlier ranked fifth, now find themselves above only lowly Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Kenya. This despite the fact that in the last 12 months, India have won the NatWest series, shared the rain-hit Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka and were in the World Cup final in South Africa.

"One just can't take these rankings seriously," Ganguly said. "I think we have played well over the last 12 months."

But the rankings beg to differ. "India's ranking reflects its inconsistent performances in recent times," an ICC statement said."India has performed well at the World Cup and Champions Trophy but lost its home series against the West Indies and struggled against New Zealand away."