The West Indies, the 1975 and 1979 world champions, are presently sitting in ninth position on 84 points, five points behind eighth-ranked 1992 winners Pakistan. The Caribbean side leads Pakistan 15-13 on a head-to-head at home and has a chance to move ahead of the visiting side. In contrast, if Pakistan, which has won 11 of 19 matches against the West Indies in the West Indies this decade, wins all the three matches, then it will join Bangladesh on 92 points and will be ranked ahead of its Asian rival by a fraction of a point. England and the seven other top teams on 30 September 2017 will qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 with the remaining four teams getting a second chance through a 10-team ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifying tournament in 2018. The West Indies' highest-ranked batsman is skipper Jason Holder in 89th position.

Source: India Today April 05, 2017 12:11 UTC