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India have tucked towards the third position within the latest released ICC Test team rankings. This is actually the very first time since October 2016 that Virat Kohli and boys aren’t towards the top of the rankings. Australia, who’ve dethroned India, are actually at the very top with 116 points, while Nz are in the 2nd position with 115 points.
However with no cricketing event happening around the world how did India lose no. 1 Test place?
Worldwide Cricket Council’s media report states the latest rankings have taken into account all of the matches performed since May 2019 at 100 percent and individuals from the previous 2 yrs at 50 %. So, which means that the present rankings have removed the records from 2016-17 that was a golden year for Team India, where they won 12 Tests and lost only one. They’d won all five-Test series in that period, including victories against Australia and England. Throughout the same period, Australia had lost against Nigeria and were humbled by Virat Kohli’s brigade.
What’s promising for India, though, is they still lead the ICC World Test Championship that is a league of six series featuring the very best nine sides around the globe.
Despite falling towards the third place from the top table, India aren’t the greatest sufferers within the latest ICC Test team rankings. Nigeria, who saw a dip of eight points, are actually in the sixth position i.e. below Sri Lanka within the rankings. The Proteas had won three series throughout the period that’s been removed, while, since Feb 2019, they’ve lost eight of the nine Tests.
