India retains number-one Test ranking following annual update

[kira]

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India retains number-one Test ranking following annual update

South Africa reduces gaps with India to six points, while nine points now separate third-ranked Australia from seventh-ranked Sri Lanka

India has retained its number-one ranking on the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings following the annual update in which series results from 2013-14 are no longer included and outcomes from the 2015-16 series are weighted at 50 per cent.

While India leads South Africa by six points following the annual update, only nine points separate third-ranked Australia from seventh-ranked Sri Lanka, with ninth-ranked Bangladesh trailing eighth-ranked West Indies by six points.

India has moved to 123 points after gaining one point, however, second-ranked South Africa now has the table-toppers firmly within its sights after vaulting from 109 points to 117 points. This jump means the pre-update gap of 13 points has now been trimmed to just six points.

While India and South Africa have made upward movements, Australia, England and Pakistan have headed in the opposite direction.

Australia has retained its third place but has plummeted from 108 points to 100 points, England has stayed in fourth position but has slipped to 99 points after conceding two points, whereas Pakistan has dropped behind New Zealand in sixth place after conceding four points to sit on 93 points.

The swings for Faf du Plessis’s and Steve Smith’s sides have come after South Africa’s 2-1 loss to Australia, and Australia’s 5-0 series win over England in 2013-14 have both been dropped for calculation purposes.

Sri Lanka is seventh on 91 points (up by one), West Indies eighth on 75 points (up by five), Bangladesh ninth on 69 points (up by three) and Zimbabwe 10th with zero points (down by five).

MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings (as on 18 May, following the annual update):

Rank    Team               Points

1.     India                 123 (+1)

2.     South Africa      117 (+8) 

3.     Australia           100 (-8)

4.     England            99 (-2)

5.     New Zealand     97 (+1)

6.     Pakistan           93 (-4)

7.     Sri Lanka          91 (+1)

8.     West Indies       75 (+5)

9.     Bangladesh       69 (+3)

10.  Zimbabwe         0 (-5)

site:https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/396460

 

South Africa getting too close for comfort, and lolz at pakistan no. 6 in tests and no. 8 in odis

[kira]

Need to beat south africa on our next tour

Edited May 18, 2017 by kira

[kira]

ICC historical Rankings

The summary of teams that have held the highest rating from 1952 to the present by whole month periods, are:

Team	Total Months	Highest Rating
Australia	326	143
West Indies	235	135
England	106	125
South Africa	61	135
India	53	130
Pakistan	4	111
Just a few more months and we will over take south africa in overall no. of months at top

Edited May 18, 2017 by kira

[OpeningBatsman]

Zimbabwe 0

[sandeep]

India's tour to south Africa will decide the next #1 test team.   I just hope our team doesn't run into any fitness issues - as long as we can put our best XI on the field, we have a chance to beat South Africa and make some history.

[kira]

@laaloo @BeautifulGame for some reason this thread got double posted, please merge them

[rtmohanlal]

well done Indian team.... but they need to play really well in coming abroad tours to  show its worth.

[Shunya]

South Africa has 6 tests that they play in July-August-Sept (4 against Eng & 2 against bangladesh). If they win both series they will overtake us in the rankings I guess. However, in any case Ind-SA series will be a cracker of a series between top 2 sides. 

Do we have any confirmed schedule for this year except WI Series?

Edited May 18, 2017 by Shunya

[Laaloo]

  Still Number 1 baby

Edited May 18, 2017 by laaloo

[sandeep]

8 minutes ago, Shunya said:

South Africa has 6 tests that they play in July-August-Sept (4 against Eng & 2 against bangladesh). If they win both series they will overtake us in the rankings I guess. However, in any case Ind-SA series will be a cracker of a series between top 2 sides. 

Do we have any confirmed schedule for this year except WI Series?

Not going to get confirmed schedule for Ind-SA series until late into the year - no love lost between saffer board and BCCI at the moment.  Haroon Lorgat is another Najam Sethi - a guy who has a personal grudges against the BCCI, and vice versa.  

[Number]

Great achievement for a very young team. Kudos to Virat and his players.

[Ultimate_Game]

1 minute ago, laaloo said:

They should lose the test status just because it took them one over left in the game to beat a Windies C Side but then the likes of West Indies would complain that they would only play stronger teams.

Actually it was just one ball  All Gabriel had to do was play out one ball and Chase would've faced the final over of the match.

[Laaloo]

Just now, Ultimate_Game said:

Actually it was just one ball  All Gabriel had to do was play out one ball and Chase would've faced the final over of the match.

[Nikhil_cric]

3 hours ago, Shunya said:

South Africa has 6 tests that they play in July-August-Sept (4 against Eng & 2 against bangladesh). If they win both series they will overtake us in the rankings I guess. However, in any case Ind-SA series will be a cracker of a series between top 2 sides. 

Do we have any confirmed schedule for this year except WI Series?

Only if RSA whitewash both England in England 4-0 and BD 2-0 will they become no. 1

[Ultimate_Game]

1 minute ago, laaloo said:

And that idiot wanted to hoick the last ball of the over for a boundary  Chase was shocked at the shot looking on from the non-striker end unbeaten on 101  

 

I would drop Gabriel for a game or two just for the brainlessness he showed.

[Shunya]

5 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Only if RSA whitewash both England in England 4-0 and BD 2-0 will they become no. 1

That for sure is not happening.

We have a chance to go 4th in the all time ICC historical rankings in 8 months.

[Nikhil_cric]

1 minute ago, Shunya said:

That for sure is not happening.

We have a chance to go 4th in the all time ICC historical rankings in 8 months.

This may sound wild but I actually want thst to happen and if we then make history by beating SAF in SAF we would become no. 1 again and I think we will get more points for beating a higher ranked team. Also I think Kohli and co. might be motivated to perform better if it were for the mace perhaps?

[Nikhil_cric]

1 hour ago, sarchasm said:

Why would it sound wild if you (assuming you are an Indian fan) want India to beat South Africa in South Africa?

Because it is unlikely that we are going to beat SA in SA in a test series. I'm not saying it won't happen as they are without AB/Steyn/Smith/Kallis unlike last time but SA start as firm favourites at home.

[Khota]

Indian team has what it takes to beat SA in SA. Team selection is the key. SA will not be a difficult team to beat.

[Captain]

13 hours ago, Shunya said:

South Africa has 6 tests that they play in July-August-Sept (4 against Eng & 2 against bangladesh). If they win both series they will overtake us in the rankings I guess.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/rankings-predictor/test

 

SA will have to beat England 4-0 and Bangladesh 2-0 in order to overtake us. Safe to say that England won't be losing all 4 tests to SA at home.