India to remain test no 1 till Eng tour, will retain the mace

[Gollum]

13 point lead now a 6 point lead over no 2 SA. But even if SA beats Aus 4-0 and Eng wins all 4 matches against NZ and Pak our top spot won't be challenged. Worst case scenario is SA beating Aus 4-0 which would mean our lead would get cut to only 2 points (I guess). So we will head into the Eng tour as world no 1 (just like 2011) and unless we get a pounding we should also head to Aus as world no 1.

 

We are also set to surpass SA in the total world no 1 reign after 2 months, right now we have been no 1 for 60 months while SA is on 61 months, all stats post 1952 when rankings were 1st introduced. Must remember that SA didn't participate during apartheid, else their reign should have been much longer. Still a pretty cool achievement. Pakistan .

 

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

 

Edited January 27, 2018 by Gollum

[Tridibans_16]

https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/604428

[Tridibans_16]

We are winning in England this time around!

[Tridibans_16]

5 minutes ago, Gollum said:

16 point lead now a 14 point lead over no 2 SA. But even if SA beats Aus 4-0 and Eng wins all 4 matches against NZ and Pak our top spot won't be challenged. Worst case scenario is SA beating Aus 4-0 which would mean our lead would get cut to only 8 points. So we will head into the Eng tour as world no 1 (just like 2011) and unless we get a pounding we should also head to Aus as world no 1.

 

We are also set to surpass SA in the total world no 1 reign after 2 months, right now we have been no 1 for 60 months while SA is on 61 months, all stats post 1952 when rankings were 1st introduced. Must remember that SA didn't participate during apartheid, else their reign should have been much longer. Still a pretty cool achievement. Pakistan .

 

I don't know from where you are getting the figures, India now lead SA by just 6 points. If SA wins 4-0 against AUS, we will lead by just 2 points

Edited January 27, 2018 by Tridibans_16

[bowl_out]

Thought we had a more focused approach in the third Test.

Rahane was back. Kohli was gone from slips. All slip fielders were in good positions to take the catch.

 

Batting first was a big gamble, but it paid off.

 

need to continue tailor-made approaches in England as well

[G_B_]

hmm will be interesting to see south africa face australia

[chewy]

Pakistan  only ever been number 1 for mere 4 months in their entire cricketing history

 

even many those months thanks to rain when India were playing West Indies and games got washed out

[Gollum]

6 minutes ago, Tridibans_16 said:

I don't know from where you are getting the figures, India now lead SA by just 6 points. If SA wins 4-0 against AUS, we will lead by just 2 points

I got from the ICC rank predictor site but it seems they haven't updated. Made necessary corrections in OP based on the press release. Thanks for pointing it out. 

[Gollum]

Below is the list of teams finishing at number-one at the April cut-off:

 

2003 – Australia

2004 – Australia

2005 – Australia

2006 – Australia

2007 – Australia

2008 – Australia

2009 – Australia

2010 – India

2011 – India

2012 – England

2013 – South Africa

2014 – South Africa

2015 – South Africa

2016 – Australia

2017 – India

2018 - India

 

https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/604428

 

Aus 8 

India 4

SA 3 

Eng 1

[WC2011INDIA]

Stop jinxing India with regards to England tour.