India has retained its top position in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Thursday. The ICC has released its latest Test rankings in which India with 123 points first, South Africa with 117 points, second and Australia with 100 points are in third position. The distance between South Africa and India is now six digits. Australia at third place and the seventh place in the team is nine points in distance between Sri Lanka.
India remains at number 1
India has retained its position in the ICC Test rankings with 123 points and it has gained six points from second-place South Africa. At the same time, the ICC Test Championship’s mace is with India only.
Advantage of South Africa
In the ICC Test rankings, South Africa have maintained their second position. It has also gained 8 points, after which it has now got 117 rating points. Now, only six digits of difference between South Africa and India has remained.
Damages to Australia, England and Pakistan
The scores of teams in Australia, England and Pakistan have come down. Australia has retained the third position. But its points have come down from 108 to 100. England has 99 points. He also suffered a loss of two points. The Pakistan team has now moved back to the sixth place from New Zealand. It has 93 points. It has a loss of four points.
The complete change of marks is due to the removal of results of 2013-14. Then the South African team lost the series against Australia 1-2. After that Australia defeated England 5-0. Australia’s score has dropped due to the removal of these results.
Advantage of Sri Lanka, West Indies and Bangladesh
Sri Lanka is at seventh with 91 points. West Indies has 75 points. They are at the eighth position. They have gained five points. With the advantage of three points, Bangladesh is at number 9 with 69 points. Zimbabwe has zero points. The first five were. She is at the tenth number.
ICC Test Rankings
1. India (123) rating points
2. South Africa (117) Rating points
3. Australia (100) rating points
4. England (99) rating points
5. New Zealand (97) rating points
6. Pakistan (93) rating points
7. Sri Lanka (91) Rating points
8. West Indies (75) rating points
9. Bangladesh (69) rating points
10. Zimbabwe (0) Rating points
