ICC Test Team RANKINGS – Race to No 1 spot: WTC 2021 finalists India and New Zealand are locked in a race to the No 1 Test team spot. Under new captain, Rohit Sharma if India beat Sri Lanka 2-0 in the series, they will become No 1. But they will need a favour from South Africa. If SA beat NZ in the 2nd Test, only then can become No. 1 TEST Team in the World. Follow ICC Test Rankings LIVE Updates & IND vs SL Series LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
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ICC Test Team RANKINGS: New Zealand and Rohit Sharma’s India in Race for No 1 spot, Check all permutations
Ind vs SL Series – Race for No 1 spot: A 2-0 win in the series against Sri Lanka will be the target Rohit Sharma & company in the forthcoming test series. The first match of the test series will be played in Mohali & 2nd Test in Bengaluru.
India is currently at No. 3 spot in ICC Test Rankings with Australia as No. 1 & World Test Champions New Zealand on No. 2 spot.
ICC Test Team Rankings
- Australia 119
- New Zealand 117
- India 116
- England 101
- South Africa 99
ICC Test Team RANKINGS: New Zealand and Rohit Sharma’s India in Race for No 1 spot, Check all permutations
ICC Test Team Rankings – Permutations & Combinations –
- If New Zealand beat South Africa in 2nd Test match, NZ will become No. 1 Test team & Australia will slip to No. 2
- If India beat Sri Lanka 2-0, India will stay 3rd while New Zealand will remain No 1 and Australia will remain 2nd.
ICC Test Team Rankings – How can India become World No 1?
- If New South Africa beat New Zealand in the 2nd Test, New Zealand will remain 2nd and Australia at No 1.
- Then, India need to win the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka 2-0 to become World No 1 with 118 points. NZ will drop to third with 115 while Australia will slip to 2nd with as many points.
ICC Test Team RANKINGS: New Zealand and Rohit Sharma’s India in Race for No 1 spot, Check all permutations
New Zealand ‘On Target’ for No. 1 Rank: With first test series win over South Africa isn’t the Black Caps next week can once again become the World’s No. 1 Test Team. Australia moved into first place following their 4-0 Ashes triumph over England in January.
A 2-0 series win would vault the world test champions back into top spot in the ICC’s test world rankings.
New Zealand would move to a rating of 120, leapfrogging Australia on 119, with India third on 116.
The Black Caps occupied top spot for the first time in January 2021 after a home series victory over Pakistan.
ICC Test Team RANKINGS: New Zealand and Rohit Sharma’s India in Race for No 1 spot, Check all permutations
They lost their grip on top spot in December after losing the series to India, who temporarily overtook them, after an innings thumping in the second test in Mumbai.
New Zealand on Cusp of 1st Ever Test Series Win over South Africa: New Zealand delivered a statement performance in the opening match of the series, crushing the Proteas by an innings and 276 runs inside seven sessions at Hagley Oval on Saturday.
If New Zealand can secure at least a draw from the second match, which will also be at Hagley, starting on Friday, they would snap a long test drought against South Africa.
South Africa have dominated New Zealand since they first met in a test match in 1932, winning 13 of the 16 series contested with three drawn.
ICC Test Team RANKINGS: New Zealand and Rohit Sharma’s India in Race for No 1 spot, Check all permutations
Precious World Test Championship points will also be on the Black Caps’ minds after a hollow start to the home summer, where they were embarrassed by Bangladesh at Mount Maunganui in early January.
Pocketing a maximum 24 points (two wins) from the South African series would help keep the Black Caps’ hopes alive in the WTC – something that looked forlorn after the upset loss to Bangladesh.
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How does the World Test Championship Ranking Table look at this stage?
India continued to remain in the fifth spot in the latest World Test Championship standings released by the ICC on Saturday.
India, the runners up of the inaugural edition of the WTC, are currently placed fifth in second cycle with a 49.07 percentage of points won (PCT), which is taken into account rather than the points earned.
India have played nine Tests in the second cycle of WTC, winning four, losing three and drawing two. They have 53 points, the highest among all teams so far.
They will have a chance to improve their standings next month when they host Sri Lanka for two Tests.
Sri Lanka lead the standings with 100 PCT, having won both the Tests they have played in this cycle. They are followed by Australia, who have a PCT of 86.66.
Pakistan (75 PCT) are third and South Africa are one slot behind with a PCT of 50.
Reigning champions New Zealand, who defeated South Africa by 276 runs in the first Test in Christchurch on Saturday, claimed 12 crucial points and are placed sixth with a PCT of 46.66.
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