Published - | Updated - February 17, 2023 05:23 am
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When India briefly surpassed Australia on February 15 in the afternoon as a result of a mistake, Australia reclaimed the top spot in the ICC Test team rankings in the evening. After the entire episode, the International Cricket Council issued an apology on their website.
The ICC made it clear that Australia remained the best Test side even if India topped the rankings in both ODIs and T20Is. India was wrongly shown as the top Test team on the ICC website for a brief period on February 15, 2023, due to a technological error, the statement continued. We apologise for any inconvenience we may have brought on.
At Nagpur during the World Cup, India had defeated Australia by a large margin of an innings and 132 runs.the series’ first of four tests. India was recognised as the top Test team by the ICC following their resounding victory. The fact that South Africa held the top spot in every format simultaneously in 2012 was significant. The happiness, however, was fleeting because the ICC revised the rankings once more that evening.
After the most recent update, India (115 points) is once again in second place, just behind Australia (126 points) Due to his remarkable performance in the first Test, in which he took eight wickets, R Ashwin, a seasoned off-spinner, rose to second place in the Men’s Test Bowlers Rankings.
Ravindra Jadeja moves up to rank 16 on the bowlers’ list.
After being named Player of the Match in the opening Test, left-armSpinner Ravindra Jadeja has climbed to position 16 in the bowling rankings after rejoining the team after being sidelined hs due to a ke injury. With seven wickets in the game and 70 runs scored at the plate, Jadeja helped India to a convincing victory.
The second Test of the series will take place at Delhi’s Arun Jaitely Stadium beginning on February 17. In order to dethrone Australia as the top-ranked team, India must defeat Australia in the series by a score of 2-0, 3-1, or 4-0. To advance to the World Test Championship final, Rohit Sharma’s squad must win at least three of the four matches in the four-match series.
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