ICC Ranking Update: Number one crown snatched from India, Australia reaches top again
Australia and Team India. (Image Source: X) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the annual update of Test, ODI and T-20 rankings on Friday, May 3. After this update, India has lost the number-1 crown in Test format. Australia, which defeated India in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2021-23, has now reached number one in the Test rankings. Although India’s dominance continues in ODI and T20, Team India remains at number one in both these formats. After this annual update of ICC, Australia has 124 rating in the Test format, while India is at second position with 120 rating. England is at third position with 105 rating points. Australia’s team again reached number one in test format There has been no change of any kind in the Test rankings from fourth to ninth position. South Africa’s team (103) is at fourth position, New Zealand (96) at 5th, Pakistan (89) at 6th, Sri Lanka (83) at 7th, West Indies (82) at 8th and Bangladesh (53) at 9th. Let us tell you that in the latest rankings, all results between May 2021 and May 2023 have been given 50 percent weightage, while those in the next 12 months – which also includes Australia’s World Test Championship final win – have been given 100 percent weightage. Talking about ODI ranking, after the latest update, India is at first position with 122 ratings while Australia is at second position with 116 ratings. India has a lead of 6 rating points. In this list, South Africa has come close to Australia with 112 ratings, it is at third position. While Pakistan is in the top-5 with 106 and New Zealand 101 ratings. After ICC’s annual update, India is at the top position in the T-20 rankings with 264 ratings. Here too Australia is at second position. He has 257 rating points. England, which is at third position, has 252 rating points. South Africa (250) has jumped two places to fourth from sixth and is just two ratings behind England, while Pakistan (247) has lost two places and is now at seventh. Scotland (192) has overtaken Zimbabwe (191) to reach 12th position. see here ICC’s updated ranking
ICC Test Ranking: Joe Root and Yashasvi Jaiswal got big advantage in the latest ICC rankings, know at which position they reached
Root has gained two places. Joe Root and Yashasvi Jaiswal (Image Credit- Twitter Former England cricket team captain Joe Root and Indian team’s young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal have made big gains in the latest ICC rankings. Let us tell you that Root has gained two places in the ranking and Jaiswal has gained 10 places. It is noteworthy that after the Test match held in Ranchi, both the players have gained a lot in the ranking. Root has moved up to third position with a gain of two places, while Jaiswal has made a huge jump to reach 12th position. Root currently has 799 rating points, while Jaiswal has 727 rating points. Kane Williamson is in first place with 893 rating points, while Steve Smith is in second place with 818 points. Apart from this, there is no other Indian player in the top 10 except Virat Kohli. Let us tell you that Root’s performance has not been anything special in the ongoing Test series against India, Root has scored a total of 210 runs at an average of 30 in the four matches played. On the other hand, if we talk about Jaiswal’s performance, his performance in this series has been extraordinary. Jaiswal has scored a total of 655 runs in four matches in this series at an excellent strike rate of 78.63. 5th Test between India vs England from March 7 On the other hand, if we tell you about the ongoing five-match Test series between India and England, four matches of the series have been played so far. India currently has a 3-1 lead in the series. So now the last and 5th match of the Test series between the two teams will be played from March 7 at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. It will be worth watching which team wins this match?

