India head coach Ravi Shastri has praised his boys for displaying grit and dedication to complete because the top-ranked Test workforce after ICC launched the workforce rankings on Thursday.
Taking to Twitter, Shastri wrote: This (India flag) workforce has proven steely resolve & unwavering focus to be topped No. 1. It is one thing the boys have earned truthful & sq.. Rules modified halfway however #TeamIndia overcame each hurdle alongside the way in which. My boys performed robust cricket in robust instances. Super proud of this bindass bunch.”
This workforce has proven steely resolve & unwavering focus to be topped No. 1. It is one thing the boys have earned truthful & sq.. Rules modified halfway however #TeamIndia overcame each hurdle alongside the way in which. My boys performed robust cricket in robust instances. Super proud of this bindass bunch pic.twitter.com/StzcsexCRF
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) May 13, 2021
The ICC World Test Championship (WTC) finalists India and New Zealand completed because the top two groups respectively within the ICC Men’s Test workforce rankings after the annual replace carried out on Thursday.
India gained one ranking level for an combination of 121 and New Zealand was just one level behind after gaining two factors in Thursday’s replace, which eradicated outcomes from 2017-18.
India’s 2-1 win over Australia and 3-1 win over England over the previous 12 months and New Zealand’s 2-0 collection wins over the West Indies and Pakistan helped them preserve ahead of the pack.
/ England overtake Australia
/ West Indies transfer up two spots to No.6India and New Zealand stay the top two sides after the annual replace of the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Team Rankings.
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— ICC (@ICC) May 13, 2021
The newest replace, which charges all matches performed since May 2020 at 100 per cent and these of the earlier two years at 50 per cent, additionally noticed England overtake Australia to the third place as England’s 4-0 defeat to Australia in 2017-18 was dropped from the rankings.
Pakistan gained three factors however remained within the fifth place whereas the West Indies, who beat Bangladesh 2-0 and drew 0-0 with Sri Lanka in collection performed this 12 months, moved from eighth to sixth, their greatest place since 2013.
South Africa was within the seventh place, equaling their lowest in Test rating historical past, whereas Sri Lanka was subsequent on the listing. Bangladesh misplaced 5 factors however remained within the ninth place whereas Zimbabwe gained eight factors however was nonetheless 9 factors behind Bangladesh.
