India keep No.1 ICC Test group ranking post annual update

Dubai: India defended their array one position on a International Cricket Council (ICC) Test group rankings following a annual refurbish in that array formula from 2013-14 are no longer enclosed and outcomes from a 2015-16 array are weighted during 50 per cent.

The Virat Kohli-led side now leads South Africa by 6 points following a annual update, usually 9 points apart third-ranked Australia from seventh-ranked Sri Lanka, with ninth-ranked Bangladesh trailing eighth-ranked West Indies by 6 points.

India has changed to 123 points after gaining one point. However, second-ranked South Africa now have a table-toppers resolutely within their sights after vaulting from 109 points to 117 points. This burst means a pre-update opening of 13 points has now been embellished to only 6 points.

While India and South Africa have done ceiling movements, Australia, England and Pakistan have headed in a conflicting direction, according to an ICC statement.

Australia have defended their third place though has plummeted from 108 points to 100 points, England are in fourth though have slipped to 99 points after surrender dual points, since Pakistan forsaken behind New Zealand in sixth place after surrender 4 points to lay on 93 points.

The swings for Faf du Plessis’s and Steve Smith’s sides have come after South Africa’s 1-2 detriment to Australia, and Australia’s 5-0 array win over England in 2013-14 have both been forsaken for calculation purposes.

Sri Lanka is seventh on 91 points (up by one), West Indies eighth on 75 points (up by five), Bangladesh ninth on 69 points (up by three) and Zimbabwe 10th with 0 points (down by five).

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