India no.1 team in ICC test rankings after series win against Sri Lanka

India has won the Mumbai test and has clinched the series 2-0 against Sri Lanka. India after the win are now no.1 team in ICC test rankings. Earlier they shared similar points with South Africa but with a difference in decimal points. With this win India is no.1 in test rankings followed by South Africa in no.2, Australia at 3 and Sri Lanka at no.4.

India moves to no.1 in test ranking after Kanpur test win

India has moved to no.1 in ICC test rankings along with South Africa sharing equal points. After the win against Sri Lanka in Kanpur test, India which was at no.3 behind Sri Lanka has jumped to no.1. India will be in no.1 position till December 30 if it doesn't lose the 3rd test. Here are the possibilities which can happen:

India moves to no.1 in ICC ODI rankings

After defeating he New Zealand in Compaq cup, India has become he no.1 team in ICC ODI rankings. This is the first time, India has become no.1 in the ODI rankings. Before this South Africa was in no.1 who now moves to no.2. After India being the no.1 team, India is the third team to top the ODI rankings after Australia and South Africa since the system of rankings started in 2001.

In order to remain the no.1 spot, India needs to win both the upcoming matches of he series which are both against Sri Lanka.

Australia moves to no.4 in ICC test rankings

After the Ashes 2009 defeat, Australia have slipped 3 positions in ICC test rankings table. This is the first time they have lost the no.1 test position since the system of rankings in 2003 had started. Australia are now no.4 in test and no.3 in ODI. South Africa is no.1 in both test and ODI cricket rankings. Sri Lanka ranks no.2 in test followed by India. Despite the Ashes win, England is in no.5 position.

After Australia lost their no.1 position this year, they were still in no.1 in test though they lost series continuously. It was due to their superb form before 2 years. Not just the test defeat but also the lefting out of older matches have dropped the Aussies 9 points below the Proteas.

Gambhir moves to no.1 in ICC test ranking

Gautam Gambhir has climbed up to no.1 in ICC test batting rankings after failure of Mohammad Yousuf. Yousuf who was at top is now in no. 5 due to failure in second test against Sri Lanka. With this, Gambhir has become the first Indian in about 4 years to top the ICC test batting rankings. In ODI batting rankings too, there is another Indian i.e MS Dhoni in top. So, both ODI and test batting rankings are headed by India.

Talking about the test batting ranking, Younis Khan is in second place followed by Sangakkara and Chanderpaul. Gambhir is the only Indian to be in top 10 in test batting ranking. In ODI ranking, MS Dhoni is followed by his team-mate Yuvraj Singh at no.2. V Sehwag is at no.7. Dale Steyn leads the test bowling ranking while its still Kulasekara at the top of ICC ODI bowling ranking. Bhajji and Zaheer are in top 10 in test bowling ranking from India while no bowlers are ranked top 10 from India in ODI.

Complete ranking available here.

ICC cricket rankings / ratings

ICC, the cricket's governing body has a system of rankings in cricket for teams as well as players. The rankings are calculated by teams / players performance providing ratings using statistical formula. Though even the ICC has itself agreed that rankings are not the complete measure of greatness of team or players, rankings have many times been burning topics in the world of cricket.



ICC Team rankings:

ICC provides team rankings for both ODI and test cricket by providing ratings points. Australia has been in no.1 since the establishment of test rankings. About ODI, Australia's dominance in ranking has been challenged by South Africa. On the end of a year, the top team is awarded with ICC test or ODI championship award.

ICC Player Rankings:
ICC has provided batsmen rankings, bowlers rankings and all-rounder rankings for test and ODI cricket. For T20 its still to be made. ICC has following players rankings:

Test Player ranking

• Test Batsman ranking
• Test bowler ranking
• Test all-rounder ranking

ODI player ranking:

• ODI batsmen ranking
• ODI bowler ranking
• ODI all-rounder ranking.
  

Rankings are calculated on basis of its complex statistical system. You can view the rankings here.

T20 cricket rankings

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Unlike ODI and tests, ICC - cricket's governing body has no system of T20 rankings. But Maruti Suzuki cricket ratings has a system of cricket rating in all three forms of game for international cricket. The Rankings prepared by statistician Y Anantha Narayanan features T20 team rankings, T20 batsman rankings, T20 bowlers rankings as well as T20 player rankings.

T20 teams ranking: Currently, Pakistan is no.1 team with ratings 128.39. Then its South Africa in second, Sri Lanka in third and India in fourth place. Pakistan has a big gap with south Africa in second place. Your can find the full rankings of 16 teams here

T20 batsman ranking : Jayasuriya is leading followed by Yuvraj Singh and Chris Gayle. You can find batsman rankings of top 50 T20 batsmen here.

T20 bowler's rankings : Pakistani bowler Umar Gul is currently leading followed by another Pakistani Shahid Afridi. You can find T20 bowlers's ranking of 50 bowlers here.

T20 player rankings : Apart from batsmen and bowlers, there is ranking for players. Obiously, all-rounders will have benefit due to which Jayasuriya is first then Shahid Afridi in second sport. You can find rankings of top 50 T20 players here.

India moves to no. 2 in ICC ODI rankings

India has become the no.2 ODI team in ICC rankings after New Zealand beat Australia in 2nd ODI at Melbourne. South Africa is no.1 in the rankings with 125 points followed by India with 122 and then Australia with 121 points. India is leading the 5 - match ODI series against Sri Lanka 4-0 with just one match to go. After a 4-1 loss against South Africa, Australia is trailing 2-0 in the ODI series against New Zealand.

ICC ODI Rankings table:
1. South Africa - 125
2. India - 122
3. Australia -121

India has move to no.2 in ODI rankings after it won 4 ODI matches against Sri Lanka. Australia's poor performance in recent times has too helped India. Also, India has played brilliantly in recent times. Before the Sri Lanka series they won the ODI series against England.

India is at the no. 2 in ODI rankings for the first time. Skipper Dhoni is the no.1 ODI batsmen in ICC ODI rankings. India can be no.1 in ODI rankings soon as its just 3 points behind South Africa. Australia which was at no.1 a month ago has slipped to no.3.