Even though they may no longer be ranked first in the Test team rankings, India (122 points) still leads in both white-ball forms.
In the ICC Men’s Test team rankings, Australia, the defending ICC World Test Championship winners, have surpassed India to take the top spot.
The Pat Cummins team took the top spot in five-day cricket after their incredible 209-run victory over India in the World Test Championship final at The Oval last year, according to the ICC’s annual team rankings, which were published on Friday, May 3.
Australia now has a rating of 124, four points higher than their nearest challenger and runners-up in the World Test Championship, India (120), and 19 points higher than third-place England (105).
The top of the Test rankings has only moved once, with the positions of South Africa (103), New Zealand (96), Pakistan (89), Sri Lanka (83), West Indies (82) and Bangladesh (53) staying the same between fourth and ninth.
The stunning 2-1 series victory by India over Australia led by captain Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, which concluded in January 2021, is excluded from the rankings update, which only considers teams’ results after May 2021.
The results in the next 12 months, which includes Australia’s victory in the World Test Championship final, are then weighted at 100%, with all results from May 2021 to May 2023 being weighted at 50%.
India (122 points) is still well ahead in both white-ball forms and has extended their advantage over Australia (116) at the start of ODI cricket to six rating points. This is despite the fact that they may have lost their position as the top Test team.
Pakistan (106) and New Zealand (101) complete the top five, with South Africa (112), in third position, lowering Australia’s rating differential to just four points.
With Bangladesh (86), Afghanistan (80), and the West Indies (69) completing the top 10, sixth-placed England (95) is currently only two rating points ahead of seventh-placed Sri Lanka (93).
India (264) is still far ahead of the latest T20I standings, but their advantage has shrunk from eleven to only seven points as Australia (257) moves up to take third place ahead of England (252).
Scotland (192) makes a significant improvement as they pass Zimbabwe (191) to grab 12th place, while South Africa (250) moves up two spots from sixth to fourth and is now only two rating points behind England (247). Pakistan (247) drops two spots to seventh.
