India has retained the ICC Test Championship title for the third consecutive year .
The Indian team is currently at number one in the ICC Test rankings. New Zealand’s team is in second place. The prize money of $ 1 million to stay on top will be given to them.
They has kept the ICC Test Championship mace for the third year in a row. The International Cricket Council (ICC) gave this information on 01 April 2019.
This mace is given to the team who remains at number one place in the ICC Ranking by the cut-off date of 01 April. The Indian team is currently at number one in the ICC Test rankings. New Zealand’s team is in second place.
Key points:
• India will be given a prize money of $ 1 million to stay on top. New Zealand will be given a sum of five hundred thousand dollars (about 3.46 million rupees).
• The Indian team, under the leadership of captain Virat Kohli, has performed well in this year’s Test and kept the number-one position.
• They had captured the Test series in Australia this year after 71 years.
• At the same time, New Zealand had captured the 2nd position in the recent Test series by defeating Bangladesh.
• South Africa third and Australia’s team are at number four.
• African occupy two hundred thousand dollars and Australia prize money of one hundred thousand dollars.
India played 11 test matches between April 2018 and March 31, 2019 with three countries. They won five of these matches and lost five matches and one match ended with a Tie. For the title of World Test Championship, 9 countries will play 71 Test matches in 27 series. Its final will be played in 2021, in which the champion will be selected.
ICC test Ranking
| Rank | Team | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 116 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 108 |
| 3 | South Africa | 105 |
| 4 | Australia | 104 |
| 5 | England | 104 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 93 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 88 |
| 8 | West Indies | 77 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 69 |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 13 |
Virat kohli has awarded as best batsman in test and
Kagiso Rabada as best bowler in test cricket .lets check the chat to understand the line up of ranking in test.
| Position | Players | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virat Kohli (IND) | 922 |
| 2 | Kane Williamson (NZ) | 897 |
| 3 | Cheteshwar Pujara (IND) | 881 |
| 4 | Steve Smith (AUS) | 857 |
| 5 | Henry Nicholls (NZ) | 763 |
| 6 | David Warner (AUS) | 756 |
| 7 | Aiden Markram (SA) | 741 |
| 8 | Joe Root (ENG) | 740 |
| 9 | Hashim Amla (SA) | 711 |
| 10 | Dean Elgar (SA) | 693 |
ICC ODI Cricket
In Icc ODI Team Ranking we have England in the top with 126 rating .India with 122 rating got the 2nd position .
They has grab the both position of best batsman and best bowler in ODI .Take a look
Virat Kohli is again in top with 899 rating point and another Indian player following him with 871 point Rohit Sharma in 2nd place.In Bowling Section also we have Indian player with 841 point Jasprit Bumrah
ICC T20 Ranking
In ICC T20 ranking Pakistan has maintain its place an is in number 1 position with 138 points .After them Indian with 126 points is in 2nd place .
Here we got Pakistani batsman Babar Azam is 1st position with 858 points .and New Zealand batsman Colin Munro in 2nd position with 815 points.
In Bowling Section we have again Rashid khan maintaining his position in top and Kuldeep Yadav is in 2nd position this year.
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