India have ended the year as the No.1 ranked Test side
after posting a 4-0 win over England in the five-match series, which
culminated with an innings and 75 runs victory for the home side in
Chennai on Tuesday Dec 20,2016
The series win has helped India gain five points and
they have moved to 120 points in the last Test team rankings update of
2016, 15 points ahead of second placed Australia.
In
contrast, England, which had started the series tied with Australia on
105 points but was ahead on decimal points, have slipped from second to
fifth position.
England are now on 101 points, one
point behind Pakistan and South Africa, who are both on 102 points each
with Pakistan ranked third on decimals points.
This
means that four teams are now within four points of each other with the
annual cut-off date of April 1, 2017 for the ICC cash awards not far
away.
The side at the top of the rankings on April 1,
2017 will receive USD 1 million. The second-placed side will be awarded
USD 500,000 while the third and fourth placed sides will receive USD
200,000 and USD 100,000 each.
The ICC Test Team
Rankings have seen an interesting year, with Australia, Pakistan and
India holding the top ranking between 21 August and 11 October.
The Virat Kohli-led side, which was awarded the ICC Test
Championship Mace on 11 October following a 3-0 home series sweep over
New Zealand, can’t be overtaken this year since the team rankings are
updated only at the end of each Test series.
The next
Test series to be completed is the ongoing one between Australia and
Pakistan with the third and final Test slated in Sydney from January
3-7,2017
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