India skipper Virat Kohli retained the ICC Test Championship Mace after his side held on to the top spot of the ICC Test Team Rankings.
ICC Cricket Hall of Famers, Sunil Gavaskar and Graeme Pollock presented the mace to Virat Kohli after the conclusion of the 3rd T20I between India and South Africa @ Capetown which the visitors went on to win by 7 runs on Saturday Feb 24,2018
The Indian cricket team were also awarded with prize money of USD 1 million.
India had safeguarded their numero uno spot after beating South Africa at Johannesburg last month. This effectively meant that no other Test team could eclipse their tally of 121 points before the cut-off date of April 3. This is the fourth occasion where India have secured the prestigious mace. They had previously won it in 2010 and 2011 under the leadership of MS Dhoni. Virat Kohli later reclaimed it in October 2016 before laying his hands on it once again on Saturday at Cape Town
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