Dubai, May 13 (UNI) ICC World Test Championship finalists India and New Zealand remain
the top two teams in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings after the annual update
carried out on Thursday.
India have gained one rating point for an aggregate of 121 and New Zealand are only one
point behind after gaining two points in Thursday’s update, which eliminates results from
2017-18.
India’s 2-1 win over Australia and 3-1 win over England over the past year and New
Zealand’s 2-0 series wins over the West Indies and Pakistan have helped them keep
ahead of the pack.
The latest update, which rates all matches played since May 2020 at 100 per cent and
those of the previous two years at 50 per cent, sees England overtake Australia to third
position as England’s 4-0 defeat to Australia in 2017-18 has dropped from the rankings.
Pakistan have gained three points but remain in fifth position while the West Indies, who
beat Bangladesh 2-0 and drew 0-0 with Sri Lanka in series played this year, have moved
from eighth to sixth, their best position since 2013.
South Africa are in seventh position, equaling their lowest in Test ranking history, while
Sri Lanka are next on the list. Bangladesh have lost five points but remain in ninth position
while Zimbabwe have gained eight points but are still nine points behind Bangladesh.
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