India has a chance to become number one in Tests
ICC Test Rankings: The Indian cricket team is currently on rest. After the series played against Sri Lanka, the Indian players will not play any international matches in August. There are back to back matches again from September. Meanwhile, if we talk about the ICC Test rankings, the Indian team is currently in second place. But it has a chance to become number one. For this, the team will have to win some of its matches. This is a great chance to push Australia behind.
Australia is number one team in ICC test ranking
Talking about ICC’s Test Team Ranking, the Australian team is currently at number one. Out of all three formats, Test is the only team where Team India is not at number one. It occupies the top position in the rest of the ODIs and T20 Internationals. Australia is at number one in the Test rankings with a rating of 124. India’s rating is 120 and it is at second place. But the interesting thing is that the Australian team will now directly play for the Test in November, when Team India will tour there, but before that the Indian team will have played a total of 5 Tests.
A two-match Test series will be played against Bangladesh in September
Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, will play two Test matches against Bangladesh from September 19. The second match of the series will be played from September 27. After this series, Team India will also play three Tests against New Zealand from October 16. This series will end on November 5. After this, the Indian team will play a series with Australia at the end of November. That is, Australia will not play any other Test until Team India reaches Australia after playing Test series with Bangladesh and New Zealand.
Indian team can reach number one
This means that if Team India wins even a few of these five Test matches, then it will have a chance to become the number one team. But if all the matches are won, then not only will India become number one, but it will also have a huge lead over Australia. Another special thing is that the series against Bangladesh and New Zealand will be played in India itself, which can benefit the team. However, there is still a lot of time left and we will have to see how the Indian team performs in the upcoming Test series.
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