Test ranking 2023

Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • WTC Points Table: The 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) is the inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship of Test cricket. ICC had changed the world test championship points table system after the inaugural edition which is explained as follows. Before that, It comes nearly a decade after the International Cricket Council (ICC) first approved the idea for a World Test Championship in 2010, and following two canceled attempts to hold the inaugural competition in 2013 and 2017. ICC World Test Championship Winners List Year Finals Winner(Captain) Player of the Match 2019-2021 India vs New Zealand New Zealand(Kane Williamson) Kyle Jamieson (NZ) 2021-2023 Australia vs India TBA TBA ICC World Test Championship (2021-2023) The second phase of the world Test Championship kick starts with the match between India and England. Post the WTC 2021 finals India stays in England and continues to play a 5 match test series against England. Notably, India and New Zealand played the finals of the World Test Championship 2021 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton where Kiwi beats India by 8 wickets and lifts the maiden WTC trophy. WTC Points Table (2021-2022-2023) POS TEAM PCT (%) PTS Win Loss Draw SER PEN 1 AUSTRALIA(Q) 66.67 152 11 3 5 6 0 2 INDIA(Q) 58.80 127 10 5 3 6 -5 3 SOUTH AFRICA 55.56 100 8 6 1 6 0 4 SRI LANKA 48.48 64 5 5 1 6 0 5 ENGLAND 46.97 124 10 8 4 6 -12 6 PAKISTAN 38.10 64 4 6 4 6 0 7 WEST INDIES 34.62 54 4 7 2 6 -2 8 NEW ZEALA...

According to the latest ICC Test Rankings, India’s Ajinkya Rahane has jumped to the 37th spot after making a comeback in the Indian Test team for the WTC final 2023. Shardul Thakur on the other hand, stood up to 94th rank among batters, and veteran India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin remained on the top spot among the Test bowlers list. Australians sealed the top three spots in the rankings as Steve Smith and Travis Head followed Marnus Labuschagne after smashing a hundred in the WTC final win against India at The Oval. Though India lost the game by a huge margin of 209 runs, Rahane was the only one who made a mark with his willow as he made 89 and 46 in both innings while Shardul Thakur also collected a fifty in the first innings. Evidently, because of their brilliant performances in the WTC final, both Rahane and Thakur got a heavy jump in the ICC Test Rankings. Even though Ashwin missed out on playing the WTC final 2023 against Australia, he managed to be the top-ranked Test bowler while his colleague Ravindra Jadeja is at the ninth spot. India’s stalwarts like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have sealed the 12th and 13th spots respectively. Star wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant who is still recuperating from a horrifying car crash last year is the top-ranked Indian who is at 10th position in the rankings. Australians continued to occupy the top spots in the list as Labuschagne hold the number one position with 903 rating points followed by Steve Smith at the second spot aft...

World Test Championship (2021-2023) - Points Table Pos Team M W L D NR Pts PCT 1 Australia 19 11 3 5 0 152 66.67 2 India 18 10 5 3 0 127 58.8 3 South Africa 15 8 6 1 0 100 55.56 4 England 22 10 8 4 0 124 46.97 5 Sri Lanka 12 5 6 1 0 64 44.44 6 New Zealand 13 4 6 3 0 60 38.46 7 Pakistan 14 4 6 4 0 64 38.1 8 West Indies 13 4 7 2 0 54 34.62 9 Bangladesh 12 1 10 1 0 16 11.11