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Ravichandran Ashwin and Steve Smith will start next week’s India versus Australia four-Test series as the top-ranked bowler and batsman respectively, after there was no change in the top five in all the three categories of the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings following the conclusion of the one-off Test between India and Bangladesh in Hyderabad on Monday.
Ashwin and his number-two ranked team-mate Ravindra Jadeja both bagged six wickets apiece in their side’s 208-run victory, and are now separated by 10 points. Australia’s Josh Hazlewood is ranked third, 27 points behind Ashwin who won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year award in 2016.
Bowlers making some progress following the Hyderabad Test are Umesh Yadav in 34th (up by two places), Taijul Islam in 36th (up by two places) and Taskin Ahmed in 106th (up by 10 places), while those moving in the opposite direction are Shakib Al Hasan in 15th (down by one place), Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 35th (down by one place), Mehedi Hasan in 40th (down by five places) and Kamrul Islam Rabbi in 89th (down by nine places).
India captain Virat Kohli scored 204 and 38 in Hyderabad for which he not only won the player of the match award but has also peaked to a career-high rating of 895 points. He is now just five points away from breaking into the 900-point barrier, which will make him the 31st batsman overall (unless David Warner or Kane Williamson reach there before him) and only the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar (916) to achieve the milestone. India batsmen to get close to the 900-point mark include Sachin Tendulkar (898) and Rahul Dravid (892).
Kohli’s 20 points gain in Hyderabad means he now trails Smith by 38 points. Joe Root is ranked third, 47 points behind the India batsman, while Kane Williamson of New Zealand is fourth. Interestingly, the top four batting positions are occupied by the national captains who have previously represented their countries in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cups.
Apart from Kohli, India’s Murali Vijay and Wriddhiman Saha, and Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim also scored centuries in Hyderabad, which are reflected in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings.
Vijay has gained one place and is now in 26th spot, Saha has earned 12 places and now shares 57th position with team-mate Lokesh Rahul, who has slipped eight places, while Mushfiqur has achieved a career-high 35th position after vaulting five places.
The other good news for Bangladesh is Shakib, who scored 82 and 22, has moved up to 20th rank for the first time in his career after jumping two places, while Mahmudullah has earned a career-best ranking of 45th to date by leaping five places.
For India, Jadeja is now in 55th position after lifting 11 places, while Pujara has returned to the top 10 in ninth position after rising three places.
Ashwin continues to lead the all-rounders’ list, followed by Shakib and Jadeja.
Meanwhile, India has gained one point and Bangladesh has dropped one point in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings following the Hyderabad Test. This means India is now on 121 points, 12 ahead of Australia, while Bangladesh is on 61 points, eight points behind eighth-ranked West Indies.
When India and Australia will go head to head in the four-Test series in Pune on Thursday, 23 February, Australia will have a chance to reclaim the top slot. However, to make that happen, it will have to win the series by 3-0 or 4-0.
If India wins one Test, then it will retain its top position and cannot even be overhauled by South Africa, which, in turn, means it will be assured of number-one position at the annual 1 April cut-off date. The side that tops the Test team rankings at the annual cut-off date collects a cash award of $1million, while the side that ends second receives $500K. Third and fourth-ranked sides receive $200K and $100K respectively.
The following are some permutations for India v Australia series.
• India beats Australia 4-0 – India 125; Australia 105
• Australia beats India 4-0 – India 113, Australia 115
• India beats Australia 3-1 or 2-0 – India 123; Australia 107
• Australia beats India 3-1 or 2-0 – India 115; Australia 113
• India beats Australia 3-0 – India 124; Australia 106
• Australia beats India 3-0 – India 114; Australia 114 (ahead of India by a fraction)
• India beats Australia 2-1 – India 122; Australia 108
• Australia beats India 2-1 – India 117; Australia 112
The Test team rankings, unlike the ODI and T20I rankings, are updated after the end of a series. The ICC Test predictor function is available here.
India v Australia
23-27 Feb – 1st Test, Pune
4-8 Mar – 2nd Test, Bengaluru
16-20 Mar – 3rd Test, Ranchi
25-29 Mar – 4th Test, Dharamsala
New Zealand v South Africa
8-12 Mar – 1st Test, Dunedin
16-20 Mar – 2nd Test, Wellington
25-29 Mar – 3rd Test, Hamilton
MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings (as on 14 February, after one-off Test between India and Bangladesh)
Rank Team Points
India 121 (+1)
Australia 109
South Africa 107
England 101
New Zealand 98
Pakistan 97
Sri Lanka 92
West Indies 69
Bangladesh 61 (-1)
Zimbabwe 05
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 14 February and before the start of India v Australia series)
Batsmen (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 933 60.15 937 v Pak at Melbourne 2016
2 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 895! 51.75 895 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
3 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 848 52.80 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
4 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 823 50.07 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
5 ( - ) David Warner Aus 812 49.16 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
6 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 787 49.99 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
7 ( - ) Azhar Ali Pak 779 47.07 787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
8 ( - ) Younus Khan Pak 772 53.06 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
9 (+3) C. Pujara Ind 761 50.64 851 v SA at Durban 2013
10 (-1) Quinton de Kock SA 760* 51.04 769 v SL at Cape Town 2017
11 (-1) AB de Villiers SA 755 50.46 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
12 (-1) Usman Khawaja Aus 747! 47.94 747 v Pak at Sydney 2017
13 ( - ) Jonny Bairstow Eng 731 41.27 759 v Ind at Mohali 2016
14 ( - ) Alastair Cook Eng 720 46.45 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
15 ( - ) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 717 47.64 825 v NZ at Indore 2016
16 ( - ) Ross Taylor NZ 713 46.99 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
17 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 702 46.08 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
18 ( - ) Adam Voges Aus 696* 61.87 824 v SL at Galle 2016
19 ( - ) Kraigg Brathwaite WI 677! 37.52 677 v Pak at Sharjah 2016
20 (+2) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 670! 40.95 670 v Ind at Hyderabad 2017
Bowlers (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 887 25.04 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
2 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 877 24.10 879 v Eng at Chennai 2016
3 ( - ) Josh Hazlewood Aus 860! 24.78 860 v Pak at Sydney 2017
4 ( - ) Rangana Herath SL 827 28.31 867 v Zim at Harare 2016
5 ( - ) Kagiso Rabada SA 821*! 21.76 821 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
6 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 819 22.30 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
7 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 810 28.50 884 v SL at Durham 2016
8 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 803 28.54 880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
9 ( - ) Vernon Philander SA 798 21.40 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
10 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 770 28.29 805 v Pak at Brisbane 2016
11 ( - ) Neil Wagner NZ 757 28.58 760 v SA at Centurion 2016
12 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 730 29.00 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
13 ( - ) Tim Southee NZ 714 31.45 799 v WI at Jamaica 2014
14 (+1) Morne Morkel SA 668 29.33 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
15 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 658 32.66 700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
16 ( - ) Dilruwan Perera SL 652* 27.85 674 v Zim at Harare 2016
17 ( - ) Yasir Shah Pak 649 31.51 878 v Eng at Lord's 2016
18 ( - ) Nathan Lyon Aus 606 34.07 696 v NZ at Wellington 2016
19 (+1) Wahab Riaz Pak 579*! 34.01 579 v Aus at Sydney 2017
20= (-1) M. Shami Ind 577* 32.60 595 v Eng at Mohali 2016
(+1) Peter Siddle Aus 577 29.92 816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013
All-rounders (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 478 493 v Eng at Mohali 2016
2 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 441 443 v NZ at Christchurch 2017
3 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 407! 407 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
4 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 327 /* 351 v Ind at Mohali 2016
5 ( - ) Moeen Ali Eng 312 /* 347 v Ind at Rajkot 2016
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Ashwin and his number-two ranked team-mate Ravindra Jadeja both bagged six wickets apiece in their side’s 208-run victory, and are now separated by 10 points. Australia’s Josh Hazlewood is ranked third, 27 points behind Ashwin who won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year award in 2016.
Bowlers making some progress following the Hyderabad Test are Umesh Yadav in 34th (up by two places), Taijul Islam in 36th (up by two places) and Taskin Ahmed in 106th (up by 10 places), while those moving in the opposite direction are Shakib Al Hasan in 15th (down by one place), Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 35th (down by one place), Mehedi Hasan in 40th (down by five places) and Kamrul Islam Rabbi in 89th (down by nine places).
India captain Virat Kohli scored 204 and 38 in Hyderabad for which he not only won the player of the match award but has also peaked to a career-high rating of 895 points. He is now just five points away from breaking into the 900-point barrier, which will make him the 31st batsman overall (unless David Warner or Kane Williamson reach there before him) and only the second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar (916) to achieve the milestone. India batsmen to get close to the 900-point mark include Sachin Tendulkar (898) and Rahul Dravid (892).
Kohli’s 20 points gain in Hyderabad means he now trails Smith by 38 points. Joe Root is ranked third, 47 points behind the India batsman, while Kane Williamson of New Zealand is fourth. Interestingly, the top four batting positions are occupied by the national captains who have previously represented their countries in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cups.
Apart from Kohli, India’s Murali Vijay and Wriddhiman Saha, and Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim also scored centuries in Hyderabad, which are reflected in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings.
Vijay has gained one place and is now in 26th spot, Saha has earned 12 places and now shares 57th position with team-mate Lokesh Rahul, who has slipped eight places, while Mushfiqur has achieved a career-high 35th position after vaulting five places.
The other good news for Bangladesh is Shakib, who scored 82 and 22, has moved up to 20th rank for the first time in his career after jumping two places, while Mahmudullah has earned a career-best ranking of 45th to date by leaping five places.
For India, Jadeja is now in 55th position after lifting 11 places, while Pujara has returned to the top 10 in ninth position after rising three places.
Ashwin continues to lead the all-rounders’ list, followed by Shakib and Jadeja.
Meanwhile, India has gained one point and Bangladesh has dropped one point in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings following the Hyderabad Test. This means India is now on 121 points, 12 ahead of Australia, while Bangladesh is on 61 points, eight points behind eighth-ranked West Indies.
When India and Australia will go head to head in the four-Test series in Pune on Thursday, 23 February, Australia will have a chance to reclaim the top slot. However, to make that happen, it will have to win the series by 3-0 or 4-0.
If India wins one Test, then it will retain its top position and cannot even be overhauled by South Africa, which, in turn, means it will be assured of number-one position at the annual 1 April cut-off date. The side that tops the Test team rankings at the annual cut-off date collects a cash award of $1million, while the side that ends second receives $500K. Third and fourth-ranked sides receive $200K and $100K respectively.
The following are some permutations for India v Australia series.
• India beats Australia 4-0 – India 125; Australia 105
• Australia beats India 4-0 – India 113, Australia 115
• India beats Australia 3-1 or 2-0 – India 123; Australia 107
• Australia beats India 3-1 or 2-0 – India 115; Australia 113
• India beats Australia 3-0 – India 124; Australia 106
• Australia beats India 3-0 – India 114; Australia 114 (ahead of India by a fraction)
• India beats Australia 2-1 – India 122; Australia 108
• Australia beats India 2-1 – India 117; Australia 112
The Test team rankings, unlike the ODI and T20I rankings, are updated after the end of a series. The ICC Test predictor function is available here.
India v Australia
23-27 Feb – 1st Test, Pune
4-8 Mar – 2nd Test, Bengaluru
16-20 Mar – 3rd Test, Ranchi
25-29 Mar – 4th Test, Dharamsala
New Zealand v South Africa
8-12 Mar – 1st Test, Dunedin
16-20 Mar – 2nd Test, Wellington
25-29 Mar – 3rd Test, Hamilton
MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings (as on 14 February, after one-off Test between India and Bangladesh)
Rank Team Points
India 121 (+1)
Australia 109
South Africa 107
England 101
New Zealand 98
Pakistan 97
Sri Lanka 92
West Indies 69
Bangladesh 61 (-1)
Zimbabwe 05
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 14 February and before the start of India v Australia series)
Batsmen (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 933 60.15 937 v Pak at Melbourne 2016
2 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 895! 51.75 895 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
3 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 848 52.80 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
4 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 823 50.07 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
5 ( - ) David Warner Aus 812 49.16 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
6 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 787 49.99 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
7 ( - ) Azhar Ali Pak 779 47.07 787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
8 ( - ) Younus Khan Pak 772 53.06 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
9 (+3) C. Pujara Ind 761 50.64 851 v SA at Durban 2013
10 (-1) Quinton de Kock SA 760* 51.04 769 v SL at Cape Town 2017
11 (-1) AB de Villiers SA 755 50.46 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
12 (-1) Usman Khawaja Aus 747! 47.94 747 v Pak at Sydney 2017
13 ( - ) Jonny Bairstow Eng 731 41.27 759 v Ind at Mohali 2016
14 ( - ) Alastair Cook Eng 720 46.45 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
15 ( - ) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 717 47.64 825 v NZ at Indore 2016
16 ( - ) Ross Taylor NZ 713 46.99 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
17 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 702 46.08 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
18 ( - ) Adam Voges Aus 696* 61.87 824 v SL at Galle 2016
19 ( - ) Kraigg Brathwaite WI 677! 37.52 677 v Pak at Sharjah 2016
20 (+2) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 670! 40.95 670 v Ind at Hyderabad 2017
Bowlers (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 887 25.04 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
2 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 877 24.10 879 v Eng at Chennai 2016
3 ( - ) Josh Hazlewood Aus 860! 24.78 860 v Pak at Sydney 2017
4 ( - ) Rangana Herath SL 827 28.31 867 v Zim at Harare 2016
5 ( - ) Kagiso Rabada SA 821*! 21.76 821 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
6 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 819 22.30 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
7 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 810 28.50 884 v SL at Durham 2016
8 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 803 28.54 880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
9 ( - ) Vernon Philander SA 798 21.40 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
10 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 770 28.29 805 v Pak at Brisbane 2016
11 ( - ) Neil Wagner NZ 757 28.58 760 v SA at Centurion 2016
12 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 730 29.00 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
13 ( - ) Tim Southee NZ 714 31.45 799 v WI at Jamaica 2014
14 (+1) Morne Morkel SA 668 29.33 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
15 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 658 32.66 700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
16 ( - ) Dilruwan Perera SL 652* 27.85 674 v Zim at Harare 2016
17 ( - ) Yasir Shah Pak 649 31.51 878 v Eng at Lord's 2016
18 ( - ) Nathan Lyon Aus 606 34.07 696 v NZ at Wellington 2016
19 (+1) Wahab Riaz Pak 579*! 34.01 579 v Aus at Sydney 2017
20= (-1) M. Shami Ind 577* 32.60 595 v Eng at Mohali 2016
(+1) Peter Siddle Aus 577 29.92 816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013
All-rounders (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 478 493 v Eng at Mohali 2016
2 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 441 443 v NZ at Christchurch 2017
3 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 407! 407 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
4 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 327 /* 351 v Ind at Mohali 2016
5 ( - ) Moeen Ali Eng 312 /* 347 v Ind at Rajkot 2016
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