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Both sides will finish level on 118 points in the rankings if the South Africa makes a clean-sweep
Australia all set to grab third position, England must win in Sydney to avoid ending up in fifth spot
South Africa will have a chance to join India at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings when the two sides go face to face in the three-Test series starting in Newlands, Cape Town, on Friday, 5 January.
Faf du Plessis’s side is presently 13 points behind Virat Kohli’s team, which is sitting on top of the table on 124 points. However, both the sides will finish on 118 points if the South Africa side makes a clean sweep of the series.
Nevertheless, even in that scenario, India will be ranked above South Africa when the points are calculated beyond the decimal point. In such a situation, India will be on 118.47 points, while South Africa will be on 117.53.
On the other side of the coin, if India win all the three Tests of the series, then they will move to 128 points while South Africa will slip to 107 points.
The following are the series prmutations:
South Africa 3 India 0 - South Africa will join India on 118 points but India will be ranked first by a fraction of a point
South Africa 2 India 1 or South Africa 1 India 0 – South Africa 115 India 121
South Africa 2 India 0 – South Africa 116 India 120
India 3 South Africa 0 – India 128 South Africa 107
India 2 South Africa 1 or India 1 South Africa 0 – India 125 South Africa 110
India 2 South Africa 0 – India 126 South Africa 109
Drawn series – India 123 South Africa 112
South Africa will be level on points with India at the top of the rankings if they sweep the series. South Africa will be level on points with India at the top of the rankings if they sweep the series.
Meanwhile, Australia have been guaranteed third place in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings after leading the series 3-0 with the fifth and final Test to begin in Sydney on Thursday, 4 January. However, England will have to win the Test to avoid finishing in fifth place.
If Australia win the series 4-0, then they will finish third on 104 points and England will end on fifth with 99 points, while a 3-1 series win for Australia will mean they will finish third on 102 points and England in fourth on 101 points.
The MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings, unlike the ODI and T20I rankin, are updated after the end of a series. The ICC Test predictor function is available here.
In the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, India’s second-ranked Virat Kohli will aim to break the 900-point mark for the first time in his career.
The in-form right-hander is presently on 893 points and a solid performance will potentially see him join the select group of players with a rating of 900 or more, which in ranking terms is an indication of a player’s quality, as to achieve it a player has to be among the very best over a protracted period.
India’s Cheteshwar Pujara is 20 points behind Kohli in third place, while Hashim Amla of South Africa is the other player who features in the top 10, in seventh position.
Amongst the bowlers, South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada is breathing down number-one ranked James Anderson’s neck. Second-ranked Rabada is nine points behind Anderson and depending on how the two bowlers perform in the coming days, there could potentially be a change at the top of the order.
Series schedule:
5-9 Jan – 1st Test, Newlands
13-17 Jan – 2nd Test, Centurion
24-28 Jan – 3rd Test, New Wanderers Stadium
MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings (as on 3 January 2018, before the start of South Africa v India series)
Rank Team Points
India 124
South Africa 111
England 105
New Zealand 100
Australia 97
Sri Lanka 94
Pakistan 88
Windies 72
Bangladesh 72
Zimbabwe 01
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF TYRES ICC TEST PLAYER RANKINGS (as on 3 January 2018, before the start of Cape Town and Sydney Tests)
BATSMEN (top 10)
Rank Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 Steve Smith Aus 947! 63.55 947 v Eng at Melbourne 2017
2 Virat Kohli Ind 893 53.75 895 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
3 C. Pujara Ind 873 52.96 888 v SL at Nagpur 2017
4= Kane Williamson NZ 855 50.62 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
Joe Root Eng 855 52.45 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
6 David Warner Aus 831 48.72 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
7 Hashim Amla SA 776 49.61 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
8 Alastair Cook Eng 759 46.52 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
9 Azhar Ali Pak 755 46.62 787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
10 D. Chandimal SL 743! 43.94 743 v Ind at Delhi 2017
SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
12 Lokesh Rahul Ind 728* 44.62 761 v SL at Pallekele 2017
13 Dean Elgar SA 722 42.12 740 v NZ at Dunedin 2017
14 Faf du Plessis SA 711 46.54 718 v Ban at Bloemfontein 2017
15 Quinton de Kock SA 708 43.83 802 v NZ at Hamilton 2017
18 AB de Villiers SA 689 50.47 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
19 Ajinkya Rahane Ind 662 44.15 825 v NZ at Indore 2016
25 Murali Vijay Ind 636 41.57 747 v SA at Bengaluru 2015
30 Shikhar Dhawan Ind 613 43.78 627 v SL at Kolkata 2017
40 Temba Bavuma SA 571 33.13 589 v Ban at Potchefstroom 2017
41 Rohit Sharma Ind 565* 42.45 578 v NZ at Wellington 2014
50 Wriddhiman Saha Ind 506 32.11 524 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017
BOWLERS (top 10)
Rank Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 James Anderson Eng 892 27.35 896 v Win at Lord's 2017
2 Kagiso Rabada SA 883! 22.29 883 v Zim at Port Elizabeth 2017
3 Ravindra Jadeja Ind 870 23.73 899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017
4 R.Ashwin Ind 829 25.44 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
5 Josh Hazlewood Aus 819 25.60 863 v Ind at Bengaluru 2017
6 Rangana Herath SL 799 28.04 867 v Zim at Harare 2016
7 Neil Wagner NZ 784 27.87 785 v Win at Wellington 2017
8 Mitchell Starc Aus 774 27.52 805 v Pak at Brisbane 2016
9 Nathan Lyon Aus 771 31.60 774 v Eng at Adelaide 2017
10 Morne Morkel SA 753 28.45 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
11 Dale Steyn SA 741 22.30 909 v Win at Centurion 2014
12 Vernon Philander SA 739 22.37 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
16 Keshav Maharaj SA 695*! 25.03 695 v Zim at Port Elizabeth 2017
19 M. Shami Ind 630* 30.77 647 v SL at Kolkata 2017
25 Umesh Yadav Ind 572* 35.90 578 v SL at Nagpur 2017
27 Ishant Sharma Ind 539 36.55 671 v Win at Dominica 2011
30 B. Kumar Ind 532* 27.18 543 v SL at Kolkata 2017
ALL-ROUNDERS (top three)
Rank Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 438 489 v Aus at Mirpur 2017
2 Ravindra Jadeja Ind 415 438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017
3 R. Ashwin Ind 369 493 v Eng at Mohali 2016
Australia all set to grab third position, England must win in Sydney to avoid ending up in fifth spot
South Africa will have a chance to join India at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings when the two sides go face to face in the three-Test series starting in Newlands, Cape Town, on Friday, 5 January.
Faf du Plessis’s side is presently 13 points behind Virat Kohli’s team, which is sitting on top of the table on 124 points. However, both the sides will finish on 118 points if the South Africa side makes a clean sweep of the series.
Nevertheless, even in that scenario, India will be ranked above South Africa when the points are calculated beyond the decimal point. In such a situation, India will be on 118.47 points, while South Africa will be on 117.53.
On the other side of the coin, if India win all the three Tests of the series, then they will move to 128 points while South Africa will slip to 107 points.
The following are the series prmutations:
South Africa 3 India 0 - South Africa will join India on 118 points but India will be ranked first by a fraction of a point
South Africa 2 India 1 or South Africa 1 India 0 – South Africa 115 India 121
South Africa 2 India 0 – South Africa 116 India 120
India 3 South Africa 0 – India 128 South Africa 107
India 2 South Africa 1 or India 1 South Africa 0 – India 125 South Africa 110
India 2 South Africa 0 – India 126 South Africa 109
Drawn series – India 123 South Africa 112
South Africa will be level on points with India at the top of the rankings if they sweep the series. South Africa will be level on points with India at the top of the rankings if they sweep the series.
Meanwhile, Australia have been guaranteed third place in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings after leading the series 3-0 with the fifth and final Test to begin in Sydney on Thursday, 4 January. However, England will have to win the Test to avoid finishing in fifth place.
If Australia win the series 4-0, then they will finish third on 104 points and England will end on fifth with 99 points, while a 3-1 series win for Australia will mean they will finish third on 102 points and England in fourth on 101 points.
The MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings, unlike the ODI and T20I rankin, are updated after the end of a series. The ICC Test predictor function is available here.
In the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, India’s second-ranked Virat Kohli will aim to break the 900-point mark for the first time in his career.
The in-form right-hander is presently on 893 points and a solid performance will potentially see him join the select group of players with a rating of 900 or more, which in ranking terms is an indication of a player’s quality, as to achieve it a player has to be among the very best over a protracted period.
India’s Cheteshwar Pujara is 20 points behind Kohli in third place, while Hashim Amla of South Africa is the other player who features in the top 10, in seventh position.
Amongst the bowlers, South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada is breathing down number-one ranked James Anderson’s neck. Second-ranked Rabada is nine points behind Anderson and depending on how the two bowlers perform in the coming days, there could potentially be a change at the top of the order.
Series schedule:
5-9 Jan – 1st Test, Newlands
13-17 Jan – 2nd Test, Centurion
24-28 Jan – 3rd Test, New Wanderers Stadium
MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings (as on 3 January 2018, before the start of South Africa v India series)
Rank Team Points
India 124
South Africa 111
England 105
New Zealand 100
Australia 97
Sri Lanka 94
Pakistan 88
Windies 72
Bangladesh 72
Zimbabwe 01
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF TYRES ICC TEST PLAYER RANKINGS (as on 3 January 2018, before the start of Cape Town and Sydney Tests)
BATSMEN (top 10)
Rank Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 Steve Smith Aus 947! 63.55 947 v Eng at Melbourne 2017
2 Virat Kohli Ind 893 53.75 895 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
3 C. Pujara Ind 873 52.96 888 v SL at Nagpur 2017
4= Kane Williamson NZ 855 50.62 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
Joe Root Eng 855 52.45 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
6 David Warner Aus 831 48.72 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
7 Hashim Amla SA 776 49.61 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
8 Alastair Cook Eng 759 46.52 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
9 Azhar Ali Pak 755 46.62 787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
10 D. Chandimal SL 743! 43.94 743 v Ind at Delhi 2017
SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
12 Lokesh Rahul Ind 728* 44.62 761 v SL at Pallekele 2017
13 Dean Elgar SA 722 42.12 740 v NZ at Dunedin 2017
14 Faf du Plessis SA 711 46.54 718 v Ban at Bloemfontein 2017
15 Quinton de Kock SA 708 43.83 802 v NZ at Hamilton 2017
18 AB de Villiers SA 689 50.47 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
19 Ajinkya Rahane Ind 662 44.15 825 v NZ at Indore 2016
25 Murali Vijay Ind 636 41.57 747 v SA at Bengaluru 2015
30 Shikhar Dhawan Ind 613 43.78 627 v SL at Kolkata 2017
40 Temba Bavuma SA 571 33.13 589 v Ban at Potchefstroom 2017
41 Rohit Sharma Ind 565* 42.45 578 v NZ at Wellington 2014
50 Wriddhiman Saha Ind 506 32.11 524 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017
BOWLERS (top 10)
Rank Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 James Anderson Eng 892 27.35 896 v Win at Lord's 2017
2 Kagiso Rabada SA 883! 22.29 883 v Zim at Port Elizabeth 2017
3 Ravindra Jadeja Ind 870 23.73 899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017
4 R.Ashwin Ind 829 25.44 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
5 Josh Hazlewood Aus 819 25.60 863 v Ind at Bengaluru 2017
6 Rangana Herath SL 799 28.04 867 v Zim at Harare 2016
7 Neil Wagner NZ 784 27.87 785 v Win at Wellington 2017
8 Mitchell Starc Aus 774 27.52 805 v Pak at Brisbane 2016
9 Nathan Lyon Aus 771 31.60 774 v Eng at Adelaide 2017
10 Morne Morkel SA 753 28.45 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
11 Dale Steyn SA 741 22.30 909 v Win at Centurion 2014
12 Vernon Philander SA 739 22.37 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
16 Keshav Maharaj SA 695*! 25.03 695 v Zim at Port Elizabeth 2017
19 M. Shami Ind 630* 30.77 647 v SL at Kolkata 2017
25 Umesh Yadav Ind 572* 35.90 578 v SL at Nagpur 2017
27 Ishant Sharma Ind 539 36.55 671 v Win at Dominica 2011
30 B. Kumar Ind 532* 27.18 543 v SL at Kolkata 2017
ALL-ROUNDERS (top three)
Rank Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 438 489 v Aus at Mirpur 2017
2 Ravindra Jadeja Ind 415 438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017
3 R. Ashwin Ind 369 493 v Eng at Mohali 2016
