India slipped to third place in the ICC Test team rankings, Australia and South Africa took the first and second place respectively
India has slipped to the third position in the ICC Test Team Rankings. This is the second time since 2016 that India has had to remain at the third position. Australia is at the first position and South Africa is at the second position.
India has come to the third position in the ICC Test rankings. This is the second time since 2016 that India has been out of the top 2. Actually, India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played between India and Australia 3-1, due to which India has suffered this big loss. This is the first time after 10 years that India has lost a Test series to Australia.
Due to losing the series to Australia, India is also out of the race for the final of the World Test Championship. Let us tell you that India reached the finals in the 2019-21 and 2021-23 World Test Championships. But now South Africa and Australia will face each other in the final of the 2024-25 World Test Championship.
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Australia tops ICC Test team rankings
Australia has made a big gain in the ICC Test Team Rankings. With the victory in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Australia has reached the top of this points table. Earlier Australia was in third place, while India was in first place. Now in this series, Australia has performed brilliantly and has made a big upset in the points table. Australia has reached the first place and has also made it to the final of the World Test Championship. At the same time, Australia still has to play two more Test matches with Sri Lanka, so that it will maintain its position strong in the final with big points. India now has no chance left to reach the final of the World Test Championship.
South Africa captured the second place
South Africa has also defeated Pakistan in the second Test match, due to which South Africa has secured its place in the second position in the points table. However, South Africa was the first team to qualify for the World Test Championship. But Australia won the series and captured the first position, due to which South Africa slipped to second place. In the Test series played between South Africa and Pakistan, South Africa defeated Pakistan by 10 wickets in the second Test match. With this, South Africa now has 112 points. South Africa defeated Pakistan 2-0 in the home Test series.
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