Australia has been named India’s number one Test team ; India still top in ODIs and T20Is, even Scotland overtake Zimbabwe to 12th in T20Is.
Australia has replaced India as the number one Test team in the ICC Men’s Rankings after the annual update. India, however, retained the top spot in the ODI and T20I rankings.
In this cycle, matches played after May 2021 are considered for ranking, which means India’s 2-1 series win in Australia in December 2020-January 2021 is excluded. All results between May 2021 and May 2023 are weighted at 50%, while results for the following 12 months are weighted at 100%. and Australia has been named India’s number one Test team
As a result Australia, who also won the World Test Championship last year, now have 124 rating points, four ahead of second-placed India (118) and 19 ahead of third-placed England (105). India and Australia will face each other in the format in Perth next November.
Australia has been named India’s number one Test team in the ICC rankings after the annual update
In the ODI rankings, India (122) extended their lead over Australia (116) to six rating points. South Africa are third and just four points behind Australia. Pakistan (106) and New Zealand (101) round out the top five.
Although India are still number one in the T20Is with 264 points, their lead over Australia (257) has shrunk from 11 to seven points.
The biggest beneficiaries were South Africa, who moved up two places from sixth to fourth and just two points behind third-placed England (252).
Meanwhile, Pakistan dropped two places to seventh place and Scotland to twelfth place behind Zimbabwe.