ICC Test Rankings, and why the tables don't show India on top

 India recovered the main positioning in the  wake of finishing a devastating 178-run win in  the second Test against New Zealand at the  Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The win gave the  hosts an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match  arrangement furthermore gave them enough  evaluating focuses to uproot Pakistan from the  highest point of the ICC Test step. However,  what has astounded authorities of the diversion  is that the positioning diagrams on the  International Cricket Council (ICC) site still  hasn't redesigned and indicates Pakistan as the  main Test group right now. Here, we attempt  and scatter those questions and a couple of  additional with respect to how the positioning  framework functions

India is number one, but the ICC ranking doesn't reflect it

As noted in the ICC , the rankings change from Tests to Tests, however it is told formally just at the determination of a Test arrangement. India entered the home arrangement against New Zealand in the second place, trailing Pakistan by a solitary rating point. They expected to win the arrangement by two clear Tests to venture out in front of the most outstanding adversaries, which they did by finishing clinical triumphs in Kanpur and Kolkata. Thusly, they have sufficiently increased rating focuses to stretch out beyond Pakistan, by a solitary rating point. In spite of the fact that India is currently the official number one positioned Test group, they will be informed just toward the end of the arrangement against New Zealand. In any case, there's a proviso however, which drives us to the following inquiry.

What happens if India lose the third Test?
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Basic, India fall back to the second spot. A 2-1 arrangement result will mean India complete the arrangement with 111 focuses, level with Pakistan on focuses, however behind them on decimal divisions. An attract will come about India completing the arrangement with 113 focuses, two focuses clear of Pakistan, while a win will help Virat Kohli-drove men complete with 115 focuses, four clear. Pakistan will then need to finish a 3-0 whitewash to clutch their position. Anything not as much as that will see India recovering the main spot.

How are the rating points decided?

The ICC has a three to four-year cycle to rate groups as per their execution in Tests. The weightage is offered by times of Tests - First, the quickly going before last couple of years and two, the Tests played in the past square of one to two years.


The yearly redesigns are made each May, with the most seasoned of the outcomes in the four-year cycle being supplanted each date-book year, in May. (Give us a chance to expect, May, 2016 for instance when the rankings are redesigned. It implies that the outcomes in 2012 will be bit by bit expelled and will be supplanted by the consequences of the matches that are to be played in the accompanying 12 months, until May, 2017)

So which series gets the highest weightage?

The principal cycle of two years (ie. the recreations played in the most punctual two-year cycle) will get 50 rate weightage. Then again, the resulting arrangement, those that have been played in the previous maybe a couple years gets a weightage of 100 percent. Arrangement finished since the May modification will likewise be weighed at 100 percent.

Will teams gain any extra points for winning series?

Yes, a group will pick up an additional point for each arrangement won. Give us a chance to take the case of the current continuous India-New Zealand arrangement. On the off chance that India wind up with a 2-0 last result, they increase another point for the arrangement win and will be considered as an additional Test played and won.