By IANS
Dubai : Despite the loss in the first two Test matches in the ongoing four-match Border-Gavaskar series, India has regained second place in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings.
India is level on 109 points with Sri Lanka but is shown to be ahead of Mahela Jayawardena’s team when the points are calculated beyond the decimal point. Australia is still way out in front of the rest on 143 ratings points, some 34 clear of its nearest rival.
South Africa, despite winning the third Test against the West Indies at Durban and the series 2-1, slipped two places to fourth. The Proteas went into the series in second position knowing that they needed to win the series at least 2-0 in order to maintain that lead.
Having lost the first Test in Port Elizabeth, Graeme Smith’s team did well to win the series with victories at Cape Town and Durban but such is the weighting system when playing teams further down the table, it means it loses one ratings point in the latest Test Championship table.
Rank
1. Australia 143 rating points
2. India 109
3. Sri Lanka 109
4. South Africa 108
5. England 107
6. Pakistan 94
7. New Zealand 91
8. West Indies 73
9. Bangladesh 4