India Toppled Australia As World No. 1 Test Facet For two Hours. This is What Occurred

Ahead of their four-match Test collection in opposition to Australia at residence, Team India discovered their identify on the prime of the ICC Test staff rankings, because of a technical glitch on the web site. ICC Test rankings have a tendency to vary solely on the finish of each collection, and neither Australia nor India is at the moment not a part of any. The rankings had been final up to date on January 8, 2023 after Australia defeated South Africa 2-0 in a three-match collection at residence.

The Pat Cummins-led facet was positioned on the prime of the desk with 126 ranking factors, whereas Team India occupy the second spot with 115 ranking factors.

However, because of an alleged technical glitch on ICC’s web site, India pipped Australia within the Test rankings.

Fans took screenshots of standings and posted tweets, however the glitch lasted for simply two hours as Australia reclaimed the highest spot.

As per the screenshots shared by followers, India retained their ranking level, however grabbed the highest spot by advantage of Australia dropping 15 factors.

Also, South Africa, who’re fourth-ranked, slipped to the fifth spot whereas West Indies jumped from eighth to the sixth spot.

India, nonetheless, can have the prospect to go above Australia in the course of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, scheduled to begin on February 9.

The hosts introduced their squad for the primary two Tests, whereas the touring facet has additionally named its 18-man squad.

India Test squad (First two video games):Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, C Pujara, V Kohli, S Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav

Australia Test squad:Pat Cummins (capt), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.

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