India is the top ranked team across all formats in men’s international cricket
Award and Honour
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Indian men's cricket team has achieved the rare feat of being the top ranked team in all the formats of international cricket. It has become the NO.1 ranked team in the One Day International (ODI), T20 Internationals, and Test Cricket.
Indian men's cricket team were the NO.1 ranked team in the world in the T20 Internationals and Test Cricket before the three-match India Australia ODI series in September 2023.
In the first match of the series played at Mohali, Punjab, on 22 September 2023, Indian team led by K L Rahul defeated Australia by 5 wickets.
With this win, India became the top ranked side in the MRF Tyres Men's ODI Team Rankings, displacing Pakistan.
India now has 116 rating points, and Pakistan has 115 rating points. The Australian team is in third place with 111 rating points.
However, if India loses its last two matches against Australia, Pakistan will again become the NO.1 ODI side in the world. The next two matches of the series will be played at Indore and Rajkot.
Before the start of September, All three of India, Australia and Pakistan were in contention for the top spot in the ODI rankings. However, Australia lost three of its five matches in their recent tour of South Africa.Now there is no chance that Australia can become No.1 ranked team before the 2023 ODI World Cup in India Pakistan had a forgettable Asia Cup 2023.They failed to qualify for the final.
India got valuable ranking points by winning their 8th Asia Cup title.
This is the second time in men's cricketing history that a side has achieved the No.1 ranking across the formats. Before this, only South Africa had achieved the feat in August 2012.
Top-ranked Indian players in the ICC Ranking
At present, four Indian players are No.1 in all game formats.
- Suryakumar Yadav is the No. 1 batter in T20 Internationals,
- Mohammed Siraj is the No. 1 bowler in ODIs,
- R Ashwin is the No.1 bowler in Test Cricket and
- Ravindra Jadeja is No.1 all-rounder in Test Cricket
Top five ranked team in men’s cricket across all format
|
Rank |
Test |
One Day International |
T-20 Internationals |
|
1 |
India |
India |
India |
|
2 |
Australia |
Pakistan |
England |
|
3 |
England |
Australia |
Pakistan |
|
4 |
South Africa |
South Africa |
New Zealand |
|
5 |
New Zealand |
England |
South Africa |
