Australia broke India’s five-year-long streak of being the top-rated Check group as they bounce to the primary spot within the newest ICC annual rankings of all codecs. Underneath Virat Kohli’s captaincy, India had been ruling the No. 1 place since 2017 till final 12 months. India is presently second within the rankings as they stand beneath the Pat Cummins-led Australia.
Within the yearly replace, Australia, who trounced England 4-0 in January within the Ashes at residence, have risen from 119 to 128 ranking factors. In the meantime, the rankings embody all collection performed since Could 2019. The collection performed earlier than Could 20, 2021 are weighted 50% and the succeeding collection are weighted 100%.
India completed on high in annual rankings for 5 consecutive years
Kohli led India in Assessments for seven years, and his ultimate recreation because the Check skipper led to a defeat towards South Africa, however his achievements have been monumental. He’s the fourth most profitable captain within the historical past of the format, simply behind cricket greats Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Steve Waugh.
Kohli was India’s most profitable Check captain as he led the group to 40 victories in 68 matches, essentially the most by any Indian captain. His captaincy profession started in 2014 when he took over for MS Dhoni within the first Check of the collection in Australia, which India misplaced by 48 runs.
Kohli remodeled India into the world’s high Check cricket group because the finish of the Australian collection 2014/15. Underneath his management, India gained all 11 Check collection at residence, and he led India’s first-ever collection triumph in Australia in 2018/19, which continues to be thought-about to be a historic second. He scored 5864 runs in 68 Check matches at a mean of 54.80 because the Check captain.
After a succession of robust performances at residence, India concluded the 2021-22 season because the world’s top-ranked T20I squad, stretching their margin over second-placed England from one to 5 factors. Whereas India and Australia rule the T20I and ODI codecs respectively, the ODI throne is held by New Zealand.
