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India slips to fifth, England extend lead in latest ICC rankings

July 15, 2012

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England strengthened its position as the top Test team after the annual update took place on Saturday as it leapt to 122 ratings points.

However South Africa can still claim the number one position when they clash in the series starting July 19 according to an ICC media release.

South Africa are currently third but if they win the series against England they will be at the top of the table in the rankings.

Should England on the other hand have a convincing series win, then South Africa go down to fourth position.

South Africa’s fall to third in the update is because annually the oldest results are no longer counted while at the same time England’s ranking has improved because their previous defeats are not counted in the latest update.

Australia will take some encouragement – after the recent 4-0 One-Day International series defeat in England – that their form in Tests has seen them rise back towards the summit they occupied at one point of time after falling to a low of fifth back in 2009.

India and Pakistan exchanged spots as Pakistan, despite a 1-0 defeat in the three-Test series which finished in Sri Lanka on Thursday, has moved up to fourth and M.S. Dhoni’s side, number one this time last year, now down in fifth place.

West Indies has fallen below New Zealand, who now go seventh. Zimbabwe have not played sufficient Test matches to be ranked in the table.

Reliance ICC Test Championship (as of 14 July, after the annual update and before the England v South Africa series)


ICC Rankings:

Rank Team Rating (+/-)

1 England 122 (=)

2 Australia 116 (+1)

3 South Africa 113 (-1)

4 Pakistan 109 (+1)

5 India 104 (-1)

6 Sri Lanka 98 (=)

7 New Zealand 87 (+1)

8 West Indies 84 (-1)

9 Bangladesh 0 (=)



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January 23,2020

Aurangabad, Jan 23: An FIR has been registered against three people including former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin for allegedly duping a travel agent, Mohammad Shadab, of more than Rs 20 lakh.

However, Mohammad Azharuddin has refuted allegations and said: "I strongly rubbish the false FIR filed against me in Aurangabad. I am consulting my legal team and would be taking action as necessary."

Azharuddin's personal assistant Mujeeb lives in Augurangabad and has good relations with the travel agency of Shadab.

The travel agent alleged that Mujeeb asked him to book some flight tickets but did not pay the amount.

The police have booked the three under Section 406, 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

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February 11,2020

Mt. Maunganui (New Zealand), Feb 11: KL Rahul struck a combative 112 but New Zealand completed a 3-0 whitewash of India by winning the third ODI by five wickets, here on Tuesday.

Rahul helped India recover from a shaky start to post a challenging 296 for 7 but the Kiwis overhauled the target with 17 balls to spare.

This is the first whitewash that India has suffered in an ODI series in more than a decade.

Sent in to bat, India were down 62 for 3 in the 13th over after the dismissals of Mayank Agarwal (1), captain Virat Kohli (9) and Prithvi Shaw (40) but Rahul got a useful ally in in-form Shreyas Iyer (62) to take India to a competitive total.

Rahul, who hit nine fours and two sixes during his 113-ball innings, and Iyer stitched exactly 100 runs from 18.2 overs for the fourth wicket to revive the Indian innings.

After the end of the promising innings of Iyer, Rahul shared another 107 runs for the fifth wicket with Manish Pandey (42).

The Kiwis were off to a confident start in their chase with Martin Guptill (66) and Henry Nicholls (80) and putting on a 106-run stand. However, wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took three wickets to bring India back in the game.

Colin de Grandhomme (58) and Tom Latham (32), though, took their side past the finish line with an unbeaten 80-run partnership.

Brief Scores:

India: 296 for 7 in 50 overs (KL Rahul 112, Shreyas Iyer 62; Hamish Bennett 4/64).

New Zealand: 300 for 5 in 47.1 overs. (H Nicholls 80, M Guptill 66; Y Chahal 3/47).

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