Last month itself, there was a disturbance in the ICC rankings, in which Team India was first made number one and within two-three hours this rank was taken away from them.
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International Cricket Council’s ranking is always a cause of discussion. In the rankings released every week, there is a change in the places of the players, the ranks of the teams go up and down and the fans also talk a lot on this. Everyone waits for every Wednesday when the ICC releases the latest rankings for each format and these days it includes Indian Cricket Team There is a lot of fire, which is dominating in the ranking of players as well as in the team ranking. But this time the ICC has tricked the Indian fans and in a few hours made them number one Test team and then pushed them to number two.
On Wednesday, 15 February, the ICC released the updated rankings for this week, with Ravichandran Ashwin securing the second spot among Test bowlers. At the same time, changes were also seen in the team rankings and the Indian team reached number one in the Test rankings, leaving behind Australia. Team India had defeated Australia in the first test match last week itself and due to this the change seemed right for once but there was doubt due to huge change in rating points.
snatched the crown in 6 hours
Late in the evening, this doubt was also proved correct, when ICC again changed the ranking and updated the correct ranking on its website. Actually, after the change at around 1 pm, Team India reached the first place with 115 points, while Australia’s 111 points were told and shown in second place. This update made Team India number one in all three formats.
But at around 7 in the evening, the rankings were updated again and this time Australia returned to the first place. This time it again got 126 points, while Team India had only 115 points.
Jai Shah also got cheated
This mistake of ICC surprised everyone and everyone was thinking that Team India has reached number one rank. Even BCCI Secretary Jai Shah also made a tweet in the evening and congratulated Team India for becoming number one in all three formats. This tweet of his also proved to be wrong, because by then the reality had changed and within just 6 hours Team India became number 2 again.
What a phenomenal achievement! Congratulations to the Indian cricket team on becoming the #1 ranked team in all formats of the game. The hard work and dedication of the players and support staff have really paid off. #TeamIndia #ICCRankings
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) February 15, 2023
Second mistake in a month
The biggest surprise is that this is not the first case of mistake in ranking. Last month itself, the ICC had made exactly the same mistake and made Team India the number one team in Test cricket. Even at that time, the ICC had cleared the situation by making changes in it within 2 hours. However, despite this, Team India has a chance to get the first rank and for this it will have to win the Test series over Australia.