Number One Test Team !

    Among  World playing nations if any country is cricket fanatic then without any doubt it is India and cricketers in India get respect and regard without bias from corporate and fans whether they are Indian or non Indian but despite rise in popularity after the victory of Indian cricket team in the 1983 world cup which was led Kapil Dev, held in England, Indian cricket team performance series after series never consistence yes in one match or another they won reason was players use to play and perform for personnel records and team appear divided into groupism or zones on grounds and to prove this point strongly if we go through the stats of Indian cricket team in all the format of games from 1983 onwards then it will be very handful of series which India won comprehensively .Indian cricket team in all the three format of cricket One Day Cricket, Test Match and T20 was dismal as far ranking and grading of International Cricket Council (ICC) is concern but almost just two to three years back it start performing consistently and whose result is that India was in position to become number one team in one day international when they played last one day series against Australia in home turf by defeating Australia but it was not happened because Australia prove better team and won series despite lot of new players and retirement by senior players, now Sri Lanka is in India to play all the format of games but for India in test match format had golden opportunity to become number one test team by beating Sri Lanka 2-0 and proudly just concluded test series they defeated Sri Lanka 2-0 and become number one test team of ICC. Below is glimpse of all the matches of series –

1. India played first test match on 16th November to 20 November,2009 at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, which was 1933 test match of ICC, India won the toss and opted to bat first and made 426 in their first innings while batting in their first innings Sri Lanka made 760 for 9 wickets and declared while in their second innings India made 412 for the loss of four wickets at the end of fifth day thus they were able to draw the match. Player of the match DPMD Jayewardene (Sri Lanka) .
2. Second Test Match played at Green Park, Kanpur from 24th to 28th November,2009 which was test match number 1935 of ICC, India won the toss and chose to bat, while batting first India made 642 runs all out in 154 overs and reply to India’s total Sri Lanka was bundled out for 229 in 84 overs and Sri Lanka was asked to follow on but Sri Lanka in their second innings all out for 269 in 65.3 overs with this victory India get lead in the series 1-0 of three matches series, S. Srinath declared man of the match because of his deadly bowling spell in the first innings as he bowled 22 overs out of which 4 overs were maiden and he gave away 75 runs and took 5 wickets .
3. For Indian Cricket, third test was history in making if they defeat Sri Lanka then they will be number one team of test match which would be first time in the history of Indian cricket and ICC which made third test very anxiously waiting test match by fans and team ,Indian cricket team also don’t want to miss the chance second time after getting defeat from Australia and miss number one ODI team ranking ;Test match no.1937 played at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai from 2nd December to 6th December 2009 and first time in the series Sri Lanka Team won the toss and opted to bat first, in their first innings Sri Lanka made 393 runs in 94.4 overs and in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings score India made 726 runs for loss of 9 wickets and declared their first innings it contained Virender Sehwag’s 293 runs and M.S.Dhoni’s 100 not out to pile the mountain of runs in merely 163.3 overs in a test match and in their second innings Sri Lanka’s cricket team was all out in 100.4 overs while making 309 runs which was even short of 24 runs of India’s first innings total and with this victory ,India become number one test team of the ICC test ranking.

Latest Test Match ranking of ICC is –

1. India 124
2. South Africa 122
3. Australia 116
4. Sri Lanka 115
5. England 105
6. Pakistan 84
7. New Zealand 80
8. West Indies 76
9. Bangladesh 13

  To remain on top position it is not easy for India as South Africa is going to play four test match series against England soon and result of the series can change the ranking and push India back to second spot but at the same time during same period India also has to play two test matches series against Bangladesh and they have to give their best performance to remain number one and must win both the matches then only for few months India can remain number one, but it is the story of future why to trap in if’s and but’s we must celebrate India’s triumph and top ranking ,ignoring future.