On Friday, September 22 at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali, the opening of a three-match series, India defeated Australia by a margin of five wickets.
The KL Rahul-led team dismissed Australia for 276 after requesting them to bat first, while Mohammed Shami recorded his best ODI bowling performance (5/51, 10 overs). With half-centuries from Ruturaj Gaikwad (71 off 77), Shubman Gill (74 off 63), KL Rahul (58* off 63), and Suryakumar Yadav (50 off 49), India easily knocked down the score in 48.4 overs.
India’s victory gave them a 1-0 series advantage and propelled them to the top of the ICC ODI team rankings. With 116 ratings, The Men in Blue eliminated Pakistan (115 ratings) as the number one team. Additionally, with 264 ratings in T20Is and 118 ratings in Tests, the Asian Champions are rated as the best squad in both sports. India thus accomplished the extraordinary achievement of becoming the first Asian team to top the ICC rankings in all three formats.
In order to demonstrate India’s domination over the cricketing world, several Indian players also hold the top spots in the player rankings.
With 879 ratings, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is the top-ranked Test bowler, and Ravindra Jadeja is the top all-arounder with 455 ratings.
To maintain their top spot, India must win the series by a score of 2-1.
After his outstanding performance in the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka, Mohammed Siraj just ascended to the top of the ODI bowling rankings. 694 ratings have been assigned to the right-arm seamer. Suryakumar Yadav now holds the top spot among T20I batters with 889 ratings.
The second ODI, which will be played on Sunday, September 24, at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, will be played, and the Men-in-Blue will be anxious to win it as well in order to maintain their top status. If India wins the series against Australia by a score of 2-1, they will be ranked first going into the ODI World Cup in 2023.
No.1 Test Team – India.
No.1 ODI Team – India.
No.1 T20I Team – India.
No.1 Test Bowler – Ashwin.
No.1 ODI Bowler – Siraj.
No.1 T20I Batter – Surya.
No.1 Test All-rounder – Jadeja.– UNREAL DOMINANCE OF TEAM INDIA 🔥.#INDvAUS #INDvsAUS
— Dev Sharma (@CricCrazyDev) September 22, 2023
India
