ICC Ranking India: After defeating Australia in the ODI match, India has become the number one team in all three formats. But do you know that even before this, India had become the number one team in all three formats, but the ICC had cheated.
ICC Ranking: The first match of the three-match ODI series between India vs Australia was played last Friday. India won this match with ease. Along with winning this match, India has also made many records in its name. After defeating Australia, India has placed itself at number one in ODIs, pushing Pakistan to number two. With this, India has now become number one in all three formats, but do you know that even before this, India had become the number one team, but ICC had cheated India.
Africa became the number one team in 2012
Let us tell you that this is not the first time that India has come number one in all three formats of cricket. Even before this, India has become number one in all three formats. In such a situation, India has become the first country in the world to achieve this position twice. Till now no country has become number one twice in all three formats. Apart from India, South Africa is the only country which has become number one in all three formats simultaneously.
Africa became number one in all three formats in 2012 under the captaincy of Graeme Smith. Africa was already number one in T20 and ODI, in this series they also won the Test match and became number one in all three formats.
Know when India became number one before this
Let us tell you that before today, the Indian team had become number one in all three formats of cricket in the month of February this year. During this period, India was already at number one in ODI and T20, then India defeated Australia in the Nagpur Test under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. After this, while releasing the rankings, ICC had declared India as the number team in Tests also. With this, India became the number one team in all three formats.
Indian fans were celebrating the success of the team when ICC betrayed India. ICC released the Test rankings again and moved India from number one to number two. The ICC clarified that due to some technical glitch, India was shown at number one in the Test, whereas Australia is still the number one team.
