Later ICC clarified that India is at no. 3 position in ranking, not at the second one.
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In the latest ICC Test Rankings India reached to the no. 2 position. Despite loosing the first two test matches to Australia, India has made 109 points, though it is same to the Sri Lanka but India is shown ahead of Sri Lanka due to decimal values.
South Africa lost the second position and reached to the fourth position, despite they defeated West Indies by 2-1 in the three test match series.
The difference between Australia’s no. 1 team and India’s no. 2 team is quite high; it is a difference of around 34 points. The Aussies are well set on top with a high 143 points.
The tally is like this:
Australia 143 points
India 109 points
Sri Lanka 109 points
South Africa 108 points
England 107 points
Pakistan 94 points
New Zealand 91 points
West Indies 73 points
Bangladesh 4 points
New Zealand also didn’t get good rankings despite defeating Bangladesh.