Lahore, Nov 11: After thrashing the world champions, Australia, by 172 runs in the fourth and last Test in Nagpur yesterday and winning the series 2-0, India has gained seven ratings points to be placed at the second spot, along with South Africa with 116 points, according to the latest ICC ratings.
With the historic win, India regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after five years.
Graeme Smith’s South African team now slips just below India to third position by a fraction of a ratings point, the Daily Times reported.
Sydney, Nov 11 : Aussie cricketing greats and former skippers have blasted captain Ricky Ponting for his selection of bowlers on day four of the last Test in Nagpur which India won by 172 runs, thereby winning the four-match series 2-0.
Nagpur, Nov 10 : India sealed their first test series victory over Australia in seven years on Monday after Amit Mishra and Harbhajan Singh spun the hosts to a resounding 172-run win in the fourth and final test.
Speaking to media today in the post match news conference in Nagpur, which hosted the last match batsman Saurav Ganguly said that the performance is more than satisfactory.
Dubai, Nov. 10 : India captain Jhulan Goswami has slipped off the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Rankings for bowlers after a disappointing series against Australia which concluded in Canberra on Sunday.
Goswami took just one wicket in the series which Australia won by 5-0 and has consequently dropped two places to third position behind England’s Isa Guha and Shelley Nitschke of Australia.
Nitschke is one of the five Australia bowlers who are on the charge as Emma Sampson, Lisa Sthalekar, Kirsten Pike and Ellyse Perry have also made good upward movements.
Dubai, Nov. 10 (ANI): The gap between Australia and the rest is cut to 13 ratings points after its 2-0 series defeat to India
India has moved into second place in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table after regaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from Australia.
The team wrapped up a 172-run victory on day five of the fourth Test at Nagpur and in the process gained seven ratings points to draw level with South Africa on 116. But Graeme Smith’s team now slips just below India to third position by a fraction of a ratings point.
All is not lost for the Proteas. If they win both Tests in the two-match series coming up against Bangladesh, they will be back into second position.
London, Nov. 10 : Texan billionaire Allen Stanford is in the middle of an international spying row.
Stanford, who is the man behind the controversial 12 million pound winner-takes-all tournament that was recently held in Antigua, West Indies, has been caught out by Venezuelan military intelligence officials after a raid on a branch of one his offshore banks that revealed that its employees were paid by the CIA to spy on Venezuela.
According to The Telegraph, officials spent three hours searching files and documents at the Stanford International Banks'' offices in Venezuelan capital Caracas, removing several of them for closer inspection.
Sydney, Nov 11 : Aussie cricketing greats and former skippers have blasted captain Ricky Ponting for his selection of bowlers on day four of the last Test in Nagpur which India won by 172 runs, thereby winning the four-match series 2-0.
Nagpur, Nov 10 : India sealed their first test series victory over Australia in seven years on Monday after Amit Mishra and Harbhajan Singh spun the hosts to a resounding 172-run win in the fourth and final test.
