It was just a matter of time today for India to gain the Top Spot in ICC Test Rankings. India needed to win the Jaypee Cup Series against Sri Lanka to achieve the number 1 spot. India did that and did it in style. They won 2nd test at Kanpur and 3rd test at Mumbai by a margin of an innings.

Zaheer Khan started the attack on Day 5 of the match and dismissed Sangakkara in that over itself. Sri Lankan tail wasn’t able to resist much after that. Zaheer Khan ended up with 5 wickets for 72 runs in the innings. Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha got 2 wickets each. S Shrisanth took 1 wicket.

India after the win are now no.1 team in ICC test rankings. Earlier they shared similar points with South Africa but with a difference in decimal points. With this win India is no.1 in test rankings followed by South Africa in no.2, Australia at 3 and Sri Lanka at no.4.

Now, India can be displaced from the first position in the test rankings if South Africa wins the upcoming first two tests against England. The second test ends on December 30. This means till December 30, India will remain the no.1 test team in the world.

This is the first time that India has become no.1 in ICC test rankings. Earlier only Australia and South Africa could reach the first position in ICC test rankings.