Dimuth Karunaratne (on left) is congratulated by Dhananjaya de Silva during Sri Lanka’s first Test against Bangladesh last month at Pallekele. Despite the Lankans ended the series in a draw in their favour, they still remain on the eighth position in the latest ten-team world Test country rankings out On Thursday (13)* World Test Championship finalists New Zealand only one point behind* England overtake Australia to third place* Sri Lanka only above Bangladesh and ZimbabweThe International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship finalists India and New Zealand remain the top two teams in ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings, sponsored by MRF Tyres, after the annual update carried out on yesterday (13). India have gained one rating point for an aggregate of 121 and New Zealand are only one point behind after gaining two points in Thursday’s update, which eliminates results from 2017-18. South Africa are in seventh position, equaling their lowest in Test ranking history, while Sri Lanka are next on the list. Bangladesh have lost five points but remain in ninth position while Zimbabwe have gained eight points but are still nine points behind Bangladesh.

Source: The Nation May 14, 2021 22:52 UTC