Blunder sees Australia stripped of No.1 ranking

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been forced to apologise aft an embarrassing blunder saw Australia concisely stripped of its satellite No.1 Test ranking.

Despite being thrashed successful the archetypal Test against India successful Nagpur, Australia should person inactive been comfortably atop the latest rankings erstwhile they were released connected Wednesday.

However, the ICC's website listed India arsenic the top-ranked nation.

"The ICC acknowledges, for a abbreviated play of clip connected February 15, 2023 that, owed to a method error, India were erroneously displayed arsenic the No.1 Test squad connected the ICC website," it said successful a statement.

"We apologise for immoderate inconvenience caused."

Once the close rankings were posted, Australia was returned to the No.1 spot, with a standing of 126. India sits successful 2nd spot connected 115, with England 3rd connected 107, followed by South Africa (102) and New Zealand (99).

India retains the No.1 ranking successful some white-ball forms of the game, with Australia ranked 2nd successful ODIs and sixth successful T20s.

Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith inhabit the apical 2 spots successful the Test batting rankings, up of Babar Azam and Travis Head, portion Pat Cummins is the No.1 ranked Test bowler, with Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood astatine 9th and 10th.

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