ICC Rankings: This is how India can become No. 1 Test team

Dubai: Sri Lanka’s 2-0 lead over Australia in the three-Test series has thrown up a number of permutations and combinations with Australia, India, Pakistan and England all in with a chance to finish the month as the number-one ranked Test side on the ICC Test Team Rankings. Currently, Australia are the No. 1 side in ICC Test Team Rankings. The following are the various scenarios: Sri Lanka v Australia

• If Sri Lanka beats Australia 2-1, then Australia will finish on 111
• If Sri Lanka beats Australia 2-0, then Australia will finish on 110
• If Sri Lanka beats Australia 3-0, then Australia will finish on 108

West Indies v India

• India beats West Indies 2-0, then India will finish on 110
• India beats West Indies 3-0, then India will finish on 112
• India beats West Indies 2-1, then India will finish on 108

England v Pakistan

• England beats Pakistan 2-1, then England will finish on 110
• England beats Pakistan 3-1, then England will finish on 112
• England-Pakistan series ends in 2-all, then Pakistan will finish on 111

  Permutations

• If Sri Lanka beats Australia 2-1, England-Pakistan series ends two-all and India beats West Indies by 2-0, then Australia and Pakistan will be on 111 points each but Australia will be ranked first.

• If Sri Lanka beats Australia 2-0, England beats Pakistan 2-1 and India beats West Indies 2-0, then Australia, England and India will be on 110 points each but England will be ranked first, followed by India and Australia.

• If England beats Pakistan 3-1 and India beats West Indies 3-0, then both England and India will be on 112 points each but India will be ranked first.

• If England-Pakistan series ends in two-all, Sri Lanka beats Australia by 3-0 or 2-0 and India beats West Indies by 2-1or 2-0, then Pakistan will become number-one ranked side.

  Forthcoming Tests: 9-13 August – 3rd Test, West Indies v India, Gros Islet 11-15 August – 4th Test, England v Pakistan, The Oval 13-17 August – 3rd Test, Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo 18-22 August - 4th Test, West Indies v India, Port of Spain