Looking back at 2020 cricket memories

7. A dark day for Indian Test cricket

A rather forgettable event for one of the stronger cricketing nations. Having worked hard on the first two days of the Adelaide Test to get their noses ahead, India were bundled out for their lowest Test score of 36 on the third day to concede the Test to Australia.

Coincidentally, it came exactly four years after they amassed their highest Test total, 759/7 against England in Chennai, India.

Virat Kohli of India walks off the field after a devastating loss against Australia at Adelaide

India came back strongly though in the next Test. Against all odds, they defeated Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to level the series 1-1. Ajinkya Rahane led from the front as stand-in captain and scored a match-winning century to keep India ahead.

Ajinkya Rahane celebrates after scoring a historic century at the MCG

8. New Zealand becomes the No. 1 ranked Test side

New Zealand attained the number 1 Test ranking on the last day of international cricket in 2020. Pakistan's Fawad Alam scored a Test hundred after 11 years which put his team in a position to draw the Test. Pakistan’s last pair batted for eight overs before Mitchell Santner’s terrific one-handed off his own bowling won it for the Kiwis in the last hour of play.

New Zealand started the year with a heavy defeat - by 279 runs - against Australia but then won five Tests on a trot to attain the number one Test ranking for the first time in their history.