ICC Test Rankings

ICC Test Team Ranking

POS	TEAM	MATCHES	POINTS	RATING
1	Australia	19	2439	128
2	India	23	2,736	119
3	New Zealand	23	2,552	111
4	South Africa	21	2,306	110
5	Pakistan	20	1,865	93
6	England	29	2,551	88
7	Sri Lanka	17	1,384	81
8	West Indies	22	1,685	77
9	Bangladesh	16	823	51
10	Zimbabwe	6	148	25

Take a look at the ICC Test Batting Ratings :

ICC Test Batsmen Ranking

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	RATING
1	Marnus Labuschagne	AUS	892
2	Steve Smith	AUS	845
3	Kane Williamson	NZ	844
4	Joe Root	ENG	843
5	Babar Azam	PAK	815
6	Dimuth Karunaratne	SL	781
7	Usman Khawaja	AUS	757
8	Rohit Sharma	IND	754
9	Travis Head	AUS	744
10	Virat Kohli	IND	742

This is the list of ICC Test Bowling Ratings :

ICC Test Bowler Ranking

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	RATING
1	Pat Cummins	Aus	901
2	Ravichandran Ashwin	IND	850
3	Jasprit Bumrah	IND	830
4	Shaheen Afridi	PAK	827
5	Kyle Jamieson	NZ	820
6	Kagiso Rabada	SA	818
7	Tim Southee	NZ	790
8	Neil Wagner	NZ	777
9	James Anderson	ENG	765
10	Josh Hazlewood	AUS	752

This is the list of Test All-Rounders Ratings :

ICC Test All-rounders Ranking

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	RATING
1	Ravindra Jadeja	IND	385
2	Ravichandran Ashwin	IND	341
3	Jason Holder	WI	336
4	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	311
5	Ben Stokes	ENG	298
6	Mitchell Starc	AUS	291
7	Kyle Jamieson	NZ	274
8	Pat Cummins	AUS	263
9	Colin de Grandhomme	NZ	245
10	Chris Woakes	ENG	239

Teams who have dominated the ICC Test Ranking since 2003 :

Team	From	Till
Australia	June 2003	July 2009
South Africa	August 2009	November 2009
India	November 2009	August 2011
England	August 2011	August 2012
South Africa	August 2012	May 2014
Australia	May 2014	July 2014
South Africa	July 2014	January 2016
India	January 2016	February 2016
Australia	February 2016	August 2016
India	August 2016	August 2016
Pakistan	August 2016	October 2016
India	October 2016	April 2020
Australia	April 2020	March 2021
India	March 2021	June 2021
New Zealand	June 2021	December 2021
India	December 2021	January 2022
Australia	January 2022	Present

The ICC Test Rankings, also known as the ICC Test Championship, ranks the 10 Test playing nations by giving them a rating, which is based on a mathematical formula. Each team's points total from matches over the last 3−4 years is divided by a figure based on their total number of matches and series played.

The ICC awards the Test Championship Mace to the no. 1 Test team, which is the team which achieves the highest rating. The Indian cricket team, led by Virat Kohli, currently holds the mace, after finishing the year as the world no. 1 side, following their win against Australia in the four-match Test series held in Australia. They went on to win the series 2-1, and ensured that they stayed on top of the rankings. The Indian Cricket Team also defeated The England Cricket Team in Feb-Mar 2021 winning the series by 3-1 and retaining the World No. 1 Test Team Title.

Virat Kohli's men had a phenomenal home season in 2016-17, where they defeated England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Australia, at home. India then whitewashed Sri Lanka 3-0 in Sri Lanka. Although they competed well, they lost 1-2 and 1-4 in South Africa and England respectively. India redeemed themselves with a historic 2-1 Test series victory on Australian soil in 2018/19.

Australia, has performed exceptionally well, occupies the first spot. India are in the second spot. New Zealand were previously at the top of the rankings, currently finds themselves in the third position.

The ICC decided to award Afghanistan and Ireland the status of Test-playing nations after all the success they achieved over the past couple of years. The ICC Test Championship is also a great initiative to encourage the associate nations to take up test cricket.