Even though they continue to underachieve overseas, India are still officially the world No.1 ranked Test team. However, India’s frustrating inability to defeat a middling England team despite seemingly having all the ingredients underlines why the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rankings are essentially window dressing. Long Test series are a thorough examination of a team’s mental and technical abilities – India have come up short in both areas. As they showed in England, India can’t get it together for long enough and are unable to dig deep when it matters most. As underlined by this India and England series, the world rankings are almost worthless and an ineffective guide of the Test landscape.

Source: Forbes September 03, 2018 05:03 UTC