India slide to fourth in Test rankings

India's water-logged drawn Test against Bangladesh has cost them a place in the world rankings, with Virat Kohli's side dropping to fourth.

India are now in a three-way tie with England and Pakistan on 97 points, however India edges ahead of the other two nations when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

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India has 97.47 points, marginally ahead of England on 97.33 while Pakistan has 96.75 points.

A busy Test schedule in the northern hemisphere will see the ratings in a state of flux of the coming months, with England to play a five-Test Ashes series against Australia, while Pakistan will meet Sri Lanka in a three-Test series start on June 17.

Sri Lanka currently sits seventh on 96.14 points.

The Fatullah draw means Bangladesh has gained two ranking points, but has not moved up from their current ninth-spot position and remain behind the West Indies.

Australia will retain their position as the world's No.2 team regardless of the result in the second Test against West Indies underway in Kingston, Jamaica, but remains some way behind the No.1 ranked South Africans.

A five-nil Ashes result would not be enough to lift Australia above the Proteas, but it would send England plummeting to the eighth spot, below the West Indies, against whom England recently drew 1-1.

New Zealand currently hold third spot in the Test rankings, a position they earned after their 1-1 drawn series in England.

Current ICC Test rankings

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