This is really nice observation and yes India at current time is playing the best game of cricket as compared to other teams. Though it is at very early stage so in coming time we would see many other teams also picking up the score and moving ahead on the chart.
Unless there are injures no one is able to beat India as they have proved that, India always performed very well in India but if they could perform the same in the New Zealand series next year then it would be great as India never performed that well in New Zealand in the past, the next series is against Bangladesh and they are touring India as i expect it to be another white wash because of the way Afghanistan defeated them last month. The next two years no will be pose a serious challenge to India. 
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World Test Championship final still very far but India playing its cards right so far, next series is against Bangladesh (One Test) where Indians can fancy 120 points more and widen the gap more, unless Bengali tigers upset them which is unlikely but who knows what future holds.
India is a far better team than almost all the teams right now, probably will be leading till the end of the championship. However, it's a long time tournament and can happen anything.
World Test Championship final still very far but India playing its cards right so far, next series is against Bangladesh (One Test) where Indians can fancy 120 points more and widen the gap more, unless Bengali tigers upset them which is unlikely but who knows what future holds.
It is very unlikely to be honest considering the form Bangladesh are going through but atleast right now I have to say they are better than South Africa at this point.
They lack some consistent batting talent while on other hand their bowlers also won't be troubling our batsman a lot with the form they are in. I wonder if Vihari's gonna come again at one point. He played 1 Test in the series right? Rest Aggarwal stole it with his performance.
World Test Championship final still very far but India playing its cards right so far, next series is against Bangladesh (One Test) where Indians can fancy 120 points more and widen the gap more, unless Bengali tigers upset them which is unlikely but who knows what future holds.
Its seems the World Test Championship is India Vs the Rest.
India: 240
Others total : 60 + 60 + 56 + 56 = 232
This is really nice observation and yes India at current time is playing the best game of cricket as compared to other teams. Though it is at very early stage so in coming time we would see many other teams also picking up the score and moving ahead on the chart.
World Test Championship final still very far but India playing its cards right so far, next series is against Bangladesh (One Test) where Indians can fancy 120 points more and widen the gap more, unless Bengali tigers upset them which is unlikely but who knows what future holds.
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Maybe Little Mouse could throw some light on the issue, but he has been inactive for a week.
Edit: I believe that a test series has a minimum of 2 test matches and I don't think 1 test match will be a series
Its seems the World Test Championship is India Vs the Rest.
India: 240
Others total : 60 + 60 + 56 + 56 = 232
India: 240
Others total : 60 + 60 + 56 + 56 = 232
That's because only 4 test series (480 points) have completed as of now. Of which, India has completed 2 test series and won all the matches while others have played 2 test series with losses (SL vs NZ and ENG vs AUS). Once every team completes 6 series each, this will change
But 240 points is a good lead. World Test Championship final still very far but India playing its cards right so far, next series is against Bangladesh (One Test) where Indians can fancy 120 points more and widen the gap more, unless Bengali tigers upset them which is unlikely but who knows what future holds.
Its seems the World Test Championship is India Vs the Rest.
India: 240
Others total : 60 + 60 + 56 + 56 = 232
World Test Championship final still very far but India playing its cards right so far, next series is against Bangladesh (One 2 Tests) where Indians can fancy 120 points more and widen the gap more, unless Bengali tigers upset them which is unlikely but who knows what future holds.
Betting on India is a safe bet for years and that too if they are playing in India as they are dominating every opponent but T20 is different. South Africa has already lost 8 wickets and Elgar is injured and if he does not come back to bat just one more wicket will wrap up the match and the fielding has improved as there was a direct throw from Umesh Yadav in the first innings and now Nadeem 
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.South Africans should be happy about it. The torture is going to end very soon. Just one more wicket by the Indian bowlers and it is going to be all over. For South Africa this series was a very humiliating experience. They need to do something radical to stay afloat in international cricket. For a start, they can abolish the quota system, at least for the matches involving the senior team.
They had a few moments to cheer, such as the half-centuries from Keshav Maharaj and Dane Piedt. The lower order batsmen showed a lot of valor and spirit, when the top order surrendered without a fight. I am watching international cricket ever since I was a small kid. And I would say that this was the worst performance by any team in India. Even Zimbabwe had performed better than this when they toured India the last time.
There is nothing left in the match now. It seems that India is playing with some third class team. There is no current in this team left. South Africa was top team when Hansie Cronje was their captain. There is a decline in their performance ever since.
They would like to forget about the series as soon as possible but it will not be easy because they will have to answer a lot of question to their people in South Africa when they go back.
TBH I think South Africa has lost many valuable players like Steyn, Amla, de Villiers and many more. They never really focused into trying some young talents. Now they are going through a point where they don't have much experienced players. Their WC19 show was a flop show, they are continuing the same flop show in Test format as well and we still have to see their show in T20WC as well.
The selectors have to be blamed here as they are not able to replace young talents when these players were in the team and groom the young players and now it is hard to find consistent players and with every series they have to try new players and the transition will take a long time, Kagiso Rabada was a find from the youth tournaments and they should give a chance for young talents and see how they fair in the big leagues.SA team would like to forget this series as they will be white wash tomorrow and in last 2 matches they have lost it by an innings and some good number of runs . This is definitely not the SA team we know and how capable of better than this they can do it . Just not the right team balance it seems .
The moment they landed in India they lost the balance and you need to find good players that are able to play a longer innings in this format, now a days everyone is a expert T20 player and not much of work is done to find talented test players, this series is gone and it will be a much competitive match when ODI and T20 starts but considering their dismal world cup performance i am not too confident but i am not loosing my hope.TBH I think South Africa has lost many valuable players like Steyn, Amla, de Villiers and many more. They never really focused into trying some young talents. Now they are going through a point where they don't have much experienced players. Their WC19 show was a flop show, they are continuing the same flop show in Test format as well and we still have to see their show in T20WC as well.
Thats why its important to give youth some chances from time to time when they face a lower ranked teams. It develops them and slowly they also are able to get some international experience.
SA team would like to forget this series as they will be white wash tomorrow and in last 2 matches they have lost it by an innings and some good number of runs . This is definitely not the SA team we know and how capable of better than this they can do it . Just not the right team balance it seems .
The moment they landed in India they lost the balance and you need to find good players that are able to play a longer innings in this format, now a days everyone is a expert T20 player and not much of work is done to find talented test players, this series is gone and it will be a much competitive match when ODI and T20 starts but considering their dismal world cup performance i am not too confident but i am not loosing my hope.
SA team would like to forget this series as they will be white wash tomorrow and in last 2 matches they have lost it by an innings and some good number of runs . This is definitely not the SA team we know and how capable of better than this they can do it . Just not the right team balance it seems .
But still considering South Africa was still the number 3 team in tests I thought there would be a good competition. Now the thing is if number 3 team is losing from number 1 so miserably is there any kind of competition left in cricket? On Indian pitches Indians are like monster they can eat up the whole world XI all alone I think.
The ranking is just bull shit, just look at the last T20 series in Pakistan, they were the no one T20 team and Srilanka was ranked number seven and they destroyed Pakistan in all the matches and white washed the series. South Africa is having trouble with their batting line up after the retirement of their star players and they were not able to replace any of the players.No the ranking shows the correct trend and performance of the team. Sometimes a team can preform less than their previous history, but most of the time ranking does matter.
But still considering South Africa was still the number 3 team in tests I thought there would be a good competition. Now the thing is if number 3 team is losing from number 1 so miserably is there any kind of competition left in cricket? On Indian pitches Indians are like monster they can eat up the whole world XI all alone I think.
The ranking is just bull shit, just look at the last T20 series in Pakistan, they were the no one T20 team and Srilanka was ranked number seven and they destroyed Pakistan in all the matches and white washed the series. South Africa is having trouble with their batting line up after the retirement of their star players and they were not able to replace any of the players.No the ranking shows the correct trend and performance of the team. Sometimes a team can preform less than their previous history, but most of the time ranking does matter.
Actually Pakistan might look good in T20 but, recent loss at their own home ground that also from Sri Lanka (which people believe is the worst team in top 10 these days) has questioned the ability of Pakistan. They might have room for new promising players and even the Pakistan super league is providing platform for new players but inconsistency is not a quality of a best team. Maybe there is another side of this that it is making the game more competitive.
What I feel is that Pakistan needs a good talent showing consistency at batting. They already have a very good prospects in bowling but right now I feel that they are lacking in batting department a lot (in terms of T20) I mean. They need someone in middle order to hit some finishing runs.
I think they are OK in other formats but its just that in T20 they are currently struggling. I think they will change out a lot of things since T20 is just on the edge now.
But still considering South Africa was still the number 3 team in tests I thought there would be a good competition. Now the thing is if number 3 team is losing from number 1 so miserably is there any kind of competition left in cricket? On Indian pitches Indians are like monster they can eat up the whole world XI all alone I think.
The ranking is just bull shit, just look at the last T20 series in Pakistan, they were the no one T20 team and Srilanka was ranked number seven and they destroyed Pakistan in all the matches and white washed the series. South Africa is having trouble with their batting line up after the retirement of their star players and they were not able to replace any of the players.LOL... they were not able to replace the players, because all of them have migrated to other countries such as England, New Zealand, Australia. Some have even decided to represent the smaller nations such as Netherlands (Roelof van der Merwe, Wesley Barresi, Stephan Myburgh). Even those who stayed behind in South Africa, such as Dale Steyn have been given a raw deal by the team management.
The case with Pakistan is different. Despite the low salaries, the players are not migrating to the other countries. Well... a very few such as Fawad Ahmed and Imran Tahir have done that, but such cases are more of an exception rather than a norm. Pakistan still remains as one of the best teams in the T20 format and their player pool is producing a lot of promising players every year.
But still considering South Africa was still the number 3 team in tests I thought there would be a good competition. Now the thing is if number 3 team is losing from number 1 so miserably is there any kind of competition left in cricket? On Indian pitches Indians are like monster they can eat up the whole world XI all alone I think.
The ranking is just bull shit, just look at the last T20 series in Pakistan, they were the no one T20 team and Srilanka was ranked number seven and they destroyed Pakistan in all the matches and white washed the series. South Africa is having trouble with their batting line up after the retirement of their star players and they were not able to replace any of the players.LOL... they were not able to replace the players, because all of them have migrated to other countries such as England, New Zealand, Australia. Some have even decided to represent the smaller nations such as Netherlands (Roelof van der Merwe, Wesley Barresi, Stephan Myburgh). Even those who stayed behind in South Africa, such as Dale Steyn have been given a raw deal by the team management.
The case with Pakistan is different. Despite the low salaries, the players are not migrating to the other countries. Well... a very few such as Fawad Ahmed and Imran Tahir have done that, but such cases are more of an exception rather than a norm. Pakistan still remains as one of the best teams in the T20 format and their player pool is producing a lot of promising players every year.
But still considering South Africa was still the number 3 team in tests I thought there would be a good competition. Now the thing is if number 3 team is losing from number 1 so miserably is there any kind of competition left in cricket? On Indian pitches Indians are like monster they can eat up the whole world XI all alone I think.
The ranking is just bull shit, just look at the last T20 series in Pakistan, they were the no one T20 team and Srilanka was ranked number seven and they destroyed Pakistan in all the matches and white washed the series. South Africa is having trouble with their batting line up after the retirement of their star players and they were not able to replace any of the players.But still considering South Africa was still the number 3 team in tests I thought there would be a good competition. Now the thing is if number 3 team is losing from number 1 so miserably is there any kind of competition left in cricket? On Indian pitches Indians are like monster they can eat up the whole world XI all alone I think.
The ranking is just bull shit, just look at the last T20 series in Pakistan, they were the no one T20 team and Srilanka was ranked number seven and they destroyed Pakistan in all the matches and white washed the series. South Africa is having trouble with their batting line up after the retirement of their star players and they were not able to replace any of the players.Never expected such a performance from South African batsmen. Indian pitches aren't that difficult for bat on
It was an expected result as they were struggling with form for a long time and they were finding it difficult to bat against the Srilankan bowlers in South Africa and what do you expect, they will come to India and dominate the Indian bowlers, the present Indian team could challenge any team in the world as they have the best bowling line up in the history of Indian cricket and if the players are not in form any pitch will be difficult for the batsman .Betting on India is a safe bet for years and that too if they are playing in India as they are dominating every opponent but T20 is different. South Africa has already lost 8 wickets and Elgar is injured and if he does not come back to bat just one more wicket will wrap up the match and the fielding has improved as there was a direct throw from Umesh Yadav in the first innings and now Nadeem .
.South Africans should be happy about it. The torture is going to end very soon. Just one more wicket by the Indian bowlers and it is going to be all over. For South Africa this series was a very humiliating experience. They need to do something radical to stay afloat in international cricket. For a start, they can abolish the quota system, at least for the matches involving the senior team.
They had a few moments to cheer, such as the half-centuries from Keshav Maharaj and Dane Piedt. The lower order batsmen showed a lot of valor and spirit, when the top order surrendered without a fight. I am watching international cricket ever since I was a small kid. And I would say that this was the worst performance by any team in India. Even Zimbabwe had performed better than this when they toured India the last time.
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