India Lost Two Rating Points In fresh ICC Rankings but still maintaining " First"in ICC Test rankings recently announced rank can calculate for the following series . After completing Test Series with West indies 1-0 .India won the series but lose couple of points.
India now have 126 points while the seventh-placed West Indies (88) have gained two rating points despite losing the three-match series .
Man-of-the series Ishant Sharma, who had an impressive tally of 22 wickets in three matches.
India surprisingly opted not to press for a win with 86 needed from 15 overs with seven wickets in hand as the third and final cricket Test against the West Indies ended in a draw giving the visitors a 1-0 series victory here on Sunday.Needing 180 for a win from 47 overs India were 94 for three after 32 overs but they decided to end their run chase just before the start of 15 mandatory overs on a Windsor Park.
pitch which was not too bad for a fifth day track.Rahul Dravid was batting on 34 while V V S Laxman was giving him company on three when India decided to close shop and their offer of a draw was readily accepted by the hosts.Initially India appeared serious on the chase when Murali Vijay 45 and Dravid put on 73 runs for the second wicket and West Indies began resorting to negative tactics by asking leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo to bowl down the legside.India clinched the three-match series 1-0 with the lone victory coming at Kingston, Jamaica in the opening Test. The second Test at Bridgetown, Barbados had also ended in a draw.
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