Mission 1-1-1 :On the way 🏏

India led by Virat Kohli has become the top ranked side in Tests as well as in ODI cricket, and are aiming to be No. 1 in the shortest format of the game.


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India have been on a roll, climbing to the pinnacle of Test and ODI cricket with sheer dominance. They have overcome every opponent with panache as the cricketing world has had to bow down to the juggernaut that is the Indian cricket team.

No.1 in Tests
 India have played 28 Test matches since 2015, winning 20, drawing six and losing just two. They have 4,493 points and 125 ratings.
India started with a short trip to Sri Lanka in August of 2015, with a new captain in the form of Virat Kohli, who was leading the team in his first full Test series. After losing the first test, India came back to win the next two with comprehensive margins.
India came back to the country to face a strong South African team, but were easily tamed to a 3-0 at the hands of the Indian spinners (31 wickets for Ravichandran Ashwin).  After a small break, India resumed their charge away to West Indies in July of  2016. The team from the Caribbean Islands managed to save face in two  matches, only to succumb to heavy defeats.
Next began the long Indian summer, as New Zealand, England, Bangladesh and finally Australia tried to upstage an upset on India's dominance. New Zealand lost 3-0, England 4-0 and Bangladesh lost their very first Test match on Indian soil. The only time India did not win, was the first Test against Australia. India came back strong to clinch the series 2-1 after much controversies. India's another trip to neighbouring Sri Lanka only solidified their claim to the crown of  top-ranked Test team in the world with a 3-0 win earlier this year.

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No. 1 in ODIs
India topped the ICC ODI charts beating Aussies in the recently concluded five-match series. They jumped South Africa to the top of the ICC ODI rankings with 5,993 points and 120 ratings having began their corresponding dominance in from the tour of Zimbabwe in July of 2016. 
India returned home to host New Zealand and England, with India emerging victorious in both.  Kiwis who sought revenge after humiliation in the Test series but eventually lost 3-2. The England series followed suit as they managed only one win in the three match series, hence losing 2-1 .
India were the favourites to lift the trophy in the Champions Trophy and the team did not disappoint. They brushed aside Pakistan, South Africa in the group stage, losing to Sri Lanka. Defeating  Bangladesh in the semi-final set up a mammoth summit clash against arch-rivals Pakistan. In the final Pakistan turned out to be the better team, piping India to the title by a massive 180 runs.
India travelled to West Indies and Sri Lanka to heal the wounds of an agonising loss in the final. The result being a 3-1 win over the West Indies and a 5-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka.Australia returned to the country for a 4-1 handing down from Virat Kohli's men as India retained the top spot in Odis.
No.1 T20Is? Long way to go..
After conquering the top spots in ODIs and Test cricket, Kohli & Co will look take a step towards making  it a clean sweep of the top spots in the ICC ranking when India take on Australia in a three-match T20I series.
India are currently in fifth spot with 2,328 points and 116 ratings as England leads the list with  125 ratings. India will have to beat Australia 3-0 to take the second spot, taking over from Pakistan.
After this series have three T20Is against New Zealand and another three T20Is against Sri Lanka. If India have favourable outcomes in the upcoming matches , they can end as top side in all three formats of the game.

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