Team India will retain the No.1 ranking on the ICC Test match list regardless of the outcome of the ongoing three-match series against South Africa. It comes after India won the second Test at Durbans Kingsmead on Wednesday by 87 runs with well over a day to spare. The result enabled the M.S. Dhoni led-team to square the series at 1-1. Only a 3-0 series win for South Africa would have moved the No.2 ranked Proteas to the top of the standings. The countries now face a series-deciding match at Cape Towns Newlands Cricket Ground,starting on January 2. According to Sport24,India will not put their status as the No. 1 Test side on trial again until they travel to England in July. South Africas next Test engagement is at home against Australia at the start of the 2011/12 season.
