India- an undeserving No.1

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Simon Wilde believes India is an undeserving No.1 in Test cricket rankings.

Here are his reasons:

If one takes out their deification by their own fans, India is hardly obvious top-dog material. They remain a mentally fragile side, as their recent ODI defeat at home to Australia showed. Having done much of the hard work in chasing a mammoth 351 in Hyderabad, they choked within sight of the winning line. Their spirits broken, they barely turned up for the next game. It was another format of the game admittedly, but it exposed India’s lack of belief – as did their reluctance to subject themselves to the new umpiring referral system.

Note that the main thrust of his argument has nothing to do with the way India performs as a Test side.

In fact, what this bigotry reveals is that the English are unable to digest India’s ascendancy in cricket and still believe that only the white man can claim supremacy.

(P.S. I personally believe the ranking method needs an overhaul)