India lead Test team table

DUBAI: India continued to sit atop the tree in the ICC Test Team Rankings following the latest update May 1, with South Africa at No 2 and Australia at No 3.

With the results from 2014-15 being removed from the equation and those from 2015-16 and 2016-17 being weighted at 50 percent, India have actually stretched their lead over South Africa from four to 13 points.

In another major development, Bangladesh have moved above the Windies to No 8, pushing the one-time dominant force in the game to No 9 for the first time.Australia have gained four points to get to 106, pushing New Zealand down from No 3 to No 4, even though New Zealand earned themselves $200,000 for being in third place at the last cut-off date on April 3. India and South Africa got $1 million and $500,000, respectively.