India - World number one in test cricket
Indian Cricket lovers witnessed a historic moment as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men crowned themselves the number one team. The Indian players hugged each other and a beaming coach Gary Kirsten greeted them.
INDIA BECAME the number one team in Test rankings after they defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final Test, to clinch the three-match series by a 2-0 margin.
Needing just four wickets to record an emphatic victory, India took just about 40 minutes to polish off the visiting team's tail to record their second consecutive innings victory.
Indian Cricket lovers witnessed a historic moment as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men crowned themselves the number one team. The crowd erupted into a frenzy as Muttiah Muralitharan edged a flighted delivery from Harbhajan Singh to Dhoni to bring down the curtains on the Lankan innings.
The Indian players hugged each other and a beaming coach Gary Kirsten greeted them as they returned to the pavilion.
The victory has given India three points in the ICC rankings, taking their overall tally to 122 and leaving them ahead of South Africa and Sri Lanka in the ICC table.
The match would be best remembered for the blazing 293-run knock that Virender Sehwag played. The right-hander, however, missed out on becoming the first batsman in the game's history to score three triple tons.
It was the second successive innings victory for India following their resounding win by an innings and 144 runs in the second Test at Kanpur. The first Test at Ahmedabad was drawn.
It was also India's 101st Test win and their fifth at this venue in 18 matches.
Ecstatic at India's rise to the top of the Test rankings, senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar said, the current side led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the best ever to have represented the country.
After the innings and 24 runs triumph over Sri Lanka took India to the top of the ICC table, Tendulkar was asked if this was one of the best Indian teams ever, to which he replied, "Yes. Right from number 1 to 7, we have a solid batting line-up."
Indian Cricket lovers witnessed a historic moment as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men crowned themselves the number one team. The crowd erupted into a frenzy as Muttiah Muralitharan edged a flighted delivery from Harbhajan Singh to Dhoni to bring down the curtains on the Lankan innings.
The Indian players hugged each other and a beaming coach Gary Kirsten greeted them as they returned to the pavilion.
The victory has given India three points in the ICC rankings, taking their overall tally to 122 and leaving them ahead of South Africa and Sri Lanka in the ICC table.
The match would be best remembered for the blazing 293-run knock that Virender Sehwag played. The right-hander, however, missed out on becoming the first batsman in the game's history to score three triple tons.
It was the second successive innings victory for India following their resounding win by an innings and 144 runs in the second Test at Kanpur. The first Test at Ahmedabad was drawn.
It was also India's 101st Test win and their fifth at this venue in 18 matches.
Ecstatic at India's rise to the top of the Test rankings, senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar said, the current side led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the best ever to have represented the country.
After the innings and 24 runs triumph over Sri Lanka took India to the top of the ICC table, Tendulkar was asked if this was one of the best Indian teams ever, to which he replied, "Yes. Right from number 1 to 7, we have a solid batting line-up."
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