'Pakistan deny India has regained No 1 spot in Tests, wants proof'

Team India captain Virat Kohli gestures after victory on the fourth day of the second Test match between India and New Zealand at The Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium in Kolkata on Monday PicAFPIndia on Monday dislodged archrivals Pakistan to claim the numero uno spot in the ICC Test rankings following their seriesclinching comprehensive 178run win over New Zealand in the second Test at Kolkatas iconic Eden Gardens groundIndia pulled off a brilliant allround performance to trounce New Zealand in the Test to clinch the threeTest series with an unassailable 20 lead which also propelled them to the top of the ICC rankingsVirat Kohlis men wrapped up the seriesdeciding victory on the fourth day of the match after setting the Black Caps a mammoth target of 376 runs to chaseIndias win over New Zealand in Kolkata has meant that it will be ranked number one on the ICC Test chart when it is updated at the conclusion of the ongoing series Indias top spot is guaranteed irrespective of how the third and final Test in Indore which will be played from October 812 pans outKohlis side had entered the series against New Zealand trailing Pakistan by one point and needed to win the series to reclaim the number one position for the fourth time since the current rankings system was introduced in 2003And India achieved this in style when it won the first Test in Kanpur by 197 runs and then dominated the Kolkata Test to romp home with nearly a day to spareIndia has previously been at the top of the table from November 2009 to August 2011 and then briefly during JanuaryFebruary 2016 and in August 2016To celebrate Indias number one Test ranking it will be presented with the ICC Test Championship maceIndias next challenge will be to put the number one ranking beyond Pakistans reach and this will only be possible if it wins or draws the Indore TestIf India wins 30 then it will finish on 115 point and on 113 points in case of a 20 series win Either of the result will mean even if Pakistan blanks out the West Indies it will not be able to overhaul India as the highest as it can only finish with 112 pointsHowever if New Zealand earns a consolation victory then India will finish on 111 points which in turn will give Pakistan a sniff to reclaim the number one ranking and the macePakistan goes headtohead with the West Indies from October 13 in the first Test at the Dubai Sports City This will be the first time the two sides as well as the venue will host a daynight TestTwitterati reacted to India dethroning their neighbours as the Number 1 Test side in the world by suggesting that Pakistan wouldnt be ready to accept that their 6week stay at the top had ended and ask India and the ICC for proof that India had more points than themThe reactions are a response to Pakistan asking India for a proof after India conducted surgical strikes across the LOC after the Uri terror attackHERE ARE SOME OF THE TWITTER REACTIONSIndia beats Pakistan to become No1 ranked test Side Pakistan denys claim asks India for concrete evidencemdash Gunjan Duaa gunjanduaa October 3 2016India replaces Pakistan the No 1 test cricket team Pakistan must be so used to get beaten up by India in every fieldmdash Gautam gautamverma23 October 3 2016India becomes No 1 in test ranking is yet another surgical strike for Pakmdash IAS Apoorv Sen SenApoorv October 3 2016After doing SurgicalStrike Pak asking proofAfter India defeating NZ in Tests amp becoming no 1 in TestPak again asking for proof indvsnzmdash Trojan_Horse SampathRedDevil October 3 2016Waiting for Pakistan to deny Indias No 1 ranking in TestsTestRanking 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pictwittercom1vhU0VD85omdash Piyush Khurana piyushkhurana0 October 3 2016Test Match jaisa kuch nahi hua hai India jhoota hai Pak over India beat New Zealand by 178 and regain No 1 rank in Test Cricket mdash Anshul Saxena AskAnshul October 3 2016Pakistan denies that India is no 1 Asks ICC to recheck all points ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0098AcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0088ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0098AcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0088ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0098AcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0088 indvsnz IndiaNo1TestTeammdash Satyan MurgMakhaniRox October 3 2016Meanwhile Pak To IndiaYou Can Dethrone Us From No 1 Position In Test Cricket But Well Always Be Number 1 In TerrorismINDvNZ INDvsNZmdash Sir Ravindra Jadeja SirJadejaaaa October 3 2016Last time Pak got no 1 test ranking cz indvsWI rained out test match 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