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

Twitterati react to India regaining the No 1 spot in Tests by mocking Pakistan and suggesting that unable to accept that their 6-week stay at the top had ended, they would ask India and the ICC for 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. Pic/AFP 

India on Monday dislodged arch-rivals Pakistan to claim the numero uno spot in the ICC Test rankings following their series-clinching comprehensive 178-run win over New Zealand in the second Test at Kolkata's iconic Eden Gardens ground.

India pulled off a brilliant all-round performance to trounce New Zealand in the Test to clinch the three-Test series with an unassailable 2-0 lead which also propelled them to the top of the ICC rankings.

Virat Kohli's men wrapped up the series-deciding victory on the fourth day of the match after setting the Black Caps a mammoth target of 376 runs to chase.

India's 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. India's top spot is guaranteed irrespective of how the third and final Test in Indore, which will be played from October 8-12, pans out.

Kohli's 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 2003.

And 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 spare.

India has previously been at the top of the table from November 2009 to August 2011 and then briefly during January-February 2016 and in August 2016.

To celebrate India's number one Test ranking, it will be presented with the ICC Test Championship mace.

India's next challenge will be to put the number one ranking beyond Pakistan's reach and this will only be possible if it wins or draws the Indore Test.

If India wins 3-0, then it will finish on 115 point and on 113 points in case of a 2-0 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 points.

However, 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 mace.

Pakistan goes head-to-head 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 day-night Test.

Twitterati reacted to India dethroning their neighbours as the Number 1 Test side in the world by suggesting that Pakistan wouldn't be ready to accept that their 6-week stay at the top had ended and ask India and the ICC for proof that India had more points than them.

The reactions are a response to Pakistan asking India for a proof after India conducted surgical strikes across the LOC after the Uri terror attack.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE TWITTER REACTIONS

India beats Pakistan to become No.1 ranked test Side... Pakistan deny's claim , asks India for concrete evidence.

— Gunjan Duaa (@gunjanduaa) October 3, 2016

India replaces Pakistan the No. 1 test cricket team. Pakistan must be so used to get beaten up by India in every field.

— Gautam (@gautamverma23) October 3, 2016

India becomes "No 1" in test ranking is yet another surgical strike for Pak.

— IAS Apoorv Sen (@SenApoorv) October 3, 2016

After doing #SurgicalStrike Pak asking proof.
After India defeating NZ in Tests & becoming no 1 in Test,
Pak again asking for proof #indvsnz

— Trojan_Horse (@SampathRedDevil) October 3, 2016

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— Piyush Khurana (@piyushkhurana0) October 3, 2016

'Test 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 ;)

— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) October 3, 2016

Pakistan denies that #India is no 1. Asks ICC to recheck all points. ðÂÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0088ðÂÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0088ðÂÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂÂÂÂÂu00c2u0088 #indvsnz #IndiaNo1TestTeam

— Satyan (@MurgMakhaniRox) October 3, 2016

Meanwhile Pak To India:"You Can Dethrone Us From No. 1 Position In Test Cricket, But We'll Always Be Number 1 In Terrorism".#INDvNZ #INDvsNZ

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) October 3, 2016

Last time Pak got no. 1 test ranking cz #indvsWI rained out test match , India got by winning , BAAP BAAP HOTA HAI . #IndvsNZ

— snehal gandhi (@snehal_gandhi) October 3, 2016

Dhoni Left India Test Team @ 7th Rank ..
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— Eppavumae Surya Than (@Anjaanvinoth) August 17, 2016

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