India wins ICC Test Championship Mace for 3rd straight year

India has retained ICC Test Championship mace for the third year in a row after finishing at the top of ICC Test team rankings on the cut-off date of April 1. It has also won the purse of USD 1 million. The runner up, New Zealand has won $500,000 prize money after finishing with 108 points. South Africa finished 3rd with 105 points. 9 nations will compete across 27 series and 71 Test matches to reach the ICC World Test Championship Final in 2021.
Originally written on
April 3, 2019
and last modified on
January 7, 2020.
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