Kolkata: Cricket has grown a lot since it’s invention in England during 18th centuries and has developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today, the game has 2.5 billion fans. Which makes cricket the second-most popular sport in the world. Over the years, cricket has had many popular teams, from a team that played in front of million of fans.
Cricket is a sport that regularly played in England, but the country has rarely, been the strongest team in the sport. The likes of the West Indies, Australia, India, South Africa have all had spells where they could conceivably be called the best team in the world. Let’s take a look at the most dominant team in all three formats for the last 10 years:
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Tests: The current Indian Test team is scaling new heights everyday with each passing game and it is reflecting in their run as the world’s top-ranked side in the ICC rankings since June 2016. India have certainly been one of the most dominant sides in Test cricket, the Men in Blue won 56 of their 107 matches. Test cricket standards have varied over the sport’s glorious history. Nonetheless, Kohli’s current India side can take pride in the fact that they have risen from No.7 in the world when Virat took over as captain in 2016. Since then they maintained the rankings. As currently team India held its No.1 position in the ICC World Test ranking for the fifth year on the trot.
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T20Is: The concept of T20 cricket was always expected to be an exciting one. In the last decade, the format has become more popular among cricket fans. The format has seen the emergence of several unorthodox shots. At the same time many bowlers have managed to make an impact as well in T20Is. West Indies is the most dominant team in T20Is. Four of the World Cup that happened in this period West Indies won two of them, with Sri Lanka and England won the other two respectively. West Indies have won two World Cups. In this period India have won 68 of their 106 matches but have not won a single tournament in the decade. Needless to say Pakistan and South Africa have also been one of the consistent sides in this format of the game. As Pakistan won 72 of their matches out of 122, South Africa won 45 of their 90 matches matches that they played.
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ODIs : Back in1971, England and Australia locked horns in the first ever ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The 50-overs format of cricket has come a long way ever since with the World Cup taking place every four years. When it comes to ODIs team India dominated the most during this decade. India comes top in the list as they won 35 series. England and Australia ranks second and third on the list with 32 and 30 win respectively. India has made the top of the list for the first time in last 3 decades. The Men in Blue have been extremely consistent, winning 157 out of the 249 matches they played, with 79 losses. India sit on top of the list of most ODI wins between 2010 and 2019.
