The Indian head coach, Ravi Shastri took to Twitter to shared his thoughts after the Indian Team India retained the number one Test ranking recently released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday. Shastri, the head coach of India’s men’s cricket team, applauded the “steely resolve and unwavering focus” shown by Team India that saw them staying at the numero uno position in the Test rankings for the fifth consecutive year.

Tweeting about the same, Ravi Shastri tweeted, “This Indian team has shown steely resolve & unwavering focus to be crowned No. 1. It is something the boys have earned fair & square. Rules changed midway but #TeamIndia overcame every hurdle along the way. My boys played tough cricket in tough times. Super proud of this bindass bunch.”

This 🇮🇳team has shown steely resolve & unwavering focus to be crowned No. 1. It is something the boys have earned fair & square. Rules changed midway but #TeamIndia overcame every hurdle along the way. My boys played tough cricket in tough times. Super proud of this bindass bunch pic.twitter.com/StzcsexCRF

— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) May 13, 2021

Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian team has reached the no.1 position in the latest ICC Test rankings with 121 rating points while New Zealand, their opponent in the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final, finished second with 120 rating points.

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India reached the final of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship after beating England 3-1 in the home Test series. The WTC final will be played at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton from June 18 to 22 with June 23 to be kept as a reserve day.

The number one Test team will then be locking horns with England in their own backyard in a five-match Test series. India had announced a strong 20-member squad (with two players’ inclusion subject to fitness) for the upcoming assignments and a couple of their key players made a return to the Test side.

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Ravindra Jadeja and Hanuma Vihari, who recovered from their injuries, were named in the squad while Jasprit Bumrah who had missed the final home Test against England has also made a comeback into the squad.